Columbia researcher, Jae Sevelius, PhD (they/them) seeks to advance health care and promote wellness for transgender and gender expansive communities. Dr. Sevelius joined the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia in October 2022 as a professor of medical psychology, and has devoted their career to advancing health and reducing barriers to care for transgender communities. Sevelius says, “Trans and gender expansive people are often socially marginalized for not conforming to rigid expectations of gender identity and expression,” Dr. Sevelius said. “Due to stigma and discrimination along with other social determinants of health, trans communities experience high rates of trauma and health disparities; this is compounded even further for trans and gender diverse people of color.”
Helping Transgender People Thrive
Source: Columbia University Department of Psychiatry