LGBTQ+

April 5, 2018

VUMC again named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

For the seventh time, VUMC has been named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index 2018.

By Jessica Pasley
September 7, 2017

Community key to gender identity research effort

One of the key elements of the Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health, an innovative effort to improve health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex patients, is community engagement.

By Kathy Whitney
June 22, 2017

Ehrenfeld named secretary of AMA’s board of trustees

Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery, Biomedical Informatics and Health Policy, was named secretary of the American Medical Association (AMA) board of trustees for 2017-2018 following elections held during the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.

By Kathy Whitney
April 6, 2017

VUMC lauded for health care equality efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has again been named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2017.

By Jessica Pasley
March 2, 2017

Regional HIV Council honors Beach’s contributions

The Nashville Regional HIV Planning Council has honored Lauren Beach, J.D., Ph.D., with the 2017 Community Partnership Award.

By Tom Wilemon
Smiling lesbian couple with baby lying on hardwood floor. Homosexual partners with toddler in living room. Happy family of three at home.
December 19, 2016

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds study of health, economic effects of LGBT-related laws

A trans-institutional team of Vanderbilt social scientists and medical professionals will look at how laws affecting LGBT individuals and families affect their health and the economy.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 20, 2016

White House visit

Vanderbilt’s Lauren Beach, J.D., Ph.D., right, recently presented at an event held by the White House on bisexual community issues.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 8, 2016

VUMC Program for LGBTI Health welcome reception is Aug. 17

The Vanderbilt community is invited to join the School of Medicine’s Program for LGBTI Health at a welcome reception Aug. 17.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2016

VUMC again named a leader in LGBT health care equality

For the fifth year in a row, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized as a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index 2016.
By Jessica Pasley
March 10, 2016

VKC presents April lectures about autism, mentoring and LGBTI issues

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) will host three events the first week of April covering the topics of ethical considerations of mentoring through differences, translational research in autism spectrum disorder, and conversations at the intersection of disability and LGBTI issues.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 12, 2015

Schools of Nursing, Medicine create new LGBT health course

The needs and nuances of providing health care to members of the LGBT community is the focus of a new course jointly offered by the Vanderbilt Schools of Nursing and Medicine.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 4, 2015

Ehrenfeld to receive Massachusetts Medical Society’s 2015 LGBT Health Award

Jesse Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Surgery and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was recently named to receive the Massachusetts Medical Society’s 2015 LGBT Health Award.
By Jessica Pasley
December 11, 2014

VUSM student making impact on LGBT health

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Kristen Eckstrand, Ph.D., is making a national impact on the way health care is delivered to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities.
By Jessica Pasley
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