Joshua Rusow

Joshua Rusow (he/him) is an Assistant Professor at the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender minority youth and young adults, examining how stigma and discrimination impact relationships, behavior, and mental, physical, and sexual health.

• Key areas: LGBTQ+ health disparities, teen dating violence, sexual assault, longitudinal modeling, HIV prevention, gender-based stigma
• Collaborations: Friends Research Institute, San Diego State University
• Prior roles: Postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families)