Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) published "Subjective cognitive decline higher among sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2015–2018,"  in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions that found that LGBTQ+ people or sexual and gender minorities…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Substance Use Trajectories in a Longitudinal Hispanic Cohort from Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood" in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect. This study examined the role of adverse childhood experiences in…

Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Household Food Insecurity and Early Childhood Development in Brazil: An Analysis of Children under 2 Years of Age," in the Public Health and Nutrition Journal. This study found that household food insecurity was strongly associated with the…

Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Recommendations for Advancing Research with Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B." The article provides an overview of SGM aging research disseminated in the journal, limitations, and…

Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a first-author of the newly published "Socio-demographic inequities in nurturing care for early childhood development across Brazilian municipalities" in the Maternal and Child Nutrition journal. Providing an enabling nurturing care environment for early childhood…

Gabriela Buccini (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Household food insecurity and early childhood development in Brazil: an analysis of children under 2 years of age," in the Public Health Nutrition journal. The study found that household food insecurity is strongly associated…

Manoj Sharma, Jason Flatt (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), published an article, “Testing the Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Predict the Use of New Technology for Social Connectedness in the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the journal, Healthcare. The article tackles the public health issue of social isolation that…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article that highlighted how "Pandemic-related Work Status is Associated with Self-reported Increases in Substance Abuse." This online study assessed self-reported increases in substance use (alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and opioid pain medication) during the initial…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Past 30-day Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority College Students" in the journal LGBT Health. Sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults report disproportionately higher rates of…

Russell Argenal (Student Wellness) and Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented their poster, "Measuring Health Disparities among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM) using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System," at the virtual 2021 National LGBTQ Health Conference hosted by…

Gabriela Buccini (Environmental & Occupational Health), Katherine Marcal (Social Work), and Krystyna A. Stave (Public Policy and Leadership) recently received a R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. As part of the award, the collaborators …

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently co-authored an article, Characteristics of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of People With Dementia, in the Journal of Aging and Health. This study is one of the first to describe the characteristics and psychosocial needs of sexual and gender minority or LGBTQIA+ caregivers of…