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Allegra Gordon, ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Dept of Community Health Sciences

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MPH, Columbia University

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Websites

	Harvard SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative
	National Mixed Methods Research Training Program
	Growing Up Today Study (GUTS)
	LinkedIn
	Google Scholar

ORCID : 0000-0002-5731-7215

Allegra Gordon is a social epidemiologist who uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to understand the mental and physical health impacts of discrimination as well as the effects of gender norms and stereotypes on the health of young people across sexual orientations and gender identities. She earned her doctorate in Social & Behavioral Sciences with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She holds an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences with a concentration in Sexuality and Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and a BA in Education and Environmental Studies from Swarthmore College. Current projects examine: the relationship between gender expression and health behaviors among U.S. adolescents; the effects of online environments (particularly social media environments) on substance use and disordered eating behaviors among transgender and gender-diverse young adults; barriers to and facilitators of access to HIV prevention services and sexual health and wellbeing among transgender and gender-diverse young adults; and the harmful effects of weight stigma on the health of sexual and gender minority populations.

BU Research

Social Media and Substance Use Risk and Resilience Among Gender Minority Emerging Adults
08/01/2021 - 07/31/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
1K01DA054357-01

CFAR: Multi-level determinants of PrEP awareness, attitudes, access, and experiences in a national survey of transgender and gender diverse U.S. young adults
04/01/2021 - 03/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
5P30AI042853-22

Understanding how youth experience weight stigma and the role of weight-focused intervention programs in U.S. schools
11/01/2019 - 10/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NCATS

Legal protection from weight discrimination: a potential macro-environmental lever to prevent eating disorders
11/01/2019 - 09/30/2020 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NCATS

Eating Disorders Prevention for Transgender Young Adults: An Intervention Mapping Approach
11/01/2019 - 08/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College NIH NCATS

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Goldhammer H, Grasso C, Katz-Wise SL, Thomson K, Gordon AR, Keuroghlian AS. Pediatric sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in the electronic health record. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 Apr 09. PMID: 35396995

Romano KA, Lipson SK, Beccia AL, Quatromoni PA, Gordon AR, Murgueitio J. Changes in the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of eating disorder symptoms from 2013 to 2020 among a large national sample of U.S. young adults: A repeated cross-sectional study. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Mar 26.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Quatromoni, Paula
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 35338504

Agénor M, Geffen SR, Zubizarreta D, Jones R, Giraldo S, McGuirk A, Caballero M, Gordon AR. Experiences of and resistance to multiple discrimination in health care settings among transmasculine people of color. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 21; 22(1):369. PMID: 35307008; PMCID: PMC8935683; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07729-5;

Frederick DA, Hazzard VM, Schaefer LM, Rodgers RF, Gordon AR, Tylka TL, Pennesi JL, Convertino L, Parent MC, Brown TA, Compte EJ, Cook-Cottone CP, Crerand CE, Malcarne VL, Nagata JM, Perez M, Pila E, Thompson JK, Murray SB. Sexual orientation differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image. 2022 Mar 07; 41:181-194. PMID: 35272100

Frederick DA, Gordon AR, Cook-Cottone CP, Brady JP, Reynolds TA, Alley J, Garcia JR, Brown TA, Compte EJ, Convertino L, Crerand CE, Malcarne VL, Nagata JM, Parent MC, Pennesi JL, Perez M, Pila E, Rodgers RF, Schaefer LM, Thompson JK, Tylka TL, Murray SB. Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image. 2022 Mar 02; 41:109-127. PMID: 35247866

Agénor M, Murchison GR, Najarro J, Grimshaw A, Cottrill AA, Janiak E, Gordon AR, Charlton BM. Mapping the scientific literature on reproductive health among transgender and gender diverse people: a scoping review. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2021 Dec; 29(1):1886395. PMID: 33625311; PMCID: PMC8011687; DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1886395;

Eiduson R, Murchison GR, Agénor M, Suarez L, Gordon AR. Sexual healthcare experiences of nonbinary young adults. Cult Health Sex. 2021 Oct 17; 1-17. PMID: 34657546

Jhe GB, Mereish EH, Gordon AR, Woulfe JM, Katz-Wise SL. Associations between anti-bisexual minority stress and body esteem and emotional eating among bi+ individuals: The protective role of individual- and community-level factors. Eat Behav. 2021 12; 43:101575. PMID: 34757266; PMCID: PMC8739806; DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101575;

Katz-Wise SL, Boskey ER, Godwin EG, Thomson K, Post J, Gordon AR. "We're Moving in the Right Direction. Still a Long Way to Go": Experiences and Perceptions of the Climate for LGBTQ+ Employees at a Pediatric Hospital. J Homosex. 2021 Jun 11; 1-19. PMID: 34115579

Gordon AR, Fish JN, Kiekens WJ, Lightfoot M, Frost DM, Russell ST. Cigarette Smoking and Minority Stress Across Age Cohorts in a National Sample of Sexual Minorities: Results From the Generations Study. Ann Behav Med. 2021 06 02; 55(6):530-542. PMID: 32970788; PMCID: PMC8171804; DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaaa079;

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Hartman-Munick SM, Silverstein S, Guss CE, Lopez E, Calzo JP, Gordon AR. Eating disorder screening and treatment experiences in transgender and gender diverse young adults. Eat Behav. 2021 04; 41:101517. PMID: 33962139

Gordon AR, Moore LB, Guss CE. Eating Disorders in Boys and Men (Eds. Nagata, Brown, Murray, Lavender). Eating Disorders Among Transgender and Gender Non-binary People. Springer International Publishing. 2021; 265-81. View Publication
Nelson KM and Gordon AG. The imperative to advance adolescent health equity. ideahub at Boston University School of Public Health. Boston. 2021. View Publication
Wilson BDM, Gordon AR, Mallory C, Choi SK, Badgett L & LBQ Women’s Report Team. LBQ Women’s Social, Health, and Socioeconomic Well-being: Data and Public Policy Impact. The Williams Institute. Los Angeles. 2021. View Publication

Duffy ME, Calzo JP, Lopez E, Silverstein S, Joiner TE, Gordon AR. Measurement and construct validity of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short Form in a transgender and gender diverse community sample. Psychol Assess. 2021 May; 33(5):459-463. PMID: 33646808; PMCID: PMC8756775; DOI: 10.1037/pas0000996;

Gordon AR, Calzo JP, Eiduson R, Sharp K, Silverstein S, Lopez E, Thomson K, Reisner SL. Asynchronous Online Focus Groups for Health Research: Case Study and Lessons Learned. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 2021; 20. View Publication

Gordon AR, Calzo JP, Eiduson R, Sharp K, Silverstein S, Lopez E, Thomson K, Reisner SL. Asynchronous Online Focus Groups for Health Research: Case Study and Lessons Learned. Int J Qual Methods. 2021 Jan-Dec; 20. PMID: 35185443; PMCID: PMC8856649; DOI: 10.1177/1609406921990489;

Solazzo AL, Tabaac AR, Gordon AR, Rosario M, Austin SB, Charlton BM. The Prospective Association of Internalized Sexual Prejudice during Adolescence with Binge Drinking, Smoking, and Disordered Weight Control Behaviors in Adulthood. Journal of Bisexuality. 2020; 20(4):383-399. View Publication

Gordon AR, Austin SB, Schultz J, Guss CE, Calzo JP, Wang ML. Gender Expression, Peer Victimization, and Disordered Weight-Control Behaviors Among U.S. High School Students. J Adolesc Health. 2021 06; 68(6):1148-1154.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Wang, Monica

PMID: 33071166; PMCID: PMC8756556; DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.032;

Nelson KM, Gordon AR, John SA, Stout CD, Macapagal K. "Physical Sex Is Over for Now": Impact of COVID-19 on the Well-Being and Sexual Health of Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in the U.S. J Adolesc Health. 2020 12; 67(6):756-762.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Nelson, Kimberly

PMID: 33039273; PMCID: PMC7683377; DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.027;

Hartman-Munick SM, Gordon AR, Guss C. Adolescent body image: influencing factors and the clinician's role. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2020 08; 32(4):455-460. PMID: 32487854

Guss CE, Eiduson R, Khan A, Dumont O, Forman SF, Gordon AR. "It'd Be Great to Have the Options There": A Mixed-Methods Study of Gender Identity Questions on Clinic Forms in a Primary Care Setting. J Adolesc Health. 2020 10; 67(4):590-596. PMID: 32402797

Katz-Wise SL, Gordon AR, Burke PJ, Jonestrask C, Shrier LA. Healthcare Clinician and Staff Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Ideal Sexual Health Care to High-Risk Depressed Young Women: A Qualitative Study of Diverse Clinic Systems. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2020 Aug; 33(4):363-371. PMID: 32145377

Agénor M, Cottrill AA, Kay E, Janiak E, Gordon AR, Potter J. Contraceptive Beliefs, Decision Making and Care Experiences Among Transmasculine Young Adults: A Qualitative Analysis. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2020 03; 52(1):7-14. PMID: 31977155

Tabaac AR, Solazzo AL, Gordon AR, Austin SB, Guss C, Charlton BM. Sexual orientation-related disparities in healthcare access in three cohorts of U.S. adults. Prev Med. 2020 03; 132:105999. PMID: 31981643; PMCID: PMC8312312; DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.105999;

Hart LM, Gordon AR, Sarda V, Calzo JP, Sonneville KR, Samnaliev M, Austin SB. The association of disordered eating with health-related quality of life in U.S. young adults and effect modification by gender. Qual Life Res. 2020 May; 29(5):1203-1215. PMID: 31970623

Adhia A, Gordon AR, Roberts AL, Fitzmaurice GM, Hemenway D, Austin SB. Longitudinal Associations Between Bullying and Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Violence Vict. 2019 12 01; 34(6):1011-1029. PMID: 31836648; PMCID: PMC7462098; DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00135;

Charlton BM, Hatzenbuehler ML, Jun HJ, Sarda V, Gordon AR, Raifman JRG, Austin SB. Structural stigma and sexual orientation-related reproductive health disparities in a longitudinal cohort study of female adolescents. J Adolesc. 2019 07; 74:183-187.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Raifman, Julia

PMID: 31238178; PMCID: PMC6625525; DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.06.008;

Watson RJ, Veale JF, Gordon AR, Clark BA, Saewyc EM. Risk and protective factors for transgender youths' substance use. Prev Med Rep. 2019 Sep; 15:100905. PMID: 31193847; PMCID: PMC6542768; DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100905;

Lowry R, Johns MM, Gordon AR, Austin SB, Robin LE, Kann LK. Nonconforming Gender Expression and Associated Mental Distress and Substance Use Among High School Students. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 11 01; 172(11):1020-1028. PMID: 30264092; PMCID: PMC6248138; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2140;

Charlton BM, Gordon AR, Reisner SL, Sarda V, Samnaliev M, Austin SB. Sexual orientation-related disparities in employment, health insurance, healthcare access and health-related quality of life: a cohort study of US male and female adolescents and young adults. BMJ Open. 2018 07 26; 8(6):e020418. PMID: 30049672; PMCID: PMC6067349; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020418;

Martos AJ, Wilson PA, Gordon AR, Lightfoot M, Meyer IH. "Like finding a unicorn": Healthcare preferences among lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2018 07; 208:126-133. PMID: 29803970; PMCID: PMC6382457; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.020;

Adhia A, Gordon AR, Roberts AL, Fitzmaurice GM, Hemenway D, Austin SB. Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Intimate Partner Violence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. J Interpers Violence. 2021 03; 36(5-6):NP3130-NP3152. PMID: 29683080; DOI: 10.1177/0886260518770643;

Gordon AR, Conron KJ, Calzo JP, White MT, Reisner SL, Austin SB. Gender Expression, Violence, and Bullying Victimization: Findings From Probability Samples of High School Students in 4 US School Districts. J Sch Health. 2018 04; 88(4):306-314. PMID: 29498058; PMCID: PMC5836796; DOI: 10.1111/josh.12606;

Calzo JP, Katz-Wise SL, Charlton BM, Gordon AR, Krieger N. Addressing the dearth of critical gender analysis in public health and medical pedagogy: an interdisciplinary seminar to generate student-created teaching examples. Crit Public Health. 2019; 29(1):18-26. PMID: 30778277; PMCID: PMC6377202; DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2017.1419166;

Diemer EW, White Hughto JM, Gordon AR, Guss C, Austin SB, Reisner SL. Beyond the Binary: Differences in Eating Disorder Prevalence by Gender Identity in a Transgender Sample. Transgend Health. 2018; 3(1):17-23. PMID: 29359198; PMCID: PMC5775111; DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2017.0043;

Allen E, Gordon A, Krakower D, Hsu K. HIV preexposure prophylaxis for adolescents and young adults. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2017 Aug; 29(4):399-406.View Related Profiles.

Gordon, Allegra
Hsu, Katherine

PMID: 28598901; PMCID: PMC5762125; DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000512;

Austin SB, Gordon AR, Ziyadeh NJ, Charlton BM, Katz-Wise SL, Samnaliev M. Stigma and Health-Related Quality of Life in Sexual Minorities. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Oct; 53(4):559-566. PMID: 28756895; PMCID: PMC6740239; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.05.007;

Charlton BM, Reisner SL, Agénor M, Gordon AR, Sarda V, Austin SB. Sexual Orientation Disparities in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in a Longitudinal Cohort of U.S. Males and Females. LGBT Health. 2017 06; 4(3):202-209. PMID: 28467238; PMCID: PMC5485217; DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2016.0103;

Gordon AR, Krieger N, Okechukwu CA, Haneuse S, Samnaliev M, Charlton BM, Austin SB. Decrements in health-related quality of life associated with gender nonconformity among U.S. adolescents and young adults. Qual Life Res. 2017 08; 26(8):2129-2138. PMID: 28315179; PMCID: PMC5511094; DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1545-1;

Carliner H, Sarvet AL, Gordon AR, Hasin DS. Gender discrimination, educational attainment, and illicit drug use among U.S. women. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017 03; 52(3):279-289. PMID: 28025690; PMCID: PMC5346046; DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1329-x;

Agénor M, Peitzmeier SM, Gordon AR, Charlton BM, Haneuse S, Potter J, Austin SB. Sexual orientation identity disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation and completion among young adult US women and men. Cancer Causes Control. 2016 10; 27(10):1187-96. PMID: 27507284; PMCID: PMC5025383; DOI: 10.1007/s10552-016-0796-4;

Gordon AR, Austin SB, Krieger N, White Hughto JM, Reisner SL. "I have to constantly prove to myself, to people, that I fit the bill": Perspectives on weight and shape control behaviors among low-income, ethnically diverse young transgender women. Soc Sci Med. 2016 09; 165:141-149. PMID: 27518756; PMCID: PMC5241136; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.038;

Reisner SL, Katz-Wise SL, Gordon AR, Corliss HL, Austin SB. Social Epidemiology of Depression and Anxiety by Gender Identity. J Adolesc Health. 2016 08; 59(2):203-8. PMID: 27267142; PMCID: PMC4958506; DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.04.006;

Austin SB, Rosario M, McLaughlin KA, Roberts AL, Gordon AR, Sarda V, Missmer S, Anatale-Tardiff L, Scherer EA. Sexual orientation and diurnal cortisol patterns in a cohort of U.S. young adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 07; 69:197-208. PMID: 27131052; PMCID: PMC4880491; DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.04.012;

Agénor M, McCauley HL, Peitzmeier SM, Haneuse S, Gordon AR, Potter J, Austin SB. Sex of Sexual Partners and Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among U.S. Girls and Women. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Mar; 50(3):318-327. PMID: 26585049; PMCID: PMC4762746; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.08.025;

Agénor M, Peitzmeier S, Gordon AR, Haneuse S, Potter JE, Austin SB. Sexual Orientation Identity Disparities in Awareness and Initiation of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among U.S. Women and Girls: A National Survey. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jul 21; 163(2):99-106. PMID: 25961737; PMCID: PMC4509853; DOI: 10.7326/M14-2108;

Reisner SL, Conron KJ, Tardiff LA, Jarvi S, Gordon AR, Austin SB. Monitoring the health of transgender and other gender minority populations: validity of natal sex and gender identity survey items in a U.S. national cohort of young adults. BMC Public Health. 2014 Nov 26; 14:1224. PMID: 25427573; PMCID: PMC4289327; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1224;

Reisner SL, Van Wagenen A, Gordon A, Calzo JP. Disparities in safety belt use by sexual orientation identity among US high school students. Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb; 104(2):311-8. PMID: 24328643; PMCID: PMC3935709; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301745;

Austin SB, Gordon AR, Kennedy GA, Sonneville KR, Blossom J, Blood EA. Spatial distribution of cosmetic-procedure businesses in two U.S. cities: a pilot mapping and validation study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Dec 06; 10(12):6832-62. PMID: 24322394; PMCID: PMC3881144; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10126832;

Ott MQ, Wypij D, Corliss HL, Rosario M, Reisner SL, Gordon AR, Austin SB. Repeated changes in reported sexual orientation identity linked to substance use behaviors in youth. J Adolesc Health. 2013 Apr; 52(4):465-72. PMID: 23298999; PMCID: PMC3608814; DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.08.004;

Narvaez RF, Meyer IH, Kertzner RM, Ouellette SC, Gordon AR. A Qualitative Approach to the Intersection of Sexual, Ethnic, and Gender Identities. Identity (Mahwah, N J). 2009; 9(1):63-86. PMID: 27683200; PMCID: PMC5036453; DOI: 10.1080/15283480802579375;

Gordon AR, Meyer IH. Gender nonconformity as a target of prejudice, discrimination, and violence against LGB individuals. J LGBT Health Res. 2007; 3(3):55-71. PMID: 19042905; DOI: 10.1080/15574090802093562;

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