Jason D. Flatt

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Associate Professor, Social & Behavioral Health

Director, Center for Health Disparities Research

Expertise: LGBTQ health, Gerontology, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, Health disparities, Social and behavioral health, Neurodegenerative diseases

Biography

Jason D. Flatt is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Health at UNLV's School of Public Health. His most recent research works to better understand the concerns and needs of LGBTQIA+ seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as well as the needs of their chosen families. He also teaches courses on community based participatory research and social and behavioral health theory.

For the last decade, Flatt has leveraged his platform as a public health researcher to work as an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community. To further the reach of his advocacy efforts in Las Vegas, he partners with the LGBT Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Trans Pride, Nevada Alliance for Student Diversity, and the Nevada Minority Health Equity Coalition. He is also working with several Southern Nevada community leaders to create Building H.O.U.S.E. Las Vegas, a group dedicated to organizing and creating affordable and welcoming housing for LGBTQIA+ people aged 50 and older.

Flatt’s work has been featured on NPR, U.S. News & World Report, The Advocate, and Newsweek, as well as in Alzheimer's Association outreach.

Education

Ph.D., Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
M.P.H., Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina
B.S., Health Science, University of Florida

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Jason D. Flatt In The News

Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan

The 19th

Three years after the release of the first comprehensive roadmap to address difficulties faced by family caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities, the Trump administration has quietly erased transgender caregivers and caregivers of color from a list of underserved or hard-to-reach populations, The 19th has exclusively learned.

Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government

The New Yorker

By forcing rigid definitions of sex across all federal agencies, Republicans are undermining the administrative state’s capacity to protect public health and safety.

LETTER: UNLV researcher laments cuts to federal grants

I’ve dedicated my career to understanding and improving the lives of older adults, including veterans. That’s why it was devastating to learn that a $1.4 million research grant, approved by the Department of Defense to study Alzheimer’s disease among veterans, was suddenly no longer going to be funded, with no clear explanation other than that our work no longer aligned with “agency priorities.”

Trump administration defunds UNLV research on Alzheimer’s in LGBTQ+ community

UNLV professor Jason Flatt’s research into Alzheimer’s and its effect on the LGBTQ+ community was inspired by his grandmother’s social isolation and struggle with the disease. But his dreams of improving the lives of caregivers and elderly LGBTQ+ people were dashed earlier this year when the federal government canceled all federal funding toward his work — nearly $5 million in grants — on the basis that the projects dealt with transgender issues.