Wendy Bostwick PhD, MPH

Wendy Bostwick, Ph.D., MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Health Systems Science Department, College of Nursing, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her MPH and Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences from UIC and completed post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan. Wendy conducts research related to health disparities among sexual and gender minority populations, with a focus on mental health and substance use among bisexual women. She has been engaged in women’s health activism, research, and advocacy for over 20 years. Her research incorporates multiple methods including survey research, qualitative interviews, and electronic diaries. Her current work explores how microaggressions associated with race, gender, sexual orientation, and their intersection may affect mental and physical health among bisexual women and men. Her work 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. Wendy serves on the Board of Directors of the Guttmacher Institute, Howard Brown Health Center, located in Chicago, and is adjunct faculty at the Fenway Institute, in Boston, MA.