The Lesbian Health Fund

Past Grant Recipients


2023 Grantees


Mary T. Guerrant, PhD 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Union College

Accepted Proposal:
s3x: Patterns and Possibilities of Utilizing TikTok to Improve LGBTQ+ Women's Sexual Health




Laura Sinko, PhD, MSHP, RN

Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing at Temple University College of Public Health

Accepted Proposal:
Exploring the Help-seeking and Healing Journeys of LGBTQ+ Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.




Sara Kebede

Master of Science in Clinical Research Candidate at Emory University

Accepted Proposal:
Natural Language Processing Applications for Transgender Health Research: Setting-up Input Parameters



Liz Kvach, MD, MA

Associate Professor of Family Medicine with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Family Medicine Residency

Accepted Proposal:
Barriers and Facilitators to Access Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty for Transgender Women of Color



Kristie A. Wood, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

Accepted Proposal:
A Pilot Study Testing the User Experience of an Adapted Dignity Therapy Protocol for LGBTQ+ Women with Terminal Cancer



Lexie Wille M.A.

Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin

Accepted Proposal:
A Pilot Study Testing the User Experience of an Adapted Dignity Therapy Protocol for LGBTQ+ Women with Terminal Cancer



2022 Grantees



Jae A. Puckett, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University

Accepted Proposal:
Enhancing Contemporary Understandings of Gender Minority Stress Using Participatory Methods




Zafiro Andrade-Romo, MD, MSc

PhD Candidate in Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto

Accepted Proposal:
Project DaRE – Deciding, Resisting and Existing: Autonomy and mental wellbeing of adult LGBTQ+ women in Mexico




Jennifer Vencill, PhD

Assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology and Division of General Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, board certified clinical health psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist

Accepted Proposal:
Surviving and Thriving: Protective Factors and Health Outcomes for Bi+ Adults from Diverse Racial and Gender Communities




Nic Rider, PhD

Assistant professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, a licensed psychologist,  and Associate Director for Research at the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health

Accepted Proposal:
Surviving and Thriving: Protective Factors and Health Outcomes for Bi+ Adults from Diverse Racial and Gender Communities



2021 Grantees



Michelle Tam

PhD Candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto

Accepted Proposal:

Queering Reproductive Access: Reproductive Technologies and Access for Racialized Sexual and Gender Minority People




Emily Helminen

PhD Candidate in the Department of Psychology at Syracuse University

Accepted Proposal:

Effects of Self-Compassion Practice on Stress Reactivity Among Sexual Minority Women




Ninive Sanchez, PhD

Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychology at East Tennesse State University

Accepted Proposal:

Centering Sexual and Gender Minority-People of Color Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the Struggle for Health Equity




Brian Thoma, PhD

Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh

Accepted Proposal:

Psychosocial Factors and Depressive Symptoms Over Time among Gender Minority Adolescents: A Longitudinal Pilot Study