John Pachankis, PhD, will present his lecture, "LGBTQ-Affirmative Mental Health Care: From Theory to Trials to Community Implementation," as part of the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series. The lecture will be delivered remotely via Zoom on Tues., Oct. 22, 2024, from 10–11 a.m. PDT.
Pachankis, PhD, is the David R. Kessler Professor of Public Health and, secondarily, of Psychiatry and Psychology. As director of Yale’s LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative, his goals are to identify the complex reasons that LGBTQ populations experience one of the highest risks for mental health morbidity across all of psychiatric epidemiology and to bring effective mental health treatments to LGBTQ people in the US and around the world. His NIH-funded studies span population-based cohorts, clinical trials, and community implementation research. This research seeks to identify the developmental precursors and biopsychosocial mechanisms of LGBTQ people’s disproportionate mental health burden, then engages these mechanisms as treatment targets. These treatments have shown efficacy for reducing the co-occurring mental health risks commonly affecting LGBTQ people (e.g., depression, anxiety, substance use disorders) across several randomized controlled trials. He has published more than 180 scientific papers on LGBTQ people’s mental health and co-edited the Handbook of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice with Sexual and Gender Minorities. His research has received several awards, has influenced policy, and appears in international media.
This event is part of the UCLA ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series, which we host in a hybrid format approximately once per quarter. These events, open to the public, focus on topics relevant to our mission of reimagining how to assess & meet the mental health & social needs of community college students. Recordings of sessions are made available on our website within 10 business days of the event.
Visit the Speaker Series page to view prior speakers and access recordings.
