In 2020, I was lucky to collaborate with Dr. Megan Hutchcraft, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. Using National Health Interview Survey data, we investigated sexual orientation differences in health-related quality of life…
Our recently published study, Sexual orientation disparities in food insecurity and food assistance use in U.S. adult women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2014, was featured today in the BMC Series blog. Documenting food security disparities among sexual minority…
Continuing the theme of my last post, and in the spirit of the beginning of tax season, today I’m thinking about doctoral study funding and finances. I am not a financial expert and, as with many first gen students, I…
I began this post as my partner and I were driving through the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky on the way to Knoxville, Tennessee, a town I called home for four years. In July 2019, I defended my dissertation and ended…
I’ve been afraid to write. Well, to be more accurate, I’ve been afraid to blog. It’s plausible that I fear adding another task to my workload. Since arriving at The Ohio State University to begin my postdoc fellowship, I’ve published…