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SUMMARY:Health and wellbeing in sexual minority people - Inaugural lecture
  with Prof Catherine Meads - Prof Catherine Meads
DTSTART:20180614T173000Z
DTEND:20180614T183000Z
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CONTACT:Miriam Berg
DESCRIPTION:Much progress has been made on investigating the differences a
 nd similarities in health and wellbeing between sexual minorities and the 
 majority population. This lecture follows the highs and lows of one resear
 cher trying to conduct research in this area from the early 1990s to the p
 resent day.\n \nRecent findings are starting to show consistent differenc
 es in physical health as well as mental health. Professor  Catherine Mead
 s will be suggesting possible reasons for these findings\, and potential a
 venues for future research.\n\nCatherine is a specialist systematic review
 er who has been conducting and supporting research into sexual orientation
  and health for over 25 years. Systematic reviews are a research technique
  where all relevant studies on a specific topic are combined in a rigorous
  and unbiased way to help policy-makers and others interested. Catherine h
 as a medical degree (1983)\, an MSc in Information Technology for Manageme
 nt (1994)\, a PhD in Psychology (2006) and a Masters in Public Health (201
 0). She has also been an LGBT Consortium Trustee and steering committee me
 mber of LGBT Health Summits\, and is currently an Encompass Trustee. She h
 as conducted a number of systematic reviews in LGBT research\, including a
  recent project for Public Health England on health and experience of heal
 thcare in UK sexual minority women. \n\nTo register for this free public 
 lecture please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/communityevents 
LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University\, East Road\, Cambridge CB1 1PT
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