As a young researcher in the early 1990s, Tonda Hughes, PhD ’89, RN, FAAN, wanted to study the effects of alcohol on lesbian women’s health. It was an area with little research and the studies that had been done relied on problematic methods.

As a young researcher in the early 1990s, Tonda Hughes, PhD ’89, RN, FAAN, wanted to study the effects of alcohol on lesbian women’s health. It was an area with little research and the studies that had been done relied on problematic methods.