Nathaniel M. Tran

Hi, my name is Nathaniel Tran (they/he)—

I am an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Policy & Administration at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. 

My research examines the effects of public policies on the health and wellbeing of marginalized populations, including LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. 

I earned my PhD in Health Policy from Vanderbilt University (2024) where I was a trainee in the NIH-recognized LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, an NIA Diversity Supplement pre-doctoral trainee, and Principal Investigator of an NIA R36 Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Promote Diversity focused on provider- and policy-determinants of LGBTQ+ health across the life course. 

Previously, I was a Fulbright research fellow to the University of Buenos Argentina (2018) and I earned my BA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Spanish from Tufts University (2017).