Gendered Expectations: Strategies for Navigating Structural Challenges in Support of Transgender and Nonbinary

Tiffany E Cook1, Oscar E Dimant, Rebecca Novick

  • 1T.E. Cook is program manager, Training and Professional Development, Office of Diversity Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-4330. O.E. Dimant is resident physician, Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, New York; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-0890. R. Novick is senior program coordinator, Student Engagement and Transition Programs, Office of Student Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. A. Adegbola is former director, Office of Diversity Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. U. Blackstock is former associate professor, Emergency Medicine, and director, Recruitment, Retention, and Inclusion, Office of Diversity Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. C.B. Drake is resident physician, Internal Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. M.E. Patenaude is program coordinator, Recruitment and Retention, Office of Diversity Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. J.E. Ravenell is associate dean, Diversity and Inclusion, and associate professor, Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. A. Radix is senior director, Research and Education, Department of Medicine, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York, New York, and clinical associate professor, Internal Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York. R.E. Greene is associate professor, Internal Medicine, and director of health disparities education, Office of Diversity Affairs, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8618-7723.

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