Preparing the Next Generation of LGBT Population Health Scientists

LGBT population health has emerged as a growing interdisciplinary science to understand these disparities. The “Summer Institute in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Population Health” builds an educational pipeline to channel aspiring research scholars into this field, providing integrated theoretical and analytical training to students who are passionate about LGBT health but not yet engaged in the study of population health. The 4 weeks long Summer Program enrolls 18 Masters and pre-doctoral level students for a week-long Data Analysis Course, a 3 weeks-long Cornerstone Seminar, “Population Research in LGBT Health and Social Life” and a 3 weeks long daily Data Lab for hands-on training in secondary analysis of population research data sets.

Program objectives:
1. Provide in-depth exposure to population research concepts, methodologies, analysis skills and existing secondary data sets;
2. Improve quantitative analysis skills among students who have high potential as population health research scientists before their career trajectories are set;
3. Create opportunities for interaction between promising students and role model research experts in LGBT population health;
4. Influence the career trajectories of promising students in the study of LGBT population health science.