Intersectionality:
Transform your health
equity research

What Is Intersectionality?

Rooted in the experiences of Black and other women of color in the U.S. and Black feminist activism, intersectionality highlights how multiple and intersecting systems of oppression (e.g., racism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism) shape social, economic and health outcomes and inequities based on intersectional positions (e.g., racial/ethnic group, sex, gender, sexual and gender minority status, socioeconomic status, and disability) and their relationships to power and privilege.

Intersectionality Summer Intensive (ISI) 2026

ISI 2026 will take place from Monday July 13 - Friday July 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Accelerate your learning about intersectionality to do more transformative and impactful work!

Applications are open, discounted fees available. Places are limited.

Find Out More and Apply Now

Trainings for Individuals

Trainings for Institutions

Intersectionality Research Salons

Announcing: FAIR

Framework for Applied Intersectionality Research (FAIR)

FAIR reframes intersectionality as a critical transformative tool to advance health equity and social justice action, not just empirical research.

Visit the FAIR Portal

Harness the Power

of Structural Quantitative Intersectionality Research

The training is designed to teach quantitative intersectionality researchers how to conceptualize, measure, and analyze structural forms of discrimination to assess their joint impacts on population health and health inequities.

Mad about MAIHDA?

Attend our Free Virtual Salon with Clare Evans, ScD

Dr. Clare Evans, our guest for this February's salon, invented MAIHDA for her 2015 Health dissertation research proposal. Yep, you read that correctly: she invented it! Join our free virtual Salon on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.

What they're saying about us

ISI22 was integral to obtaining my first R01 and becoming an expert in the field of Intersectionality. Not only did I meet a variety of scholars for whom I continue to collaborate (including one of my Co-PI's), but I also learned how to make my writing and ideas more accessible to a wider audience of interested people. This is very important because one of the things I continually hear is that implementing the idea of Intersectionality in our work is "hard." Instead, I was given the tools and language to help scholars and others see Intersectionality as a "method" but also a guiding principle to help us all think about making the invisible visible.

Stephanie Cook, DrPH, MPHNew York University James Weldon Johnson Professor
Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

The summer intensive exceeded all of my expectations (and I had heard it was amazing!). The content was exceptional — I now feel like I can apply intersectionality to grant proposals and do research more responsibly that benefits communities. I enjoyed the connections with each other. I appreciated the thoughtful and helpful feedback and learning about everyone’s incredible work. I also loved how much we laughed and had fun amid all the learning and growth.

What They_re Saying About Us Section - Leah Marcotte

Leah M Marcotte, MDAssistant Professor,
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington Medicine

I attended the one-day ITI training, and it was a triple "I" experience: immersive, intensive, and interactive. I left the training with a strong orientation to intersectionality, an abundance of resources and references, greater clarity about the presence, the role, and the impact of intersectionality on my service and scholarship, and of most importance, I left the training as a member of a growing community of other ITI scholars.

What They_re Saying About Us Section - Whitney Irie

Whitney Irie, PhD, MSWAssistant Professor, School of Social Work
Boston College

The [2-day in person training session] allowed me to deepen my thinking and analysis of intersectionality and its application to my work. I also feel invigorated about teachings others about intersectionality. The session gave our group time to think about these ideas together.