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    Health heroes

    Feb 21, 2020 4 minutes

    PROFESSOR CATHERINE MEADS

    Catherine works across all areas of healthcare to research and investigate what differentiates LGBTQI women’s health from heterosexual women’s health. Currently a Professor of Health at Anglia Ruskin University, Catherine has been conducting research into LGBTQI health since 1992.

    Most recently, she developed a document for Public Health England that brought together significant amounts of research on the healthcare experiences and health of UK sexual minority women. This document is now used by anyone advocating for policies to improve LGBTQI women’s health. Catherine is also currently a member of the UK Government Equalities Office LGBT Advisory Panel.

    Catherine told DIVA: “I’ve been very lucky to have experienced the growth of LGBT health research over the

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