As published on Huffington Post’s new LGBT Wellness blog, see original at: http://ow.ly/DhVNO Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with bloggers Liz Margolies and Scout, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here. TheContinue reading “LGBT Wellness Roundup: October 5”
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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!”
CDC Museum Debuts “Health is a Human Right” Exhibit
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity If you’re in ATL come see it debut for free this Saturday as part of the Smithsonion’s free museum day event. Kudo’s to CDC and their Office of Minority Health for bringing this presentation to all of us. -Scout David J. Sencer CDCContinue reading “CDC Museum Debuts “Health is a Human Right” Exhibit”
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!”
Network Funding Ending? Yes, But You Can Help It Continue.
Scout, Ph.D. Director, The Fenway Institute’s Network for LGBT Health Equity Yes it’s true, the 5 year CDC Office of Smoking and Health coooperative agreement we’ve been funded from will be ending in a few more weeks. But before anyone gets upset — remember we were a Network of people working together before there wasContinue reading “Network Funding Ending? Yes, But You Can Help It Continue.”
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