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About Walter Bockting, PhD, LP
Walter Bockting, PhD, LP, is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Program for the Study of LGBT Health at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia Psychiatry and the Columbia University School of Nursing. His research interests include identity development across the lifespan, transgender health, and LGBTQ+ aging. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the New York Community Trust, and a number of other private foundations. He is currently the Principal Investigator of three large NIH-funded studies: Project AFFIRM, a longitudinal, multi-site study of transgender identity development across the lifespan; Convoy Q, examining th...
Expertise
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dementia
- Gay/Lesbian Counseling
- Gender Identity
- Identity Disorders
- LGBTQ Mental Health
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Sexual Behavior Disorder
- Sexual Development
- Sexual Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunctions Counseling
- Sexual Orientation Issues
Education
- Fellowship: University Of Minnesota Medical Center
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Titles & Positions
- Co-Director, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry
- Director, Columbia Gender Identity Program
- Director, Program for the Study of LGBT Health
- Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing)
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Medical School: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Fellowship: University Of Minnesota Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 2020: Distinguished Sexual and Gender Health Revolutionary, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School
- 2015: Faculty Research Fellow, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
- 2011: University Innovations, in appreciation of commitment to research and innovation at the University of Minnesota
- 2008: Best Documentary Short Film, FilmOut San Diego, for “Coming Out Trans” (Producer)
- 2006: Fellow, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
- 1996: Helping Professional of the Year, City of Lakes Crossgender Community
- 1988: Post-Doctoral Clinical/Research Fellow, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School
Titles & Positions
- Co-Director, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry
- Director, Columbia Gender Identity Program
- Director, Program for the Study of LGBT Health
- Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing)