CHP Seminar - Gender Identity and Health Disparities

Title: Gender Identity and Health Disparities

Speakers bios

David J. Meyers, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health (Providence, RI, USA) and the Associate Director of Brown's Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research. A health economist and health services researcher, David's work focuses on how payment and delivery reform in the US healthcare system affects the outcomes of minoritized patient populations, with a focus on managed care in the US Medicare program. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on insurance policy.

Karinna Saxby PhD is a health economist at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on health and healthcare use among historically disadvantaged or marginalised populations including people with disability, Indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ populations. She is the past recipient of the American Economic Association award for Outstanding Research Contribution in LGBTQ + Economics and is a current member of the LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Research Steering Committee.

Host and Moderators bio

Portia Y. Cornell, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. (she/her) is a health economist and a senior research fellow in digital-health technology assessment. As a staff member with co-appointments in the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health and the Centre for Health Policy, Dr. Cornell's research focuses on models and methods for evaluation of digital health technologies, with particular focus on health outcomes and equity for members of at-risk populations, including older adults, people living in remote and rural areas, and those who have experienced social risks. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Melbourne, Dr. Cornell was an assistant professor of health services, policy, and practice at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and a research scientist at the US Veterans Health Administration (VA).

Abstract: Evidence exists that trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse (TGD) people experience poorer health outcomes relative to cisgender populations. This seminar will showcase research on the experiences of TGD populations across the U.S. and Australian health systems. Dr. Meyers will discuss findings from U.S. Medicare data showing disparities in prevalence of chronic disease among TGD patients. Dr. Saxby will present the first national estimates of trends over time in mental health inequalities among TGD Australians using data from the 2001-2022 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey.

Venue: Room 515, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton

Zoom: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/m698

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