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SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative

The mission of the SOGIE Collaborative is to advance health equity for all communities, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.

About Us

The SOGIE Collaborative, hosted at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been conducting research related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and health since the 1990s and we formed as a collaborative in 2011. We began by bringing together researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and now include members from many institutions, including:

  • Algoma University
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Boston Medical Center
  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • Boston University School of Public Health
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Fenway Health
  • FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University
  • Harvard Catalyst
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Harvard University
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Northeastern University
  • Northwestern University
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Stanford School of Medicine
  • Tufts University
  • UMass Chan Medical School
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • University of New Haven
  • University of Oregon
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Rhode Island
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
  • Virginia Tech
  • West Virginia University School of Medicine

Researchers are eligible to join the SOGIE Collaborative if they: 1) are based at the same institution as a current SOGIE Collaborative member, and/or 2) collaborate with a current SOGIE Collaborative member. All new members are required to have a SOGIE Collaborative faculty member sponsor. If you are interested in joining, please complete our membership form and review our community norms.

If you are interested in learning more about our work, including a monthly newsletter featuring publications from SOGIE Collaborative members, please join our information list.