Lesbian Health Fund - Past Recipients
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