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Title: Assistant Professor |
Dr. Lampe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Health Science & Practice at the ×îÐÂÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. As a sociologist by training, their scholarship examines the structural drivers of health and healthcare inequities affecting LGBTQIA+ communities, racial and ethnic minority populations, older adults, and people living with disabilities. Dr. Lampe’s main line of research focuses on the behavioral and cognitive health of LGBTQIA+ people over the life course, with a particular emphasis on (a) LGBTQIA+ older adults and (b) transgender and intersex individuals. A secondary line of research addresses health and social support disparities among dementia caregivers and their family care partners living with dementia. Their third line of research examines behavioral health and healthcare needs of older adults in the Southern United States. Across these areas, Dr. Lampe’s work emphasizes the critical role of community engagement in reducing health disparities and improving access to high-quality, culturally responsive care for medically underserved populations.
USF students interested in working with Dr. Lampe and their research lab, SHINE (Strengthening Health in LGBTQIA+ Older Adulthood), may apply .
Education
2023 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Aging and Public Health - Vanderbilt University
2022 - PhD - Sociology - University of South Carolina
2019 - MA - Applied Sociology - University of Central Florida
2016 - BA - Sociology, with Honors, University of Tampa
Recent Awards & Honors
LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Aging Scholar’s Award. 2025. Northwestern University Impact Institute / AARP.
SAGE Publishing Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award. 2025. Teaching and Learning in Sociology Section, American Sociological Association.
Effects of Care and Caregiver Support on ADRD Risk of LGBTQ+ Older Adults
Dr. Lampe leads a 3-year Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship grant (AARFD-23-1145127) from the Alzheimer’s Association. In this study, Dr. Lampe examines measures of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) risk and protective factors, LGBTQ+-affirming care, and caregiver support among a cohort of LGBTQ+ older adults in the US South (N=1,256) using the Social Networks, Aging, and Policy Study (QSNAPS) panel data. (PI McKay; R01AG063771) is a one-of-a-kind longitudinal survey of LGBTQ+ adults 50+ and is the best possible resource that currently exists to examine the associations at a single cross section and over time among chronic stress, structural factors, caregiver and social support, LGBTQ+-affirming care, and cognitive decline among older LGBTQ+ adults. This research addresses gaps in knowledge about risk and protective factors for ADRD among LGBTQ+ older adults in the US South. Understanding the role identity-affirming providers and caregivers may have on ADRD risk and protective factors is critical to reducing ADRD health disparities and developing targeted prevention strategies for LGBTQ+ older adults and other understudied communities in ADRD research.
Quality Improvement of Live Tampa Bay’s Supporting Seniors Pilot Program
Sponsored by a Florida Opioid Settlement Fund subaward, Dr. Lampe is leading a quality improvement study for Live Tampa Bay’s Supporting Seniors Pilot Program, which aims to reduce opioid overdoses among adults aged 60+ in the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. Launched in October 2025, the program will engage at least 16,500 older adults through targeted interventions, prevention programming, and strategic partnerships with organizations such as AARP. Its primary goal is to identify key drivers of opioid‑related fatalities and implement data-driven solutions to reduce fatal opioid overdoses in this medically vulnerable population.
Delivering LGBTQ+ Culturally Responsive Hospice Care
Through a pilot grant from the USF Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies, Dr. Lampe, in collaboration with Dr. Ji-Young Lee, is developing culturally responsive approaches to improve hospice care, support, and resources for LGBTQ+ patients and their families. In partnership with Chapters Health System, their research team will conduct focus groups with hospice care providers, family caregivers of LGBTQ+ hospice patients, and community-dwelling LGBTQ+ older adults. Data from these focus groups will inform the development of a training intervention designed to enhance hospice providers’ knowledge, confidence, and skills in delivering LGBTQ+ inclusive and culturally responsive hospice care.
Developing a Culturally Responsive Depression Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Funded by a USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences internal award, Dr. Lampe led a study aimed at understanding the behavioral health and healthcare needs of LGBTQIA+ adults aged 60 and older living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as well as the needs of their families. Their research team conducted virtual interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals aged 60 and older who managed memory concerns or had an MCI diagnosis, family members of LGBTQIA+ adults aged 60 and older living with MCI, and clinicians who routinely provided care to LGBTQIA+ older adults with MCI.
Healthy Aging Beyond Sex and Gender Binaries
Using data from 50 semi-structured interviews, Dr. Lampe is examining how transgender, non-binary, and intersex older adults – as a medically vulnerable population in the United States – navigate healthcare, advance care planning, and health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their research findings indicated a need for enhancing behavioral healthcare services, support, and resources for transgender, non-binary, and intersex older adults, while creating a culture of age-friendly and LGBTQ+ affirming care.
African American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project 2 (ACTS2)
Since 2019, Dr. Lampe has served as a research consultant for the African American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support Project 2 (), a Florida-based program that offers free skills-building and support services to caregivers of loved ones with dementia and other interested parties. ACTS2’s program of services includes: (1) telephone-based, faith-integrated, group skills building and support for distressed African American caregivers of older adults with dementia residing in Florida, (2) telephone-based, problem-solving consultations to all dementia caregivers across the U.S., (3) telephone-based, nationwide referral to dementia care resources for all interested individuals across the U.S., and (4) dementia awareness training through social media and in-person presentations across Florida and the U.S.
For more information about ACTS2’s program of services or donating to ACTS2, please Ms. Tomeka Norton-Brown at tnnorton@fsu.edu or 866-778-2724 (toll-free).
Recent Publications
*Denotes student/trainee author
Barbee, H., Ramnarine, J.*, Lampe, N. M., Exsted, M.*, & Akré, E. L. (2025). . SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100682. [IF=2.5]
Lampe, N. M., Money, V. L.*, Clark, K. A., & McKay, T. (2025). . American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 40, 1–15. [IF=2.7]
*Invited
Lampe, N. M., Nowakowski, A. C. H., Norton-Brown, T., Bakshi, J.*, Savage-Paik, M.*, Patel, A.*, McCrackin, S.*, Howard, K.*, Opstal, M.*, Paredes, J. M.*, Bastow, S.*, & Glueckauf, R. L. (2025). . Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/07334648251378273. [IF=2.0]
Lampe, N. M., & Sumerau, J. E. (2025). . American Journal of Public Health, 115(10), 1616–1620. [IF=9.6]
Lampe, N. M., Akré, E. L., Barbee, H., & McKay, T. (2025). . Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(5), e70188.
[IF=11.1]
*Invited
Sumerau, J. E., Mathers, L. A. B., & Lampe, N. M. (2025). . Sociological Spectrum, 45(4), 233–247. [IF=1.1]
Lampe, N. M., & McKay, T. (2025). . The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences, 80(5), gbaf009. [IF=3.2]
Johnson, S. A.*, Lampe, N. M., & Nowakowski, A. C. H. (2025). . The Gerontologist, 65(4), gnaf045. [IF=3.2]
Berrian, K.*, Exsted, M.*, Lampe, N. M., Pease S. L.*, & Akré, E. L. (2025). . Health Services Research, 60(1), e14362. [IF=3.2]
Lampe, N. M., Rodill, Z. E.*, & Nowakowski, A. C. H. (2025). “. Aging & Mental Health, 29(1), 167–175. [IF=2.4]