Impact Institute at Northwestern University
@Impact_NU
@NorthwesternU institute conducting research on the health of LGBTQ populations. Formerly the Institute for Sexual & Gender Minority Health & Wellbeing (ISGMH).
Introducing the Impact Institute (@Impact_NU), formerly known as the Institute for Sexual and General Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)! The name Impact Institute is a nod to one of our first programs researching the health of #LGBTQ populations.
🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: shorturl.at/4tdY1
Incredibly honored to have received INSNA's Richards Award, given to 'those who have created software without which it would be impossible to study social networks'. There is simply no higher honor - and amazing to share it with my fantastic team 🫶insna.org/richards-awards
Our team is so honored to be the winners of INSNA's 2025 Richards Award @SocNetAnalysts. We owe our gratitude to the social networks research community, countless collaborators, and early testers who have helped shape and refine these tools over the years. THANK YOU!
Visit the Impact Institute at Chicago Pride Fest this weekend! Stop by our table from 10am - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday to meet our fabulous staff, learn about health research on LGBTQ populations, and participate in some fun activities. northalsted.com/main-events/ch…
🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — hands-on workshop that gives you a design toolbox 🧰. 🧵👇 🧠 Email [email protected] for info!
On @pbsnewshour now discussing federal cuts to critical #LGBTQhealth research grants that use scientific methods to help improve the health of not just the 10% of Americans in this group but findings benefit all. youtu.be/S57q8-MPQrw
“We’re at this formative moment where there is now a community of scientists ready to apply their skills to the health of #LGBTQ Americans and are having their work decimated by NIH cuts. These cuts are unprecedented,” institute director @Mustanski tells PBS @NewsHour.
As WorldPride is underway this weekend in Washington, D.C., a rally and march are planned for Sunday to protest the Trump administration's actions affecting the LGBTQ+ community, such as cutting funding for health research. Many researchers in areas like gender affirming care and…
Join ISGMH on May 22 for our annual Postdoctoral Fellow Showcase! This year’s event features exciting research presentations from five postdocs: @esposito_psych, John Guigayoma, @Tim_Levengood, @JonathanLpzMts, and Mariajosé Paton. Register today: buff.ly/rUSA6Yh
Conversion Therapy Tied to Worse CV Risk Factors in Sex, Gender Minorities dlvr.it/TKfCVk
Conversion therapy was significantly associated with several adverse cardiovascular health outcomes, such as increased BP. 🩸 Hear why @Mustanski says #clinicians should discourage patients from “pursuing these discredited practices”: healio.com/news/primary-c…
How can implementation science accelerate progress toward ending the HIV epidemic? A new JAIDS supplemental issue provides insight by summarizing HIV implementation knowledge from 120 EHE projects and identifying next steps to advance interventions. tinyurl.com/4jb2fmbt
Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in @JAMANetworkOpen is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
Our research is a catalyst for job growth and economic development in the Chicago region, nation and world. 📈
Register and Join us at @ISGMH Post Doctoral Showcase planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/628896