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Once again, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named a Leader in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

A new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University found that 83% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ) individuals reported going through adverse childhood experiences (ACE) such as sexual and emotional abuse, and worse mental health as adults when compared to their heterosexual peers.  

We want to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lauren Beach, JD, PhD, who recently received the Friend of Nursing Award from the Vanderbilt University Nursing School Alumni Board. Lauren is the former Director of LGBTQ Research for the Program for LGBTQ Health. She now the interim director of the EDIT program at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. We are so proud of Lauren and look forward to her contributions to the field of LGBTQ health in the future!

VUMC’s PRIDE Resource Group is observing October as LGBTQ History Month with several events:

pronouns: they/them/theirs  Rev. Meredith Cox, M.Div., graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2018 with an emphasis in Theology, Women, and Gender as well as Theology, Ecology, and Faith Formation. more . . . .

February is Black History Month, and we want to celebrate by highlighting the Black LGBTQ figures in history that are too often over-looked. From Miss Major to Pauli Murray to Bayard Rustin, we encourage you to learn more about the Black LGBTQ individuals who have shaped our history.

On May 5, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute invited Middle Tennessee community cardiologists and primary care clinicians to meet via Zoom for a one-hour forum regarding the coronavirus and heart and vascular care: Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A panel of VHVI physicians provided an overview of the current impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in our region, examined the correlation between COVID-19 and the heart and discussed Vanderbilt’s role in vaccine research and innovation.