Advancing health equity for sexual and gender minorities.

The digital health program Keep It Up! was first developed in 2007 as an innovative and necessary approach to HIV prevention in young sexual minority men. The program has gone through multiple iterations since its inception, ending most recently with KIU! 3.0.

KIU! is currently a project at The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH). ISGMH was founded in 2015 and is the first university-wide institute in the country focused exclusively on research to improve the health of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community.

ISGMH grew from director Dr. Brian Mustanski’s IMPACT LGBT Health and Development Program, which has been conducting state-of-the art translational research with SGM youth populations since 2008. It was founded with the support of the Office of the Provost, the Office of Research, and the Feinberg School of Medicine.

We are a leader in research that fosters understanding of the development and experiences of SGM individuals and improves the health and wellbeing of the SGM community. Sexual and gender minorities include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people – anyone whose sexual or gender identity does not conform to social majority categories of sexual orientation or gender.