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Post-Doctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n

\"\" Sueyoung Oh <\/strong>(she\/her)<\/p>\n

Sueyoung is a postdoctoral scholar at the LGBTQ+ Policy Lab at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥. She earned her PhD in Community Psychology with a concentration in Quantitative Psychology and a graduate certificate in Gender and Sexualities from the University of Virginia. Her research examines violence against LGBTQ+ individuals and the socio-ecological risk and protective factors that contribute to health inequities within this community, with particular attention to sleep health. Through understanding these multilevel factors, she aims to inform prevention and intervention strategies at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels that promote well-being and health equity among LGBTQ+ individuals.<\/p>\n

\"\" Christopher A. Julian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris is a Postdoctoral Scholar at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥\u2019s LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. They are a family demographer and sociologist whose research examines changes in sexual and gender identities and their intersection with shifting family patterns and population aging in the United States. Their work documents LGBTQ+ family experiences, evaluates survey methods used to measure them, and explores how diverse family forms shape health and well-being across the life course.<\/p>\n

\"\"Anyah Prasad <\/strong>(she\/her\/hers)
\nAnyah is trained as a physician in India and received her Masters and PhD in gerontology from Leiden University in the Netherlands and University of Massachusetts Boston, respectively. She currently holds a primary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Health and Society at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥. Her work focuses on understanding the social determinants of health and subjective age among LGBT older adults with a special interest in the health promoting role of social relationships.<\/p>\n

\"\" Leping Wang<\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n

Leping Wang was trained as a medical sociologist and family demographer. She received her Master\u2019s degree in Applied Quantitative Research at New York University and her PhD degree in Sociology at Boston University. Her research interests involve aging and the life course, medical sociology, sociology of gender, family demography, and social networks. Her primary line of research investigates how marriage as an institution exacerbates gender inequality in health, well-being and wealth over the life course. Her work closely engages with the minority stress theory, chosen family theory, feminist life course theories, and intersectionality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n

Undergraduate students develop skills while training as research assistants with LGBTQ+ Policy Lab faculty.<\/p>\n