Intersectionality is an indispensable framework for health equity research primarily because it foregrounds social justice and power, embraces nuance and complexity, and requires researchers to address individual and social-structural-level determinants of health. This session features a group of multidisciplinary intersectionality researchers representing different universities, and two cohorts of the Intersectionality Training Institute’s annual Intersectionality Summer Intensive. Presentations will highlight how the researchers have integrated intersectionality into their respective HIV, breast cancer, and sexual and gender minority health projects to: (1) advance new knowledge about what it means to integrate intersectionality as a theoretical or methodological framework; (2) describe some of the logistical and methodological challenges involved in their research projects; (3) identify strategies used to build more equitable collaborations with community partners; (4) describe why they consider intersectionality to be so vital to advancing health equity in their respective areas; and (5) discuss how, in line with the 2024 APHA Conference theme, intersectionality can be leveraged to “Rebuild Trust in Public Health and Science” particularly for research conducted with people from groups historically oppressed at multiple intersections (e.g., people who are Black and Latina/o/x, women, young, poor or low-income, and/or sexual and gender minorities).