Allegra Gordon
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Allegra R Gordon, ScD, MPH

Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2904
allegrag@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Allegra Gordon is a social epidemiologist who uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to understand the mental and physical health impacts of discrimination as well as the effects of gender norms and stereotypes on the health of young people across sexual orientations and gender identities. She earned her doctorate in Social & Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She holds an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences with a concentration in Sexuality and Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and a BA in Education and Environmental Studies from Swarthmore College. Current projects examine: the relationship between gender expression and health behaviors among U.S. adolescents; the effects of online environments (particularly social media environments) on substance use and disordered eating behaviors among transgender and gender-diverse young adults; barriers to and facilitators of access to HIV prevention services and sexual health and wellbeing among transgender and gender-diverse young adults; and the harmful effects of weight stigma on the health of sexual and gender minority populations.

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD Field of Study: Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Columbia University, MPH
  • Swarthmore College, BS Field of Study: Education/Environmental Studies

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHSB818

Publications

  • Published on 10/15/2025

    Murchison GR, Aguilar AJ, Eisenstadt BE, Gordon AR, Carroll K, Soulliard ZA. Experiences of U.S. Transgender/Nonbinary Young Adults Doing Online Sex Work: An Occupational Health Perspective. J Sex Res. 2025 Oct 15; 1-14. PMID: 41090902.

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  • Published on 10/6/2025

    Ranker LR, Katz-Wise SL, Gordon AR, Korkodilos R, Xuan Z, Nelson KM. Sexual orientation identity and attraction changes among youth: prospective versus retrospective measurement. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 06; 112:8-14. PMID: 41061832.

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  • Published on 9/16/2025

    Flesaker M, Bailar S, Tan ASL, Austin SB, Gordon AR. Exposure to Online Harassment and Disordered Eating in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults. Int J Eat Disord. 2025 Sep 16. PMID: 40955674.

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  • Published on 9/3/2025

    Zubizarreta D, Beccia AL, Vable AM, Gordon AR, Austin SB. Characterizing state-level structural cisheterosexism trajectories using sequence and cluster analysis, 1996-2016, 50 US states and Washington, DC, and associations with health status and health care outcomes. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Sep 03; 194(9):2608-2620. PMID: 39562147.

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  • Published on 6/24/2025

    Rhodes A, Ahmadi T, Gordon AR, Murchison GR, Fontenot HB, Potter J, Agénor M. Transgender and other gender minoritised assigned female at birth young adults' perceptions of and experiences with human papillomavirus vaccination. Cult Health Sex. 2025 Jun 24; 1-16. PMID: 40553616.

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  • Published on 6/13/2025

    Mazon C, Badillo C, Polanco Walters F, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM, Gordon AR. Experiences of Gender and Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Sexual Healthcare Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults of Color. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2025 Jun; 57(2):231-240. PMID: 40514048.

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  • Published on 2/16/2025

    Mehta N, Noh M, Agénor M, Murchison GR, Hughto JMW, Nelson KM, Gordon AR. Experiences of gender-affirming practices in healthcare settings and HIV testing among transgender and nonbinary young adults in the United States. AIDS Care. 2025 Jun; 37(6):892-900. PMID: 39955619.

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  • Published on 1/26/2025

    Line EC, Zubizarreta D, Budge SL, Watson RJ, Gordon AR, Austin SB, Katz-Wise SL . Minority stress and protective factors for body image concerns and disordered eating among a cohort of transgender and nonbinary youth: A preliminary longitudinal study. International Journal of Transgender Health. 2025; 1-17.

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  • Published on 1/2/2025

    Ranker LR, Korkodilos R, Conti J, Nelson KM, Xuan Z, Gordon AR, Katz-Wise SL. One-in-ten adolescents and young adults report changes in their sexual orientation identity over 2-month follow-up: Results from a longitudinal cohort study. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2025 Jan 02. PMID: 41048463.

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  • Published on 1/1/2025

    Roberts SR, Gordon AR, Choukas-Bradley S. Social Media and Youth Mental Health: A Public Health Perspective (Eds. V. Harrison, A. Collier, S. Adelsheim). Chapter 11. Body Image and Disordered Eating in Adolescence. American Psychiatric Association. Washington, DC. 2025.

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