Participating Scientists

Housed in The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health in Boston, Massachusetts, the Center brings together a community of scholars and practitioners on the cutting edge of LGBT health and population research. Several of the Center’s scholars are in residence at The Fenway Institute; others are based in universities and community organizations across the United States.

The Center’s members are a diverse and interdisciplinary group. Among them are senior scientists of national prominence and junior scholars engaged in promising and exciting research. Their expertise spans the intersecting fields of public health, social and behavioral medicine, preventative medicine, community health, nursing, sociology, intervention research, psychology and economics. The published work of the Center’s members has appeared in journals such as American Journal of Public Health, Social Science & Medicine, AIDS Education & Prevention, AIDS Care, and Health Psychology. Their work has also informed the implementation and design of many interventions and programs.

*Subject Area Expertise key:

HMDM = LGBT Health, Morbidity, Disability and Mortality

HIV = HIV Behavioral Research

SSF = Same-Sex Family and Household Studies

Name/Email	Affiliation	Subject Area Expertise*	Links
Hortensia Amaro	Northeastern University, Institute on Urban Health Research	HIV	More about Dr. Amaro at Northeastern University
S. Bryn Austin	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health; Children’s Hospital Boston	HMDM	More about Dr. Austin at Children’s Hospital Boston
George Ayala	RTI International	HIV, HMDM	More about Dr. Ayala at AIDS Project Los Angeles
Kellan Baker	Center for American Progress	HMDM	More about Mr. Baker at Center for American Progress
Kimberly Balsam	University of Washington	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Balsam at University of Washington
Walter Bockting	University of Minnesota Medical School, Program in Human Sexuality	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Bockting at the University of Minnesota
Laura Bogart	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Children’s Hospital Boston	HIV	More about Dr. Bogart at Harvard University
Wendy Bostwick	Northern Illinois University	HMDM	More about Dr. Bostwick at Northern Illinois University
Deborah Bowen	Boston University School of Public Health; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Bowen at Boston University

Francisco O. Buchting	ETR Associates	HMDM	More about ETR Associates
Leslie Calman	Mautner Project	HMDM, SSF	More about Mautner Project
Patricia Case	The Fenway Institute; Boston University School of Public Health	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Case at The Fenway Institute
Melissa Clark	Brown University	HMDM	More about Dr. Clark at Brown University
Kerith Conron	Northeastern University	HMDM	More about Dr. Conron at Northeastern
Heather Corliss	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Children’s Hospital Boston	HMDM	More about Dr. Corliss at Harvard University
Michelle E. Danielson	University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health	HMDM
Brian De Vries	San Francisco State University	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. De Vries at San Francisco State University
Sue Dibble	University of California San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging and Physiological Nursing	SSF	More about Dr. Dibble at University of California San Francisco
Tri Do	University of California San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Do at UCSF
Sandra Eyster	American Institutes for Research	HMDM, SSF	More about American Institutes for Research
Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen	University of Washington	HMDM	More about Dr. Fredriksen-Goldsen at University of Washington
Robert Garofalo	Howard Brown Health Center; Children’s Memorial Hospital; Northwestern University School of Medicine; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Garofalo at Children’s Memorial
Julie Honnold	Virginia Commonwealth University	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Honnold at Virginia Commonwealth University
Tonda Hughes	University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing; The Fenway Institute	HMDM	More about Dr. Hughes at University of Illinois at Chicago
Lisa Iezzoni	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, and Massachusetts General Hospital	HMDM	More about Dr. Iezzoni at Mongan Institute for Health Policy
Stewart Landers	John Snow International Inc; Tufts University	HMDM	More about John Snow, Inc
Emilia Lombardi	University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Lombardi at University of Pittsburgh
Kevin J. Mahoney	Boston College	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Mahoney at Boston College

Nina Markovic	University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health	HMDM	More about Dr. Markovic at University of Pittsburgh
Alicia Matthews	University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing; Howard Brown Health Center	HMDM	More about Dr. Matthews at University of Illinois at Chicago
Kenneth Mayer	Brown University; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Mayer at Brown University
James McNally	University of Michigan Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research	HMDM	More about Dr. McNally at ICPSR
Ilan Meyer	UCLA School of Law, Williams Institute	HMDM	More about Dr. Meyer at UCLA
Matthew Mimiaga	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital; The Fenway Institute	HIV	More about Dr. Mimiaga at Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Mitty	Beth Israel Deaconnes Medical Center; The Fenway Institute	HIV	More about Dr. Mitty at Beth Israel
Brian Mustanski	Northwestern University, Feinberg College of Medicine	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Mustanski at the Impact Program
Conall O’Cleirigh	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. O’Cleirigh at Massachusetts General Hospital
Don Operario	Brown University	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Operario at Brown University
David Pantalone	Suffolk University; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Pantalone at Suffolk University
Jeffrey T. Parsons	City University of New York, Hunter College; Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Parsons at Hunter College
Charlotte Patterson	University of Virginia	SSF	More about Dr. Patterson at University of Virginia
Ellen Perrin	Tufts University, School of Medicine	SSF	More about Dr. Perrin at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children
Jennifer Potter	Beth Israel Deaconnes Medical Center; Fenway Health	SSF	More about Dr. Potter at Beth Israel Deaconnes Medical Center
Corinne Reczek	University of Cincinnati	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Reczek at University of Cincinnati
SusanJo Roberts	Northeastern University, Bouve College of Health Sciences; Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates	HMDM	More about Dr. Roberts at Northeastern University
Margaret Rosario	City University of New York, City College and Graduate Center	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Rosario at City University of New York
Esther Rothblum	San Diego State University	HMDM, SSF	More about Dr. Rothblum at San Diego State University
Steve Safren	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Safren at Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark Schuster	Harvard University, Harvard Medical School; Children’s Hospital Boston	HMDM, HIV, SSF	More about Dr. Schuster at Children’s Hospital
Scout	The Fenway Institute; Boston University, School of Public Health	HMDM	More from Dr. Scout at the Network for LGBT Health Equity
Ronald Stall	University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health; The Fenway Institute	HMDM, HIV	More about Dr. Stall at University of Pittsburgh