LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: Understanding Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Across Populations

  • Starts: 12:00 pm on Friday, September 25, 2026
  • Ends: 1:15 pm on Friday, September 25, 2026

Featuring:

- Jesse Moreira-Bouchard, Clinical Assistant Professor Programs in Human Physiology, Department of Health Sciences

How is day-to-day minority stress related to cardiovascular function in LGBTQ and TNB populations? Why do LGBTQ and TNB have higher rates of cardiovascular disease? Professor Moreira-Bouchard will present research from the BU Q.U.E.E.R. Lab showing us how being LGBQ and/or TNB has implications for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension.

Open to all BU faculty, staff, and students.

Sponsored by the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff