Wendy Bostwick, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Population Health Nursing Science
Pronouns: She/her
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About
Wendy Bostwick, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her MPH and PhD in Community Health Sciences from UIC and completed post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan. Wendy conducts research related to health inequities among sexual and gender minority populations, with a focus on mental health and substance use among bisexual people. Wendy is particularly interested in how stigma, prejudice and discrimination influence health outcomes. Her research incorporates multiple methods including survey research, qualitative interviews, and electronic diaries. Wendy has been an invited speaker at the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, GLMA and many others.
Wendy's more recent interests include exploring how epistemic injustices play out in healthcare settings.
Her research has been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the American Institute of Bisexuality, among others. From 2018 - 2022, Wendy served on the Board of Howard Brown Health, one of the nation's largest FQHCs serving the LGBTQ+ community, including as inaugural Co-Chair of the Board's DEI committee. Wendy is currently Board Chair of the Guttmacher Institute, the premier sexual and reproductive health and rights research advocacy organization. Wendy is also a Public Voices Fellow of The Op-Ed Project. In addition, she serves as the Co-Chair of UIC's OCEAN-HP Research Council, whose charge includes connecting researchers and community-based organizations who are committed to achieving health equity for all Chicagoans.
Wendy's 2021 appearance on National Public Radio can be found here.
The report from the National Institute of Health's Workshop on Bisexual Health, Co-Chaired by Wendy and colleague Dr. Brian Dodge, can be found here. NOTE: As of January, 2025, due to government censorship, this information is no longer available on line. Please contact me directly for a copy of this report.
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Selected Grants
NIMHD, Health Effects of Identity-Based Stressors among Men, R21 MD012319, Co-Principal Investigator & Site PI (2017-2021)
NIMHD, Center for Health Equity Research Chicago U54 00357895, Co-Investigator, Co-Lead of Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (2017 - 2020)
NIMHD, E-Diaries to Assess Health Effects of Microaggressions R21 MD0009585, Principal Investigator (2015 - 2018)
Selected Publications
Smith, A. U., Bostwick, W. B., Burke, L., Hequembourg, A. L., Santuzzi, A., & Hughes, T. L. (2022). How deep is the cut? The influence of daily microaggressions on bisexual women’s health. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fsgd0000556
Bostwick, W. B., Smith, A. U., Hequembourg, A. L., Santuzzi, A., & Hughes, T. (2021). Microaggressions and Health Outcomes among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Bisexual Women. Journal of Bisexuality, 1-23. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2021.1991545
Williams, D., Dodge, B., Berger, B., Kimbrough, A., & Bostwick, W. B. (2020). Self-reported health concerns and healthcare experiences among diverse bisexual men: An exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Bisexuality, 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/15299716.2020.1822256
Hequembourg, A. L., Blayney, J. A., Livingston, J. A., Bostwick, W., & Auerbach, S. (2019). A mixed methods investigation of sexual victimisation and coping among sexual minority compared to heterosexual women. Psychology & Sexuality, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1678193
Bostwick, W. B., & Dodge, B. (2019). Introduction to the Special Section on Bisexual Health: Can You See Us Now?. Archives of sexual behavior, 48(1), 79-87. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-018-1370-9
Bostwick, W. B., Hughes, T. L., Steffen, A., Veldhuis, C. B., & Wilsnack, S. C. (2019). Depression and Victimization in a Community Sample of Bisexual and Lesbian Women: An Intersectional Approach. Archives of sexual behavior, 48(1), 131-141. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-018-1247-y
Dodge, B., Herbenick, D., Friedman, M. R., Schick, V., Fu, T. C. J., Bostwick, W., … & Sandfort, T. G. (2016). Attitudes toward bisexual men and women among a nationally representative probability sample of adults in the United States. PLoS One, 11(10), e0164430.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0164430
Bostwick, W., & Hequembourg, A. (2014). ‘Just a little hint’: bisexual-specific microaggressions and their connection to epistemic injustices. Culture, health & sexuality, 16(5), 488-503. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2014.889754
Bostwick, W. B., Boyd, C. J., Hughes, T. L., West, B. T., & McCabe, S. E. (2014). Discrimination and mental health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84(1), 35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144327/