The PREG II Study Team
Person kisses smiling pregnant partner on the cheek while embracing them and their belly from behind // Photo credit: urbazon
We’re a team of researchers, healthcare providers, and community members who are passionate about improving family formation for the LGBTQ+ community.
Kodiak Soled (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Research lead (aka who you will chat with during the study!)
RELATED EXPERTISE
Nearly a decade of experience working with and improving the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ families; personal and professional expertise in LGBTQ+ medically assisted family formation.
DAY JOB
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Aimee Huang (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Qualitative research analyst
RELATED EXPERTISE
Trained in medicine (MD) and public health (MPH) with a concentration in Women’s/Reproductive Health & Maternal/Child Health. Research expertise in various domains of LGBTQ+ health, including reproductive health disparities, as well as qualitative research methods.
DAY JOB
NCI T32 Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Brittany Charlton (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Research advisor
RELATED EXPERTISE
Nearly 20 years of research experience focused on LBQ health disparities with more than a decade being an internationally recognized leader in LGB women’s reproductive health.
DAY JOB
Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in the Department of Population Medicine and at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology; Co-Director of the Harvard SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative; Adjunct Faculty at The Fenway Institute
Patrina Sexton Topper (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Advisory board
RELATED EXPERTISE
Nurse researcher and consultant with expertise in LGB women’s family expansion and a breadth of experience using qualitative strategies to reduce health disparities.
DAY JOB
Lesbian Health Fund and Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania
Jen Trebbin (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Advisory board
RELATED EXPERTISE
12 years of experience as a Certified Nurse Midwife caring for people through the reproductive life cycle, including preconception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
DAY JOB
Certified Nurse Midwife at Cambridge Health Alliance; Graduate student at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH-GEN program
Brent Monseur (he/they)
STUDY ROLE
Advisory board
RELATED EXPERTISE
Board-certified OBGYN specializing in fertility and family formation services for the LGBTQ+ community and clinical researcher focused on LGBTQ+ medically assisted family formation.
DAY JOB
Medical Director, LGBTQ+ Family Building Clinical Research Program, Stanford University and Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology—Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Stanford University School of Medicine
Genya Shimkin (she/they)
STUDY ROLE
Advisory board
RELATED EXPERTISE
Community-oriented public health experience with a focus on developing curriculum, tools, and training to improve health, healthcare, and healthcare access for the queer and trans community.
DAY JOB
Assistant Teaching Professor at UW School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Founder of the Q Card Project
Cindy Veldhuis (she/her)
STUDY ROLE
Advisory board
RELATED EXPERTISE
Psychologist and NIH-funded researcher on LGBTQIA+ women’s relationships, mental health, and reproductive health; Principal Investigator of The Study of Queer Intimate Relationships (SOQIR).
DAY JOB
Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and in the Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing