GeMPIRe Study
Gender Minority Prejudice, Intersectionality, Resilience Study
Research Team
Primary Faculty
Jody Herman
Ilan Meyer
Sari Reisner
Caterina Stamoulis
Staff & Trainees
Eli Godwin
Tabor Hoatson
R. Korkodilos
Yu-Chi Wang
Collaborators
Ariel Beccia
Jordon Bosse
Danielle DeMaio
Monica Ghabrial
Lane Kantor
Manraj Kaur
Meg Quint
Scientific Advisory Board
S. Bryn Austin
Diane Ehrensaft
Michelle Forcier
Sandy James
The goal of the GeMPIRe study is to examine how prejudice experienced in school, healthcare, and family settings is linked to mental health and substance use among transgender and nonbinary young adults with intersecting sexual orientation and racial/ethnic identities.
Funding
The GeMPIRe Study is funded by an R01 grant from NIH, awarded to Dr. Katz-Wise.
Current Status
We are finalizing manuscripts for this study.
Community Advisory Board
A Community Advisory Board (CAB) played an important role in shaping this project. The CAB included 9 transgender and nonbinary young adults (ages 18-25) from across the US with diverse identities and experiences, who advised our research team, ensuring community members' perspectives were reflected in the study..
Research Summaries
Our team is committed to sharing findings from our research with community members through brief non-academic summaries of the academic papers we've published.
GeMPIRe Substance Use 2025.pdfSubstance Use Among Transgender Young Adults in the United States
GeMPIRe MH1 2-pager_2024.pdfMental Health Experiences of Transgender Young Adults in the US
Academic Articles
We have published one academic journal article using data from the GeMPIRe Study. If you would like to read any of the papers listed below and do not have access, please contact us with the paper title and we can send you the PDF.
We have additional articles in progress so please check back.
(From Newest to Oldest)
Bosse JD, Kantor LZ, Wang Y-C, Korkodilos R, Reisner SL, Ehrensaft D, Herman JL, Katz-Wise SL. Healthcare mistreatment is associated with psychological distress, suicidality, and substance use among transgender and nonbinary young adults. Emerging Adulthood. In Press.
Hoatson T, Wang Y-C, Korkodilos R, Meyer IH, Herman J, Reisner SL, Stamoulis C, Katz-Wise SL. Substance use prevalence among transgender young adults across identity and life experiences. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health. In press.
Wang YC, Hoatson T, Stamoulis C, Herman J, Reisner SL, Meyer IH, Katz-Wise SL. Psychological distress and suicidality among transgender young adults in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2024; 74: 1095-1105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.004