Scholarly Concentration Application for Medical Students: Women's Health and Sexual and Gender Minority Health

Directors

Marcia Stefanick, PhD

Mitchell Lunn, MD

Erica Cahill, MD

Objectives & Goals

The Women’s Health and Sexual and Gender Minority Health (WH-SGMH) Application Area addresses a wide scope of sex/gender-based biology and medical topics, with a focus on health issues that are unique, more prevalent or different in women and members of sexual and gender minorities.  Research on differences due to sex (biology) and/or gender (sociocultural influences), and interactions of sex and gender on biology and health outcomes, is encouraged within each foundation and across all applications.

WH-SGMH students receive training in a model that integrates biomedical and social science, by way of interdisciplinary, collaborative experiences driven from basic, translational, clinical and population research.  This approach transcends the boundaries of medical specialties, in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of health for all women and members of sexual and gender minority groups, and of basic biology, from conception to adulthood and old age, in both sexes.

Requirements

Students must complete 6 Scholarly Concentration coursework units in the WH-SGMH Application Area.

Required Courses:

1. MED 240 Sex and Gender in Physiology and Disease (Win) 2 units required, 3 units preferred
2. INDE 215 Queer Health & Medicine (Win) 1 unit  

WH-SGMH students select additional coursework from the list below.