The Q-Med: Building LGBTQI+ Leaders in Health Care conference aims to engage and inspire future LGBTQI+ leaders in health care in the areas of research, clinical care, education, and policy/advocacy. It will feature keynote speakers, posters, interactive workshops with practical tools and strategies designed to address the unique challenges facing LGBTQI+ leaders.
Current health professional students (e.g., medical, nursing, physician assistant, podiatry, dentistry, clinical psychology, biomedical research, social work, and public health students) and university undergraduate students with an interest in health care as a profession are invited to attend. Though the content of the conference will be geared toward students, others with an interest in working with students to develop LGBTQI+ leaders in health care (e.g., residents, advanced trainees, and faculty) are invited to participate.
Registration for this conference is free.
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Keynote Speaker: Zena Sharman, PhD
Zena Sharman, PhD, is a femme force of nature and a passionate advocate for queer and trans health. She edited the Lambda Literary award-winning anthology, The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) and co-edited the Lambda-award nominated anthology Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011). Sharman is a writer, speaker, health advocate, and strategist with over 10 years of experience in progressively senior leadership roles at health research funding agencies. She currently serves as the director of strategy at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. From 2008 to 2015, she was assistant director of Canada's national gender and health research funding institute.
Sharman co-chairs the board of the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre, a holistic health center for transgender and gender-diverse communities in Vancouver, Canada, and is a former board member of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health. She has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia, where her research focused on gender and care work in the health system. Sharman's resume also includes party thrower, cabaret host, go-go dancer for a queer punk band, campus radio DJ, and elementary school public speaking champion.
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