I (Frankie, MPH, they/them/theirs) am a public health researcher and PhD student in Community Health at the Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University School of Public Health in Portland, OR. I’m interested in how systems, structures, and everyday experiences shape health, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities. My work focuses on mental and sexual health and aims to uncover and challenge the inequities that impact those on the margins. I am interested in using rigorous quantitative methods alongside qualitative approaches and community-based participatory action research to inform interventions that are both evidence-based and culturally competent.
I approach this work as both a researcher and a community member, bringing my lived experience as a queer, trans, disabled, and chronically ill individual into conversation with my academic training. I also recognize my own positionality and access to resources like education, healthcare, and housing, and how these privileges shape how I ask questions, interpret data, and engage with communities. I care deeply about producing research that is not only methodologically rigorous, but also ethical, grounded, and genuinely useful to the communities it is meant to serve.
Outside of academia, I lead a craft collective rooted in creativity, mutual aid, and community care. This work reflects my broader commitment to building spaces that support connection, collective well-being, and health beyond traditional institutional settings. As a painter, fiber artist, writer, and creator in various other forms and media, I’m interested in bridging the gap between art and public health, and using creative work as a way to foster connection, joy, health, well-being, and resistance.
Frankie Greene 