Stigma Archives

04.26.2023 a person posing for the camera

Performing Public Health with Jonathan Hamilt

Jonathan Hamilt is co-founder of the NYC Chapter of Drag Story Hour and the executive director of Drag Story Hour, a national organization operating separately from DSHNYC. His drag persona, Ona Louise, works to heal her inner child by offering affirming and accepting programming for kids.

Fellow Abby Outterson

03.16.2023 a woman wearing glasses and a necklace

Health Equity

Katherine Flegal

Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.09.2023 a map of the united states

Weighed Down by Discrimination

Roughly 42% of U.S. adults experience weight discrimination, yet Michigan is the only state where discrimination based on weight is illegal.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

02.16.2023 a graph of different colored circles

Mpox and HIV

Most Mpox cases occur among Black and Latino men who have sex with men, and 80% of MSM of color with confirmed Mpox are also HIV positive.

Fellow Connor McCombs

02.03.2023 a woman smiling at camera

Leeann Passaro

Leeann Passaro is the chief operating officer of The Hidden Opponent, an advocacy-based nonprofit organization that raises awareness for student-athlete mental health.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

12.08.2022 Reyma McCoy Hyten

Reyma McCoy Hyten

Reyma McCoy Hyten has a two-decade career in the service and support of people with disabilities. She became the first Black woman to serve as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner for the Administration on Disabilities. Currently, she works privately, devoting her full attention and time to identifying and confronting the root causes of oppression, and how systems create marginalization.

Fellow Connor McCombs

12.01.2022 Hands holding red ribbon

Know Your Status

Focus group participants reported stigmatizing behavior about being tested for HIV, and among health care providers when seeking HIV testing.

Fellow Connor McCombs

10.25.2022 a stack of wooden blocks with icons

Health Equity

Welfare Stigma

Mothers who experienced welfare stigma reported poor health.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

09.27.2022 a group of graphs showing different health outcomes

Consequences of Ageism

Adults ages 50 to 80 experienced ageism which affected their health, researchers found in a recent survey.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

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