Including Sexual and Gender Minorities in Clinical Research

Dr John P Gilmore is a Registered General Nurse and Assistant Professor in Nursing at UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. John’s work focusses on issues of social justice, inclusion health and gender and sexual minority healthcare; and he is a member of UCD’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems. In 2022 John was awarded a Fulbright HRB Health Impact Scholar award, and in Spring/Summer 2023 was based at the Center for Gender and Sexual Minority Health and the Gender and Sexual Minority Health Equity Lab at University of California San Francisco, and the Center for Gender and Sexual Minority Health Research at Columbia University New York. While in the USA John conducted research exploring the enablers and barriers to providing LGBTQI+ primary care and visited a number of specialist LGBTQI+ health services. John received a PhD with examiner commendation in 2021 from Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and he holds a visiting position at the University of Huddersfield, UK. John’s presentation will focus on the inclusion of gender and sexual minority communities in clinical research.