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Summer Institute Comes to a Close
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 Friday was the final day of the Summer Institute. We presented all of our hard work over the past month with much excitement and sadness. Excited to have accomplished and learned so much in such a short period of time and sad that theContinue reading “Summer Institute Comes to a Close”
Hale Thompson, Summer Institute Graduate, LGBT Health Researcher & Blogger
by Emilia Dunham Program Associate Presenting on the Summer Institute 2011 Student Presentations I had the joy of observing another batch of presentations from the Summer Institute 2011 students. There were so many fantastic presentations and a great deal of ongoing work in cutting edge areas of LGBT health, it was hard to keepContinue reading “Hale Thompson, Summer Institute Graduate, LGBT Health Researcher & Blogger”
Nicole VanKim, Guest Blogger, LGBT Health Researcher & Summer Institute Graduate!
by Emilia Dunham Program Associate Reporting on the Summer Institute Final Presentations As you know Nicole VanKim was a Summer Institute student at The Fenway Institute. She’s been providing informative and engaging updates on the 4-week course, and today received her certificate of completion for the program! Today, she presented on the topic of weightContinue reading “Nicole VanKim, Guest Blogger, LGBT Health Researcher & Summer Institute Graduate!”
Final week of the summer institute
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 For the final week of the institute, we had another great line up of guest speakers. We started the week off with Phoenix Matthews, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who indulged us with a great discussion on tobacco interventionsContinue reading “Final week of the summer institute”
Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Final Batch)
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 I have introduced Summer Institute participants last week and the week before. This week, I present to you the rest of the Summer Institute participants: Tristan Guarini is a doctoral candidate in Suffolk University’s Clinical Psychology program. Tristan’s current work examines transgender identity formationContinue reading “Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Final Batch)”
Week three guest lecturers
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 In addition to a very busy Monday, it has been a frenetic week here at the Summer Institute. On Tuesday, Deb Bowen returned and discussed designing interventions for sexual minority populations. She was followed by Heather Corliss, from Harvard University, who talked about herContinue reading “Week three guest lecturers”
Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 2)
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 Last week, I introduced six of the Summer Institute participants. This week, I present to you another five of the Summer Institute participants: Luis Gutierrez-Mock is the Senior Technology Exchange Specialist at the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, through the Center for AIDSContinue reading “Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 2)”
Week three of the Summer Institute begins
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 This week starts with a long Monday. Institute participants, Mieke Thomeer and Mark Williams, joined Aimee Van Wagenen (one of the co-directors of the institute) in a seminar on LGBT elders this morning. This seminar was followed by a presentation from Melissa Clark, anContinue reading “Week three of the Summer Institute begins”
Statistick-ing…
by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 On Wednesday and Thursday afternoons this week there were optional advanced statistics sessions that several participants attended. These advanced sessions were led by Katherine Masyn, an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, who did an amazing job covering the statistical method of latent variable modelingContinue reading “Statistick-ing…”
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