Intersectionality in Public Health Research: A View From the National Institutes of Health

Affiliations

¹ Jennifer Alvidrez is with the Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Gregory L. Greenwood is with the Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Tamara Lewis Johnson is with the Office of Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Karen L. Parker is with the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.

Editorial

Jennifer Alvidrez et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;111(1):95-97.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305986.

¹ Jennifer Alvidrez is with the Division of Extramural Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Gregory L. Greenwood is with the Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Tamara Lewis Johnson is with the Office of Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Karen L. Parker is with the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.

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