Population Center Faculty Meetings

项目摘要/摘要 女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者和变性人(LGBT)经历了系统性的健康差距。我们对LGBT健康的了解和采取措施解决LGBT健康差距的能力的增长仍然存在的一个障碍是，跨学科科学家缺乏机会就了解性少数群体和性别少数群体(SGM)的关键问题和方法挑战会面和交流意见。由芬威健康研究所LGBT健康人口研究中心(中心)主办的LGBT人口健康研究年度科学会议将填补这一空白。科学会议将于每年夏季在马萨诸塞州波士顿的芬威健康公司会议中心举行，科学会议将汇集不同的国家专家组和有前途的新科学家，以推动SGM人群健康研究的科学状况。 每次会议将分享核心目标：1)交流关于SGM人口健康最新发展的信息；2)通过中心赞助的工作组协调SGM健康方面的合作研究努力；3)探索和寻求解决研究和估计SGM人口群体的方法挑战的解决方案。为应对这一领域不断取得的进展，组织委员会将每年选择重点和及时的议题，由受邀发言者和主要会议参与者在每次会议上发言。2010年会议的重点领域包括SGM少数族裔群体的健康，老年性少数群体和性别少数群体的慢性病和残疾，以及由男女同性恋者抚养的家庭的儿童发展。拟议的2010年会议的形式包括受邀演讲者的科学报告、中心教职员工领导对正在进行的工作的介绍、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员工、参加该中心指导和培训计划的研究生导师、社区研究伙伴和其他研究合作者。主旨科学报告将向公众开放，并向LGBT社区发布广告。后续会议的形式预计将类似于拟议的2010年会议，但组委会将根据上一年的评价反馈进行调整。

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.