Jennifer R. Pharr, Axenya Kachen and Chad Cross (all Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article in the Journal of Community Health on "Health Disparities Among Sexual Gender Minority Women in the United States: A Population-Based Study."

The purpose of the study was to understand disparities in access to healthcare, preventive care and health risk behaviors of lesbian and bisexual women compared to their straight counterparts and to each other. Kachen is a graduate student.