Population Health Spotlight Speaker Series – Dr. Gilbert Gonzales

This year’s Population Health Spotlight at the Dornsife School of Public Health will discuss a range of pressing issues related to LGBTQ+ health and discuss implications for policies and action.

Many structural and systemic factors impact the health of LGBTQ+ people, creating health related challenges and disparities. Recent legislative actions across the United States have further amplified these impacts and have highlighted the need to address LGBTQ+ health as a core component of population health and health equity.

Speaker: Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, Associate Professor of Medicine, Health & Society Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University

Talk Title: Public Policy & LGBTQ+ Health Disparities

Speaker Bio:
Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Health & Society; the Department of Health Policy; and the Program for Public Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University. Professor Gonzales’ research examines how public policies affect health outcomes, access to care, and health disparities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) populations. He also studies the role of health care reforms on low-income populations and the social determinants of health among vulnerable youth. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health, Pediatrics, JAMA, Health Affairs, The Milbank Quarterly, and the New England Journal of Medicine.