Impact Institute at Northwestern University
@Impact_NU
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@NorthwesternU institute conducting research on the health of LGBTQ populations. Formerly the Institute for Sexual & Gender Minority Health & Wellbeing (ISGMH).
Chicago, IL
Joined May 2017
Introducing the Impact Institute (@Impact_NU), formerly known as the Institute for Sexual and General Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)! The name Impact Institute is a nod to one of our first programs researching the health of #LGBTQ populations.
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Our team is so honored to be the winners of INSNA's 2025 Richards Award @SocNetAnalysts. We owe our gratitude to the social networks research community, countless collaborators, and early testers who have helped shape and refine these tools over the years. THANK YOU!
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“Over the last 20 years, there’s been a real recognition of the importance relationships have in our lives, whether that be in infectious disease, public health, information sharing.” @michellebirkett on Network Canvas, a free open-source program for SNA https://t.co/aNcKAnsYfg
feinberg.northwestern.edu
Scientists at Northwestern have developed Network Canvas, a free and open-source program to study the complex social drivers of disease.
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🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: https://t.co/ih1MwNdAdP
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Incredibly honored to have received INSNA's Richards Award, given to 'those who have created software without which it would be impossible to study social networks'. There is simply no higher honor - and amazing to share it with my fantastic team 🫶 https://t.co/3XQmF6aejk
Our team is so honored to be the winners of INSNA's 2025 Richards Award @SocNetAnalysts. We owe our gratitude to the social networks research community, countless collaborators, and early testers who have helped shape and refine these tools over the years. THANK YOU!
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Visit the Impact Institute at Chicago Pride Fest this weekend! Stop by our table from 10am - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday to meet our fabulous staff, learn about health research on LGBTQ populations, and participate in some fun activities. https://t.co/o2iAFSZBit
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We are thrilled to embark on a new chapter of research and community-engaged work that aims to support all individuals, their families, and the world. Visit us at https://t.co/7k7WpGQcMp.
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🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — hands-on workshop that gives you a design toolbox 🧰. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu for info!
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On @pbsnewshour now discussing federal cuts to critical #LGBTQhealth research grants that use scientific methods to help improve the health of not just the 10% of Americans in this group but findings benefit all. https://t.co/whrLsAL2Oo
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“We’re at this formative moment where there is now a community of scientists ready to apply their skills to the health of #LGBTQ Americans and are having their work decimated by NIH cuts. These cuts are unprecedented,” institute director @Mustanski tells PBS @NewsHour.
As WorldPride is underway this weekend in Washington, D.C., a rally and march are planned for Sunday to protest the Trump administration's actions affecting the LGBTQ+ community, such as cutting funding for health research. Many researchers in areas like gender affirming care and
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Join ISGMH on May 22 for our annual Postdoctoral Fellow Showcase! This year’s event features exciting research presentations from five postdocs: @esposito_psych, John Guigayoma, @Tim_Levengood, @JonathanLpzMts, and Mariajosé Paton. Register today: https://t.co/Mw8RkTeRXt
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Conversion Therapy Tied to Worse CV Risk Factors in Sex, Gender Minorities https://t.co/F2maAslNVw
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Conversion therapy was significantly associated with several adverse cardiovascular health outcomes, such as increased BP. 🩸 Hear why @Mustanski says #clinicians should discourage patients from “pursuing these discredited practices”: https://t.co/7uWFKRDlHF
healio.com
Conversion therapy was associated with several adverse cardiovascular outcomes like higher BP in young adults assigned male at birth, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.The findings...
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How can implementation science accelerate progress toward ending the HIV epidemic? A new JAIDS supplemental issue provides insight by summarizing HIV implementation knowledge from 120 EHE projects and identifying next steps to advance interventions.
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Those who experienced conversion therapy to change their sexual orientation and/or gender identity for longer periods of time had worse cardiovascular health indicators. Read the full paper:
jamanetwork.com
This cohort study assesses whether exposure to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned...
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Exposure to conversion therapy is associated with high blood pressure and increased systemic inflammation, according to a new paper from Northwestern researchers @JamesKGibb, @mustanski, @MadisonSheaSmit, et al.
Attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender can hurt their heart. Literally. #LGBTQ
https://t.co/TpVSatKIp5
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Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in @JAMANetworkOpen is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free: https://t.co/O2kY8EWAuM
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Our research is a catalyst for job growth and economic development in the Chicago region, nation and world. 📈
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“Although only a fraction of that promised money had been spent, Birkett had invested years of work into designing and securing funding for the study and had already recruited a community board across each of the five cities where it was poised to launch.”
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