Yale School of Medicine alumnus and gay rights activist David Kessler MED '55 recently pledged $5 million to support LGBTQ research at the Yale School of Public Health. Kessler's donation is intended to create a professorship in public health and support the work of YSPH Associate Professor John Pachankis, Ph.D., and his Esteem Research Group which is dedicated to addressing the depression, anxiety and substance use problems that disproportionately affect the LGBTQ community and can erode healthy relationships and behaviors. A clinical psychologist, Pachankis, is internationally known for his development of novel psychosocial interventions to improve LGBTQ individuals' mental health.
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Published: Monday, April 22, 2019
