John Blosnich

John Blosnich

Associate Professor and Director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Health Equity View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research


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2025 Featured Publications

Zachry, C. E., O'Brien, R. P., Clark, K. A., Ding, M. L., Blosnich, J. R. (2025). Mortality among sexual and gender minority populations: A systematic review. PloS One, 20(2), e0307688. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307688

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2024 Featured Publications

Holder, N., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 170, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.026

Harper, K. L., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N., Vogt, D., Bernhard, P. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Maguen, S., & Schneiderman, A. (2024). Examining differences in mental health and mental health service use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual veterans. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication, February 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000712

Alpert, A. B., Obedin-Maliver, J., Gjelsvik, A., Amanullah, S., Shireman, T. I., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Does cancer clinical trial enrollment for sexual and gender minority people differ from heterosexual, cisgender people? Contemporary Clinical Trials, 146, Article 107695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2024.107695

Harper, K. L., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N., Vogt, D., Bernhard, P. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Maguen, S., & Schneiderman, A. (2024). Trauma exposure, mental health, and mental health treatment among LGBTQ+ veterans and nonveterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication, June 24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001735

Sullivan, A., Montgomery, A. E., Blosnich, J. R., Pavela, G., & Fifolt, M. (2024). A qualitative exploration of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training by the Alabama Suicide Prevention and Resources Coalition. Mental Health & Prevention, 36, Article 200375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2024.200375

Ward, J. M., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Differences in suicide acceptability by farming-related occupation, demographic, and religiosity factors, general social survey 2000–2022. PLOS Mental Health, 1(7), Article e0000073. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000073

Varley, A. L., DeRussy, A. J., Jones, A. L., Hoge, A., Gordon, A. J., Richman, J., Riggs, K. R., Gelberg, L., Gabrielian, S., Blosnich, J. R., Montgomery, A. E., Carey, E., & Kertesz, S. G. (2024). The association between chronic pain, substance use, and primary care experience among veterans with ongoing or recent homelessness. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39(16), 3172-3181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09078-x

Yang, A. W., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Differences in exposures to adverse childhood experiences by primary source of health care, behavioral risk factor surveillance system 2019–2020. Medical Care, 62(12), 809-813. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000002067

Montgomery, A. E., Jones, K. C., True, G., DeRussy, A., Richman, J. S., Dichter, M. E., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Association between receipt of a continuum of supportive housing services and mortality among veterans with experience of housing instability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication, November 29, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.11.011

Ward, J. M., Blosnich, J. R., & Dean-Witt, C. (2024). Concept analysis: Challenge coins as a caring support tool to prevent farmer suicide. Journal of Agromedicine, 30(1), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924x.2024.2418818 

True, G., Cullen, S. W., Brecht, T., Dichter, M. E., Blosnich, J. R., & Montgomery, A. E. (2024). Suicide prevention providers' perspectives on addressing social determinants of health for at-risk veterans. General Hospital Psychiatry, 90, 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.07.004 

Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Gender as a moderator of associations between military sexual trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder treatment utilization. Psychological Services. Advance online publication, June 20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000886

Jasuja, G. K., Wolfe, H. L., Reisman, J. I., Vimalananda, V. G., Rao, S. R., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N. A., & Shipherd, J. C. (2024). Clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration initiate gender-affirming hormone therapy in concordance with clinical guideline recommendations. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 15, Article 1086158. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1086158

Yin, Y., Workman, T. E., Blosnich, J. R., Brandt, C. A., Skanderson, M., Shao, Y., Goulet, J. L., & Zeng-Treitler, Q. (2024). Sexual and gender minority status and suicide mortality: An explainable artificial intelligence analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 69, Article 1606855. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1606855

Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Limitations of sexual orientation and gender identity information as reported in the National Violent Death Reporting System. LGBT Health, 11(3), 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0297

Wolfe, H. L., Vimalananda, V. G., Wong, D. H., Reisman, J. I., Rao, S. R., Shipherd, J. C., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N. A., & Jasuja, G. K. (2024). Patient characteristics associated with receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Transgender Health, 9(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2022.0040

Wolfe, H. L., Jeon, A., Goulet, J. L., Simpson, T. L., Eleazer, J. R., Jasuja, G. K., Blosnich, J. R., Kauth, M. R., Shipherd, J. C., & Littman, A. J. (2024). Non-affirmation minority stress, internalized transphobia, and subjective cognitive decline among transgender and gender diverse veterans aged 45 years and older. Aging & Mental Health. Advance online publication, April 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2335565

Pang, R. D., Schuler, L. A., Blosnich, J. R., Allem, J.-P., & Kirkpatrick, M. G. (2024). Effects of cannabis use on cigarette smoking cessation in LGBTQ+ individuals. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication, March 14, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0001001

Henderson, E. R., Boyer, T. L., Wolfe, H. L., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Causes of death of transgender and gender diverse veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 66(4), 664-671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.11.014

Harper, K. L., Blosnich, J. R., Livingston, N., Vogt, D., Bernhard, P. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Maguen, S., & Schneiderman, A. (2024). Examining differences in mental health and mental health service use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual veterans. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication, February 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000712

Holder, N., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 170, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.026

Torgerson, C., Ahmadi, H., Choupan, J., Fan, C. C., Blosnich, J. R., & Herting, M. M. (2024). Sex, gender diversity, and brain structure in early adolescence. Human brain mapping, 45(5), e26671. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26671

Hotchkiss, M., Rice, E., & Blosnich, J. R. (2024). Housing insecurity and government housing support utilization among a nationally representative sample of transgender and gender non-conforming adults. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Advance online publication, November 7, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2024.2426290

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2023 Featured Publications

Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., &  Maguen, S. (2023). Factors associated with receipt of minimally adequate psychotherapy for PTSD at the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 166, 80-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.09.008

Boyer, T. L., Wolfe, H. L., Littman, A. J., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Patient experiences and provider perspectives on accessing gender-affirming surgical services in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Advance online publication, September 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08389-9

Workman, T. E., Goulet, J. L., Brandt, C. A., Warren, A. R., Eleazer, J., Skanderson, M., Lindemann, L., Blosnich, J. R., O'Leary, J., & Zeng-Treitle, Q. (2023). Identifying suicide documentation in clinical notes through zero-shot learning. Health Science Reports, 6(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1526

Montgomery, A. E., Blosnich, J. R., deRussy, A., Richman, J. S., Dichter, M. E., & True, G. (2023). Association between services to address adverse social determinants of health and suicide mortality among veterans with indicators of housing instability, unemployment, and justice involvement. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online publication, August 11, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2244534

Wolfe, H. L., Boyer, T. L., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., Jasuja, G. K., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to gender-affirming hormone therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Article kaad035. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad035

Wolfe, H. L., Boyer, T. L., Rodriguez, K. L., Klima, G. J., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Exploring research engagement and priorities of transgender and gender diverse veterans. Military Medicine, 188(5-6), e1224-1231. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab460

Alpert, A. B., Brewer, J. R., Adams, S., Rivers, L., Orta, S., Blosnich, J. R., Miedlich, S., Kamen, C., Dizon, D. S., Pazdur, R., Beaver, J. A., & Fashoyin-Aje, L. (2023). Addressing barriers to clinical trial participation for transgender people with cancer to improve access and generate data. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(10), 1825-1829. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.22.01174

Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Costs of (In) visibility: Issues of disclosure and data for health equity research with sexual and gender minority veterans. Health Equity, 7(1), 338-341. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0005

Blosnich, J. R., Haydinger, A. M., Rhoades, H., & De Luca, S. M. (2023). Differences in beliefs about suicide by occupation in a representative sample of adults in the United States, General Social Survey 2002–2021. Archives of Suicide Research. Advance online publication, March 14, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2023.2190363

Hahn, H. A., & Bloshnich, J. R. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication, April 8, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.04.001

Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., Hoffmire, C. A., Cypel, Y., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2023). Alcohol use and treatment utilization in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Advance online publication, January 24, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.208964

Ranney, R. M., Maguen, S., Bernhard, P. A., Holder, N., Vogt, D., Blosnich, J. R., & Schneiderman, A. I. (2023). Treatment utilization for posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans. Medical Care, 61(2), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001793

Holder, N., Holliday, R., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schniederman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2023). Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non-Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication, May 12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02478-0  

Suda, K. J., Boyer, T. L., Blosnich, J. R., Cashy, J. P., Hubbard, C. C., & Sharp, L. K. (2023). Opioid and high-risk prescribing among racial and ethnic minority veterans. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(5), 863-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.06.008 

Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Limitations of sexual orientation and gender identity information as reported in the national violent death reporting system. LGBT Health. Advance online publication, November 7, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0297 

Clark, K. A., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Sexual orientation and disclosure of suicidal thoughts before suicide mortality. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(6), 953-963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.07.002 

Wolfe, H, L., Boyer, T. L., Shipherd, J. C., Kauth, M. R., Jasuja, G. K., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to gender-affirming hormone therapy in the veterans health administration. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(12), 1014–1023. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad035 

Holder, N., Ranney, R. M., Bernhard, P. A., Holliday, R., Vogt, D., Hoffmire, C. A., Blosnich, J. R., Schneiderman, A. I., & Maguen, S. (2024). Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 170, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.12.026