2013 Chicago LGBTQ Health & Wellness Conference

Dr. Tabak was appointed as the principal deputy director of the NIH on August 23, 2010. Previously he served as acting principal deputy director of the NIH from November 13, 2008, through August 14, 2009. Named as the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in September 2000, he held that post through August 2010. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Tabak served as the senior associate dean for research and professor of dentistry and biochemistry & biophysics in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in New York. A former NIH MERIT recipient, Dr. Tabak has received several honors and awards for his work including being elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He has also received teaching awards for his work with both graduate and medical students.

Walter Bockting, PhD, is Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing) and Co-Director of the LGBT Health Initiative, Division of Gender, Sexuality, & Health, Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Bockting has 25 years of direct clinical experience with transsexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming individuals and their families. His research interests include gender and sexual development, LGBT health, Internet research methods, HIV/STI prevention, and the promotion of sexual health. He has been the recipient of grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Minnesota Department of Health. Dr. Bockting is the Past President of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and Editor-in-Chief of the Association’s peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Transgenderism. Dr. Bockting also served on the committee that produced the 2011 Institute of Medicine Report entitled “The Health of LGBT People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding.”