On February 25, 2021, Fenway Health sent the following letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in support of the Equality Act, which is up for vote in the House today. Below is the text …
We are excited to announce that Abigail Batchelder, PHD, MPH, Fenway Institute Affiliated Investigator has been named as a recipient of Massachusetts General Hospital’s 2021 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award.
The Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award is awarded to promising junior faculty …
February 19, 2021 — Scientific strides in HIV treatment and prevention have reduced transmissions and HIV-related deaths significantly in the United States in the past two decades. However, despite coordinated national efforts to implement HIV services, the epidemic persists, especially …
BOSTON, February 15, 2021—A paper published today in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved provides detailed guidance for creating culturally responsive health care environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) …
We are excited to announce that The Fenway Institute’s Division of Education and Training was recently named the winner of the 9th Annual LGBT Health Workforce Organization Leadership Award. This award from Building The Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP)…
SEATTLE, WA – JANUARY 26, 2021 – The proof-of-concept AMP studies demonstrated that a broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) called VRC01 was effective at preventing the acquisition of HIV strains that were sensitive to the bnAb. This was assessed by a …
BOSTON, January 20, 2021—On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders, memos, executive directives, and letters that will organize a federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensure that public health decisions are …
A year after the COVID-19 virus was first identified, the world is finally seeing its first vaccinations – and with them, signs of hope – that this devastating pandemic could finally come to an end. This is the result of …
On January 15, The Fenway Institute concluded recruitment for the Phase 3 clinical trial of the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Over the course of 10 weeks, our study team recruited 214 participants. Trial participants were 18 or over …
BOSTON, January 11, 2021—In its final, chaotic, and violence-filled days, the Trump Administration issued discriminatory regulations and policy directives that will harm LGBTQIA+ people seeking federally-funded health and human services as well as LGBTQIA+ students.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, …
