Our very own Dr. Scout may be coming to a town near you! Dr. Scout will be out and about over the next few months; leading cultural competency trainings in many states, speaking on an all Trans pride panel, in Philly at the Trans Health Conference , co-writing an LGBT Health Research Textbook, at theContinue reading “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN…and win prizes!”
Category Archives: Netroots Nation
All Hands on Deck: 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report Out Tomorrow!
Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity It’s a crazy week here at the Network for LGBT Health Equity… not only are we dashing off to the start of the Cancer Network’s historic first National LGBT Cancer Summit, but we’ve been hustling like mad to get ready for one of the biggest tobaccoContinue reading “All Hands on Deck: 50th Anniversary Surgeon General’s Report Out Tomorrow!”
Press Release — New Study of NIH Research Shows Only 0.5% of Portfolio Mentions LGBT
Scout, Ph.D. Director, Centerlink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 17, 2013 Contact: Scout, Ph.D. Telephone: 401-267-8337 Email: scout@lgbtcenters.org Website: lgbtcenters.org NEW STUDY OF NIH RESEARCH SHOWS ONLY 0.5% OF PORTFOLIO MENTIONS LGBT 82% of LGBT Studies Focus on HIV or Sexual Health Ft. Lauderdale, FL December 17, 2013– American JournalContinue reading “Press Release — New Study of NIH Research Shows Only 0.5% of Portfolio Mentions LGBT”
Calling all LGBT HS, college, & grad students in health! Webinar Wed on great scholarship progs at NIH!
by Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity UPDATE — Sharon has been struck mute by some nefarious bug. Clearly it’s a viral conspiracy to make sure we don’t get more LGBT people in the scholarship pool! Fight back by researching the opportunities yourself at the NIH website http://www.training.nih.gov… or spreading the wordContinue reading “Calling all LGBT HS, college, & grad students in health! Webinar Wed on great scholarship progs at NIH!”
Announcing: Network Restarts at CenterLink – The Community of LGBT Centers
Scout, Ph.D. Director, CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity We are more than pleased to be announcing the following news right now! NATIONAL LGBT ORGANIZATION PUTS NEW FOCUS ON ENHANCING LGBT HEALTH CenterLink Awarded New Five-Year CDC Grant Becomes New Home for The Network for LGBT Health Equity Ft. Lauderdale, FL – October 28,Continue reading “Announcing: Network Restarts at CenterLink – The Community of LGBT Centers”
Today! NYS Cessation Collaborative Webinar on LGBT Feat. Scout
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity Despite a whole lot of vacation in recent weeks, I’m trying not to totally lose my edge with a little work here and there — today, thanks to the National LGBT Cancer Network I’m doing a New York State Cessation Collaborative lunchtime webinar onContinue reading “Today! NYS Cessation Collaborative Webinar on LGBT Feat. Scout”
HHS Announces LGBT Health Priorities for the Coming Year
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity There was a last minute call to listen to HHS’s new priorities for the coming year today. Jumped on and here’s some of the highlights for the coming year (I don’t have the report, so hopefully I got these all down correctly): Big pushContinue reading “HHS Announces LGBT Health Priorities for the Coming Year”
Network Changes: Saying Goodbye to Gustavo & Taking a Staff Break
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity As I’ve mentioned before, we’ve now hit the funding gap between the current and the next health disparity network awards. As of tomorrow, the Network will no longer be staffed until we hear (hopefully!) that we’ve been chosen as one of the nextContinue reading “Network Changes: Saying Goodbye to Gustavo & Taking a Staff Break”
Show Our Strength: Fill out 2013 Network Feedback Survey – Last Chance!
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity Yes as I posted yesterday, our money is running out right now and we’re writing the proposal to get refunded. We may, or we may not. One way you can show the strength and community-driven base of this Network is to fill out ourContinue reading “Show Our Strength: Fill out 2013 Network Feedback Survey – Last Chance!”
The Nebraska Travelogue: Example of Network LGBT Technical Assistance to States
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity Since we’re funded by the CDC Office of Smoking & Health (OSH) to link people & information we find much of our work is naturally helping the 50 state departments of health OSH also funds connect with people and information on LGBT tobacco &Continue reading “The Nebraska Travelogue: Example of Network LGBT Technical Assistance to States”
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 