Grant: Project Grant

Gender diverse people, or more commonly transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people, may be at risk of receiving worse cancer care and having worse outcomes when compared to other groups. Although there is some research supporting this belief, it is difficult to identify gender diverse people in data that are regularly used for cancer research. Without this information, leaders and health care providers cannot make helpful changes to their organizations or to how they provide cancer care. The first part of this project will explore ways gender is included in other cancer research and data infrastructure. We will also ask researchers and gender diverse people about what is important to improve how gender diverse people are included in cancer research. Through exploring what is currently being done and from the conversations with researchers and gender diverse people, we will identify best practices and next steps for research. This will include the ways gender diverse people should be included and described in research. Ultimately, this project will help us do research better so that gender diverse people receive the best possible care.