Annesa M. Flentje is an American clinical psychologist specializing in reducing health disparities in LGBT community. She is a professor at the UCSF School of Nursing.
Annesa Flentje | |
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| Other names | Annesa Flentje Santa |
| Alma mater | University of Montana (BA, MA, PhD) Capella University (MS) |
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| Fields | Health disparities, LGBT community, clinical psychology |
| Institutions | UCSF School of Nursing |
| Academic advisors | Bryan Cochran |
Education
editFlentje completed a B.A. at University of Montana (UM) in 2000. She earned a M.S. at Capella University in 2003.[1]
Flentje completed a M.A. in clinical psychology at UM in 2006. Her graduate thesis was titled, Effects of Different Types of Drinking and Driving PSAs on Persons with Varying Levels of Drinking and Driving Experience. Her academic advisor was Bryan Cochran.[1]
In 2012, Flentje earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at UM. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in drug abuse treatment services research at the University of California, San Francisco.[2]
Career and research
editFlentje is an associate professor at the UCSF School of Nursing. She is a clinical psychologist who focuses on reducing health disparities in the LGBT community.[3]
Her research has targeted multiple ways to reduce these disparities, including prevention, increasing the visibility of sexual and gender minorities in research, and improving mental health and substance abuse services for sexual and gender minorities. Her current research is identifying the relationship between minority stress, substance use, and biological functioning at the molecular level (i.e., gene expression and DNA methylation). She has developed an individually delivered intervention to reduce minority stress among sexual minority men and is investigating it as a means to reduce substance use and improve the physical and mental health of sexual minority people.[3]
Flentje is an associate director of The PRIDE Study, a prospective, national, longitudinal study of the health of sexual and gender minority individuals within the United States that has enrolled more than 12,000 sexual and gender minority people to date.[3]
Awards and honors
editFlentje was an early-stage investigator awardee at the 2018 National Institutes of Health Sexual and Gender Minority Research Investigator Awards Program.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Santa, Annesa (2006-01-01). "Effects of Different Types of Drinking and Driving PSAs on Persons with Varying Levels of Drinking and Driving Experience". Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers.
- ^ "Annesa Flentje | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ a b c d "2018 SGMRO Research Investigator Awards Event DPCPSI". dpcpsi.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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edit- Annesa Flentje publications indexed by Google Scholar
