title: Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research at the National Institutes of Health.
abstract: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations experience many diseases and conditions at higher prevalence rates than their non-SGM counterparts. In 2009, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report to better understand the health of SGM populations. Following the release of the report, NIH, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), initiated new activities, and continued and expanded its existing efforts to advance the health of SGM individuals. Such efforts include various forms of outreach to solicit feedback, support of extramural researchers, analysis of the research portfolio to identify areas of opportunity, and the development of the NIH Strategic Plan for SGM Health Research.
authors.affiliation: 1 Center for Research Capacity Building (CRCB), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Rashada
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: 2 Office of the Director (OD), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.|3 Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: 3 Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.|4 Immediate Office of the Director (IMOD), National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schwetz
keywords: National Institutes of Health (NIH); biomedical research; sexual and gender minority; strategic plan