LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: LGBTQ+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Health Impacts and a Call to Action
- Starts: 12:00 pm on Friday, November 1, 2024
- Ends: 1:30 pm on Friday, November 1, 2024
Featuring Avik Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Dr. Chatterjee is an internal medicine and pediatrics trained physician who sees patients in shelter-based clinics in the Boston area through Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. In this talk, he will discuss the disproportionate burden of homelessness on LGBTQ+ youth, as well as the physical and mental health risks incurred by LGBTQ+ youth due to homelessness. We will also discuss individual-level and policy strategies to supporting homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
Sponsored by the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff- Speakers:
- Avik Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Audience:
- bu
- Location:
- Via Zoom
- Fees:
- free
- Link:
- https://www.bu.edu/thecenter/events-calendar/?eid=297803
- Contact Organization:
- LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff
- Contact Name:
- Allison Reilly