3/11/25 Journal Club (Via Zoom) - Review of Interventions to Promote Culturally Congruent Care for Sexual and Gender Minorities

yan Q. De Torres, MA, RN, is a registered nurse, educator, researcher, and advocate. In 2023, he received the Ripples of Inspiration Award by LoveYourself Inc. and the Nurse Scientist Award by the International Forum of Nursing and Healthcare. He was also a recipient of the One UP Faculty Grant in Nursing for Outstanding Research and Public Service. In 2022, he received the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care HIV Educator Distinguished Service Award. From 2020 to 2023, he was recognized as one of the outstanding volunteers of The LoveYourself Welcome. Locally and internationally, he received several research grants and research presentation awards. Currently, he is a stepdown ICU nurse in Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Previously we has Associate Manager - Clinical Instructional Designer in Sagility Health and Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines Manila College of Nursing. He was an intensive care unit nurse and training officer of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Also, he became Nurse Training Manager with an extended role as Associate Director for Nursing in QualiMed Hospital Sta. Rosa. He finished his bachelor's degree in Nursing at the Trinity University of Asia Cum Laude and master's degree specializing in Adult Health Nursing at the University of the Philippines Manila, where he is also pursuing his doctoral degree in Nursing focusing on HIV Care Adherence Journey among persons living with HIV. He was a Brown University-University of the Philippines Manila Fogarty Faculty Fellow. He published and reviewed several research articles on Health Promotion, HIV/ADS, LGBTQ Health, and Transcultural Nursing. He is the founding secretary of Sigma Nursing-Alpha Alpha Phi Chapter and a member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care-Global Committee, International AIDS Society, Philippine Nurses' Association, and University of the Philippines International Nursing and Healthcare Forum-Research and Education and Membership Committees.