Addressing the Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minorities

Biography: Dr John P Gilmore (he/they) is Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems at University College Dublin and a Fulbright Health Impact Scholar. John's teaching, research and scholarship focuses on intersections of social justice and healthcare, inclusion health and sexual and gender minority health. In 2022 John was awarded a Fulbright HRB Health Impact scholarship, and in 2023 travelled to the USA where he was based at the Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Lab at University of California San Francisco and the Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health at Columbia University New York. While there, John conducted research on the enablers and barriers to community-based healthcare for sexual and gender minority communities. John is also chairperson of Leargas, Ireland's national agency for the facilitation of exchange and international learning in the fields of vocational and adult education, training, youth and sport. John also co-chairs UCD's LGBTQI+ Staff Network.