Jason D. Flatt

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Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Expertise: LGBTQ health, Gerontology, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, Health disparities, Social and behavioral health, Neurodegenerative diseases

Biography

Jason D. Flatt is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Health at 51吃瓜网万能科大's School of Public Health. His most recent research works to better understand the concerns and needs of LGBTQIA+ seniors living with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and Parkinson鈥檚 disease, as well as the needs of their chosen families. He also teaches courses on community based participatory research and social and behavioral health theory.

For the last decade, Flatt has leveraged his platform as a public health researcher to work as an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community. To further the reach of his advocacy efforts in 51吃瓜网免费App, he partners with the LGBT Center of Southern Nevada, 51吃瓜网免费App Trans Pride, Nevada Alliance for Student Diversity, and the Nevada Minority Health Equity Coalition. He is also working with several Southern Nevada community leaders to create Building H.O.U.S.E. 51吃瓜网免费App, a group dedicated to organizing and creating affordable and welcoming housing for LGBTQIA+ people aged 50 and older.

Flatt鈥檚 work has been featured on NPR, U.S. News & World Report, The Advocate, and Newsweek, as well as in Alzheimer's Association outreach.

Education

  • Ph.D., Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
  • M.P.H., Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina
  • B.S., Health Science, University of Florida

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51吃瓜网免费App Review Journal
I鈥檝e dedicated my career to understanding and improving the lives of older adults, including veterans. That鈥檚 why it was devastating to learn that a $1.4 million research grant, approved by the Department of Defense to study Alzheimer鈥檚 disease among veterans, was suddenly no longer going to be funded, with no clear explanation other than that our work no longer aligned with 鈥渁gency priorities.鈥
The Nevada Independent
51吃瓜网万能科大 professor Jason Flatt鈥檚 research into Alzheimer鈥檚 and its effect on the LGBTQ+ community was inspired by his grandmother鈥檚 social isolation and struggle with the disease. But his dreams of improving the lives of caregivers and elderly LGBTQ+ people were dashed earlier this year when the federal government canceled all federal funding toward his work 鈥 nearly $5 million in grants 鈥 on the basis that the projects dealt with transgender issues.
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Jason Flatt has conducted public health research since 2013 examining how diseases like Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 affect the LGBTQ+ community.
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Researchers say threats to federal research funding and President Donald Trump鈥檚 promise to eliminate any policy promoting 鈥渄iversity, equity and inclusion鈥 are threatening a decades-long effort to improve how the nation studies the health of women and queer people, or improve treatments for the medical conditions that affect them. Agency employees have been warned not to approve grants that include words such as  鈥渨omen,鈥 鈥渢rans鈥 or 鈥渄iversity."
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People | August 28, 2023

The research expert recently received a $3.5M grant to conduct a study on LGBTQIA+ caregivers of dementia patients and their experiences.

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