Biography

Dr. Jordon Bosse (he/him) has a program of research that is focused on improving the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people using a framework of minority stress. His prior work in this area has explored associations between parental and sibling acceptance-rejection and the role of different types of social support on the mental health of LGBTQIA+ young adults. Dr. Bosse’s long-term research goal is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ individuals by identifying and developing community-engaged, trauma-informed, complementary and integrative health interventions to foster resilience and buffer the impact of minority stressors such as rejection and discrimination on mental health. He is also interested in how such interventions can benefit other individuals who experience stigma and marginalization.  

Dr. Bosse has experience conducting cross-sectional, mixed-methods studies; secondary analysis of existing data sets, including electronic health record data; recruiting hard-to-reach populations via social media; instrument development; and evaluating the usability and feasibility of mobile technology. Through his current career development grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, he is preparing to launch his first clinical trial.

Dr. Bosse is also interested in the education of nurses (past, present, and future), particularly the lack of inclusion of the unique needs of LGBTQIA+ people in nursing curricula at all levels, and the potential impact of this silence on LGBTQIA+ patients and nurses in clinical settings. He has an ongoing project, Reckoning with Nursing, to explore these issues. 

Clinically, Dr. Bosse has worked at a community-based hospital in Maine as a staff nurse (adult co-occurring, inpatient unit) and as a nurse educator (all behavioral units) and at a summer camp for transgender young people for several years. Prior to becoming a nurse he worked as a community health educator (HIV prevention and reproductive health), where he developed his passion for social justice. Dr. Bosse also served as the Program Manager of Research and Education at one of the first telehealth companies established to provide care for opioid use disorder (OUD), where he helped to develop clinical processes, patient education, evaluate treatment retention, and explore the feasibility and acceptability of the patient-facing app and clinical processes through an NIH-funded study.

Dr. Bosse co-founded and co-leads a research interest group for nurses and allied health professionals who work and/or conduct research with LGBQTIA+ populations through the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS). He is a member of the LGBTQ Caucus of the American Public Health Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Association of Clinical Research Professionals, American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Harvard Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Health Equity Research Collaborative and an External Faculty Nurse Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital.