CHIP Lecture Series, Fall 2014
“Hidden from Health: Psychosocial Correlates and
Intervention Implications of Sexual Orientation Concealment”
John Pachankis, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health
12:30 - 1:30pm
Co-Sponsors:
Center for Public Health and Health Policy, UConn Health
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, UConn
Location
Video Conference Room 204, 2nd floor
J. Ray Ryan Building, 2006 Hillside Road
University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus
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Accessibility: elevator available in building lobby on ground floor.
Web Stream
You can view this talk streamed live during the lecture -- or archived after the lecture -- at http://www.chip.uconn.edu/lecture-10-30-14.
About the Speaker
John Pachankis is an Associate Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology (Social and Behavioral Sciences division) at the Yale School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a quantitative focus in 2008 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and completed his clinical psychology internship at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. In 2012, he was a visiting scholar in social and health psychology processes and social contextual factors explaining LGBT individuals’ disproportionate experiences with various adverse mental and physical health outcomes. To accomplish these aims, he combines social psychological methods with life course developmental models of stigma, health, and mental health. For example, one line of his research examines the psychosocial consequences of concealing one’s sexual orientation in various contexts and across formative years of development. Another seeks to examine the longitudinal effects of migrating to urban areas on young gay and bisexual men’s health. He draws upon his training as a clinical psychologist to translate the results of these studies into psychosocial interventions to improve the health of the LGBT community. One of these intervention projects for example seeks to promote resilient coping among young gay and bisexual men to counter the negative mental health effects of stigma. He currently receives funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. His research has been featured in academic journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Clinical Psychology Review, the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Journal of Public Health, and Health Psychology as well as media outlets such as the New York Times and Time magazine. Dr. Pachankis has received several awards for this research, including most recently the 2013 Samuel Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from the American Psychology Association (APA). In addition to his academic training and research experience, Dr. Pachankis has 14 years of experience in the development and delivery of health initiatives with LGBT community-based settings.
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