The State of LGBT Health Symposium
When:
Thursday, August 18, 2016
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Where: Arthur Rubloff Building, Aspen Hall, 375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free to the public.
Contact:
Julia Dudek
Group: Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)
Category: Academic
Description:
Organized by the Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing.
This Symposium will focus on the intersection of research and policy and will feature opening remarks from State Representative Greg Harris and a keynote lecture by Karen L. Parker, Ph.D., M.S.W., Director, Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), who will discuss LGBT health funding and priorities at NIH. Dr. Parker’s keynote will be followed by presentations by ISGMH faculty Drs. Brian Mustanski, Michelle Birkett, and Michael Newcomb.
Reception to follow in the courtyard.