Seminar Series: Dr. Ayden Scheim
Structural and intersectional approaches to trans population health
Ayden Scheim
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Short Biography:
Ayden Scheim is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health in Philadelphia, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University, and Affiliate Scientist in the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
Dr. Scheim is a social epidemiologist who works with populations confronting oppression to understand and address the health impacts of inequitable social, policy, and healthcare environments. He has over 15 years of experience in transgender and gender minority health research, including CIHR- and NIH-funded community-based participatory research studies in Canada, the United States, and India. Dr. Scheim is an Associate Editor of LGBT Health and has provided consultation on trans health research to the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, and CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health, among other organizations.
Abstract:
The growing visibility of transgender and non-binary (“trans”) individuals and social movements has been met with increased research attention. Within epidemiology, much research has documented health disparities in relation to cisgender populations. Relatively little research has addressed the structural determinants of trans health inequities and heterogeneity within trans populations, due in part to (perceived) data limitations. I will discuss Canadian and international research that uses structural stigma and intersectionality frameworks to examine how social policies and interlocking systems of power and privilege impact trans people’s well-being.
Date: Friday, March 1st
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine) or Zoom (link may be requested at EpiBio@uwo.ca)
