Arjan van der Star, PhD MSc
@arjanvanderstar.bsky.social
Social Epidemiologist, LGBTQ Mental Health | Associate Research Professor @SDSU | Chair @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social | he/him/his
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LGBTQ+ Mental Health Future Fund Campaign
Join me and make a gift to the SDSU LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Fund!
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𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 — 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Federal funding is vanishing, but the need is not.
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
It was a honor to join our partners in the HIV Prevention Alliance and speak at our launch event at the European Parliament in Brussels
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It was a honor to join our partners in the HIV Prevention Alliance and speak at our launch event at the European Parliament in Brussels
Queer health in Europe, onwards and upwards 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. 2025 European Public Health Conference - Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Queer health in Europe, onwards and upwards 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. 2025 European Public Health Conference - Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮
Join us!
Again this year, we have an interesting LGBTQ+ health program at the @ephconference.bsky.social, organized in part by @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social. Access the SGMH program here: db.eupha.org/repository/s... Join us in Helsinki in next month! #EUPHAatEPH2025 @eupha.bsky.social #EPH2025
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Join us!
𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 — 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Federal funding is vanishing, but the need is not.
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Future Fund Campaign
Join me and make a gift to the SDSU LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Fund!
givenow.sdsu.edu
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐+ 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 — 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Federal funding is vanishing, but the need is not.
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
We are launching a new fund to continue life-saving suicide prevention and mental health research at SDSU. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
See you there?
Call for Submissions – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Global Forum on Development, Health, and Rights, a conference organized in Utrecht, NLD, in August 2026.
Submission deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. www.srcd.org/event/sexual...
Submission deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:59 PM ET. www.srcd.org/event/sexual...
Call for Submissions | Society for Research in Child Development SRCD
www.srcd.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
See you there?
🚨 Out now in Current Psychology:
Our new study explored how sexual minority stigma and prejudice, across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels, function as a socioecological system to oppress sexual minority individuals and harm their mental health.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study explored how sexual minority stigma and prejudice, across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels, function as a socioecological system to oppress sexual minority individuals and harm their mental health.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🚨 Out now in Current Psychology:
Our new study explored how sexual minority stigma and prejudice, across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels, function as a socioecological system to oppress sexual minority individuals and harm their mental health.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study explored how sexual minority stigma and prejudice, across structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels, function as a socioecological system to oppress sexual minority individuals and harm their mental health.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Save young LGBTQ+ lives — invest in mental health research that matters.
We launched a new fund. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
#LGBTQ #MentalHealthMatters #QueerFutures #FundTheFuture #SuicidePrevention
We launched a new fund. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
#LGBTQ #MentalHealthMatters #QueerFutures #FundTheFuture #SuicidePrevention
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Future Fund Campaign
Join me and make a gift to the SDSU LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Fund!
givenow.sdsu.edu
July 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Save young LGBTQ+ lives — invest in mental health research that matters.
We launched a new fund. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
#LGBTQ #MentalHealthMatters #QueerFutures #FundTheFuture #SuicidePrevention
We launched a new fund. Support our work by donating now.
👉 givenow.sdsu.edu/lgbtq-mental...
#LGBTQ #MentalHealthMatters #QueerFutures #FundTheFuture #SuicidePrevention
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🏳️🌈 New from EUPHA: Our position paper on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 sets out 11 urgent public health priorities. We call for inclusive, evidence-informed action to protect health, rights & dignity.
📄 Read more: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
📄 Read more: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
July 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🏳️🌈 New from EUPHA: Our position paper on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 sets out 11 urgent public health priorities. We call for inclusive, evidence-informed action to protect health, rights & dignity.
📄 Read more: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
📄 Read more: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜𝗤 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬)
I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3)
I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3)
July 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧𝗜𝗤 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬)
I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3)
I am proud to share the response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming LGBTIQ Equality Strategy I authored on behalf of the European Public Health Association and its section on LGBTQI+ health (1/3)
🚨 In a new book chapter, I unpack how laws and policies affect the health and wellbeing of LGBT youth.
The legal epidemiology of global laws and policies shaping risk and resiliency in sexually and gender diverse adolescents' health and well-being
The legal epidemiology of global laws and policies shaping risk and resiliency in sexually and gender diverse adolescents' health and well-being
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🚨 In a new book chapter, I unpack how laws and policies affect the health and wellbeing of LGBT youth.
The legal epidemiology of global laws and policies shaping risk and resiliency in sexually and gender diverse adolescents' health and well-being
The legal epidemiology of global laws and policies shaping risk and resiliency in sexually and gender diverse adolescents' health and well-being
Celebrating 15 years with EUPHA, my scientific home #leadingvoices #publichealth #EUPHAfamily #LGBTQIhealth @eupha.bsky.social @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Celebrating 15 years with EUPHA, my scientific home #leadingvoices #publichealth #EUPHAfamily #LGBTQIhealth @eupha.bsky.social @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social
The development and refinement of our QueerCARE suicide prevention intervention for LGBTQ youth and young adults, out now in the journal Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The development and refinement of our QueerCARE suicide prevention intervention for LGBTQ youth and young adults, out now in the journal Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/sltb...
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In Germany, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften published new clinical guidelines for the care of transgender youth - a major pushback against the highly-contested Cass Review register.awmf.org/de/leitlinie...
March 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In Germany, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften published new clinical guidelines for the care of transgender youth - a major pushback against the highly-contested Cass Review register.awmf.org/de/leitlinie...
Please get in touch if you would like to join one of our @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social sponsored symposia!
Earlier today, we sent out our annual Call for Abstracts. Would you like to contribute to one of the section-sponsored research symposia on LGBTQIA+ health at @ephconference.bsky.social in Helsinki this year? Get in touch. We would love to see if we can include your work. @eupha.bsky.social #EPH2025
March 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Please get in touch if you would like to join one of our @eupha-sgmh.bsky.social sponsored symposia!
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San Diego State University is now officially an R1 university!
This designation recognizes the top 5% of research universities nationwide for their productivity and graduate education.
www.sdsu.edu/news/2025/02...
This designation recognizes the top 5% of research universities nationwide for their productivity and graduate education.
www.sdsu.edu/news/2025/02...
SDSU earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S. | News | SDSU
SDSU has, for the first time, been designated an R1 university, a category historically reserved for top-tier, research-intensive doctoral degree-granting universities.
www.sdsu.edu
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
San Diego State University is now officially an R1 university!
This designation recognizes the top 5% of research universities nationwide for their productivity and graduate education.
www.sdsu.edu/news/2025/02...
This designation recognizes the top 5% of research universities nationwide for their productivity and graduate education.
www.sdsu.edu/news/2025/02...
Reposted by Arjan van der Star, PhD MSc
Reposted by Arjan van der Star, PhD MSc
Today, EUPHA's @charlottemar.bsky.social, speaks in response to the US pulling out of @who.int. We urge European governments to support WHO, reaffirm values of peace, democracy, and science, and protect global health. 📽️ Watch our video on LinkedIn with key points.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
EUPHA - European Public Health Association on LinkedIn: EUPHA's response to the US withdrawal from the WHO
Today, our Executive Director Charlotte Marchandise speaks on behalf of EUPHA, the European Public Health Association, in response to President Trump's…
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January 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today, EUPHA's @charlottemar.bsky.social, speaks in response to the US pulling out of @who.int. We urge European governments to support WHO, reaffirm values of peace, democracy, and science, and protect global health. 📽️ Watch our video on LinkedIn with key points.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
With gratitude, I am excited to share that I have been promoted to Associate Research Professor at @SDSUPsychDept of @SDSU. What an incredible journey it has been. This a true testament to the amazing support from students, collaborators, and above all, my mentors.
January 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
With gratitude, I am excited to share that I have been promoted to Associate Research Professor at @SDSUPsychDept of @SDSU. What an incredible journey it has been. This a true testament to the amazing support from students, collaborators, and above all, my mentors.
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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On December 11, @who.int is launching its new book on health inequality monitoring. The launch webinar is scheduled for 1pm-2:15pm CET. Register here: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Launch of WHO book 'Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity'
Register hereOver the past decades there have been remarkable improvements to human health around the world. Yet, further progress remains hampered by persistent inequalities between and within popula...
www.who.int
December 2, 2024 at 12:25 AM
On December 11, @who.int is launching its new book on health inequality monitoring. The launch webinar is scheduled for 1pm-2:15pm CET. Register here: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
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If you're into studying psychology and anything LGBTQ+ related, give @dsquared.bsky.social a shout to join the list
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
November 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
If you're into studying psychology and anything LGBTQ+ related, give @dsquared.bsky.social a shout to join the list
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
🚨 Excited to share my new article in @socscimed on the 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂 and how it shapes sexual minority health. This has been in the making for nearly five years and I am proud that it is out in the world now. (1/3)
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
🚨 Excited to share my new article in @socscimed on the 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒎𝒂 and how it shapes sexual minority health. This has been in the making for nearly five years and I am proud that it is out in the world now. (1/3)
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We are inviting trans and nonbinary (TNB) faculty to participate in a research study about their experiences in higher education institutions in the U.S. Please share widely. To access the link to the survey, visit tiny.utk.edu/TNBfaculty!
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
We are inviting trans and nonbinary (TNB) faculty to participate in a research study about their experiences in higher education institutions in the U.S. Please share widely. To access the link to the survey, visit tiny.utk.edu/TNBfaculty!