I am a health economist and public policy researcher who examines the effects of laws and regulations on health behaviors and other economic outcomes. I am also a leading expert on LGBTQ people and policies, having published extensively on sexual minority and transgender economics, health, and policy. These areas of expertise make me well suited to consult on this proposal to evaluate the effects of Tennessee’s rejection of federal funds for HIV prevention. I have an extensive record of participation in large NIH grant-funded projects in the past, including on LGBTQ health (two R01 level grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). I have also led as PI four other successful R01 level grants (an NIAAA R01, an NICHD P01, and two ACS Research Scholar Grant R01 equivalent), three R21 grants (an AHRQ grant on same-sex marriage and health insurance, an NIAAA R21 on alcohol taxes and an NIA R21 on colon cancer insurance policies), and a smaller R03-level grant from RWJF. I have a longstanding and productive relationship with Co-I McKay using similar evaluation methods. At Vanderbilt I have also helped build a trans-disciplinary team of LGBTQ+ health researchers at the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab; our team includes health policy scholars, sociologists, economists, and epidemiologists, and we tackle questions of relevance to LGBTQ+ health using frontier methods and a team-science approach. I also serve as inaugural Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health.