Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Alex McDowell (all pronouns) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Investigator in the Health Policy Research Center at the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. She works at the intersection of health policy, mental health, and LGBTQ+ health. Her goal is to mitigate health inequities through research that influences policy and health care delivery system design. Dr. McDowell has a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard University with a concentration in evaluative science and statistics. Prior to completing doctoral work, Dr. McDowell earned an MPH, MS in Nursing, and BS in Nursing from Johns Hopkins, as well as a BA in Gender Studies from Georgetown University. Current funding includes a K01 award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to study the coverage of gender affirming care in Medicaid.
Representative Publications
- Downing J, Lawley KA, McDowell A. Prevalence of Private and Public Health Insurance Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults. Medical Care. 2022.
- McDowell A, Myong C, Tevis D, Fung V. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Reporting Among U.S. Health Centers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022.
- McDowell A, Raifman J, Progovac AM, Rose S. Association of Nondiscrimination Policies with Mental Health Among Gender Minority Individuals. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020.
- McDowell A, Progovac AM, Cook BL, Rose S. Estimating the Health Status of Privately Insured Gender Minority Children and Adults. LGBT Health. 2019.