News in 2024

Elizabeth Casline, PhD, joined the Institute as a research assistant professor. Casline is a child and adolescent clinical psychologist and implementation scientist who specializes in LGBTQ youth mental health care.

The innovative online HIV prevention program Keep It Up! was chosen by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for inclusion in the newly launched HDPulse Interventions Portal.

Ado Rivera, MD, PhD, joined the Impact Institute faculty. Rivera is a quantitative methodologist who works as a team scientist across several research projects.

Gay, bisexual, and queer men were twice as likely to use methamphetamine following an HIV diagnosis, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Institutes of Health recently funded the five-year, $3.8 million SILOS Project, which will conduct innovative observational research in five cities across the United States to better understand the social contexts that drive HIV and substance use.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to reduce new HIV infections in the United States by 90% by 2030. A key part of this initiative is encouraging the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that can reduce HIV risk by up to 99%.

Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) came out to support the LGBTQ+ community at the 2024 Chicago Pride Fest.

A recent Northwestern Medicine comparative analysis of national survey results found that one in four U.S. adolescents in grades 9 through 12 reported their sexual identity as non-heterosexual, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at Northwestern University welcomed its newest faculty member, Leiszle Lapping-Carr, PhD, in January 2024.

The Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI) is a newly established coordination hub that works with five NIH-funded R01 projects across the US.