Transforming LGBTQ+ Health

Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Hopelab, in collaboration with CenterLink and the It Gets Better Project, designed and released imi (pronounced eye-me), a free, digital mental health tool designed to support LGBTQ+ youth explore and affirm their identity. Designed with and for LGBTQ+ teens, imi...
Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Gaingels: Supporting LGBTQ+ Start-Ups

Research, discovery, and evaluation are often out of reach to many founders and start-ups, yet they are often crucial for companies to show impact as they seek to grow in the marketplace. These resources are even less likely to exist for founders and companies seeking...
Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Penn Dental Medicine: Collecting SOGI data

In collaboration with Eidos, Penn Dental Medicine is forging new standards for LGBTQ+ affirming oral health care by integrating sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data into clinical operations. With little existing research on oral health among LGBTQ+...
Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Project Slip: Next-Generation Condom Material

Driven by a desire to help end the HIV epidemic, Project SLIP was a collaborative effort by Eidos, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Penn Center for AIDS Research to design the next-generation condom. For this interdisciplinary undertaking, Eidos...
Hopelab: Verifying Digital Health Efficacy

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  The LGBTQ+ well-being of tomorrow won’t be created with the solutions of today. It will take all the brilliance, dedication, and innovation available to bring about health equity for everyone. That’s why it is crucial to build larger pipelines and systems of support...