Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Abstract: This presentation will review the state of the science and future directions for research on the cardiovascular health of sexual and gender minority populations. It will begin with a summary of documented cardiovascular health disparities among sexual and gender minority people across the lifespan. Findings from interdisciplinary population and clinical research studies focused on social and structural determinants of cardiovascular health among sexual and gender minority populations will be discussed. The presentation will conclude with an overview of innovations in research, policy, and practice that are needed to reduce cardiovascular health disparities among sexual and gender minority people.

Billy A. Caceres, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and the Program for the Study of LGBT Health at Columbia University. Dr. Caceres completed his PhD at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University in 2017. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Columbia University School of Nursing he completed training in cardiovascular disease epidemiology, behavioral cardiovascular health, and LGBTQ+ health. His program of research uses biobehavioral approaches to identify and intervene on psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular disease in marginalized populations across the lifespan.