Population Center Faculty Meetings

项目概要/摘要 女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者 (LGBT) 面临着系统性的健康差异。阻碍我们增进对 LGBT 健康的了解以及采取措施解决 LGBT 健康差异的能力的另一个障碍是，跨学科科学家缺乏机会就了解性少数群体 (SGM) 的关键问题和方法挑战进行会面和交流想法。由芬威健康研究所 LGBT 健康人口研究中心（以下简称“中心”）主办的年度 LGBT 人口健康研究科学会议将填补这一空白。科学会议将于每年夏天在马萨诸塞州波士顿芬威健康会议中心举行，会议将汇集来自不同国家的专家组和有前途的新科学家，以推进 SGM 人口健康研究的科学状况。 每次会议的核心目标是：1）交流SGM人口健康最新发展的信息； 2）通过中心主办的工作组协调SGM健康方面的合作研究工作； 3) 探索并寻求解决研究和估计 SGM 人群的方法挑战的方法。为了响应该领域不断取得的进展，组委会每年都会选择重点和及时的主题，由受邀演讲者和主要与会者在每次会议上讨论。 2010年会议的重点领域包括SGM少数族裔群体的健康、老年性少数群体的慢性病和残疾，以及男女同性恋家庭的儿童发展。拟议的 2010 年会议的形式包括受邀演讲者的科学报告、中心教师领导正在进行的工作报告、方法问题和解决方案的讨论以及工作组分组会议。会议参与者将包括该中心的教职人员、参加该中心指导和培训计划的研究生学员、社区研究合作伙伴和其他研究合作者。主题科学演讲将向公众开放，并向 LGBT 群体进行宣传。后续会议的形式预计将与拟议的 2010 年会议类似，但组委会将根据上一年的评估反馈进行调整。

Project Summary/Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people experience systemic health disparities. A remaining obstacle to growth of our understanding of LGBT health and ability to take steps to address LGBT health disparities is the lack of opportunities for interdisciplinary scientists to meet and exchange ideas about the key issues and methodological challenges in understanding sexual and gender minorities (SGM). The proposed annual Scientific Meeting in LGBT Population Health Research sponsored by The Center for Population Research in LGBT Health (the Center) at The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health will fill this gap. To be held annually in the summer at Fenway Health's Conference Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the Scientific Meeting will draw together a diverse national group of experts and promising new scientists to advance the state of the science in the study of SGM population health. Each meeting will share the core objectives to 1) exchange information about the most recent developments in SGM population health; 2) coordinate cooperative research endeavors in SGM health through Working Groups sponsored by the Center; and 3) explore and seek solutions to methodological challenges in studying and estimating SGM population groups. In response to ongoing advances in the field, an Organizing Committee will annually select focused and timely topics to be addressed at each meeting by the invited speakers and key meeting participants. Areas of focus for the 2010 meeting include the health of SGM racial minority groups, chronic conditions and disabilities in older sexual and gender minorities, and child development in families parented by lesbians and gay men. The format of the proposed 2010 meeting includes scientific presentations by invited speakers, presentations of work in progress from faculty leaders of the Center, discussions of methodological problems and solutions, and working group breakout sessions. Meeting participants will include the faculty of the Center, graduate student mentees enrolled in the Center's Mentoring and Training Program, community research partners and other research collaborators. Keynote scientific presentations will be open to the public and advertised to the LGBT community. The format for subsequent meetings is expected to be similar to the proposed 2010 meeting, but will be adjusted by the Organizing Committee in response to evaluation feedback from the previous year.