{"id":662,"date":"2025-04-18T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=662"},"modified":"2025-07-08T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:22:23","slug":"lydia-giersch","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/profile\/lydia-giersch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Giersch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Through my role, I help support and bolster various initiatives addressing student health and wellness needs. I&#8217;m passionate about providing students with the tools and resources they need to make the best decisions for their health. I believe that education is a critical part of one&#8217;s health, and I am energized by strategizing ways to connect students to the information they want and need. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As I began my journey working in sexual health education as a peer educator, I am thrilled to support our Student Health Ambassadors as they outreach and connect with the overall BU Community. What I love about working at Student Health Services is the ability to connect with students, learn new things, and explore new ways to improve student health and wellness at BU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Hobbies<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>I enjoy taking long walks to explore and admire architecture throughout the city, reading, and learning to cook or bake something new!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Training<\/strong><br \/>\nMPH, Boston University School of Public Health<br \/>\nBA, University of Oregon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Interests<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Sexual Health Education Peer to Peer Education<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHS Committees<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>SHS Prevention Committee SHS<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Gender-Affirming Healthcare Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Noteworthy publications &amp; presentations<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>&#8220;Comparing sexual health initiatives &amp; identifying opportunities for advancement at two universities&#8221;, 2025 NASPA Strategies Conference<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Involvement<\/strong><br \/>\nTerriers Connect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16413,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/662\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}