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Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

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Psychology

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Medicine

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Overview

Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, focusing primarily on medical and biological aspects related to sexual differentiation, reproductive health, and LGBTQ health issues.

The main fields of study for Meyer-Bahlburg include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Psychology

Their subfields of study feature specialized areas such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Social Psychology
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Gender Studies

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues

Meyer-Bahlburg has contributed to various scholarly journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Transgender Health
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

They have collaborated with multiple researchers, including:

  • Richard C. Rink
  • Konrad M. Szymanski
  • Benjamin Whittam
  • Eli Coleman
  • Dan H. Karasic

Among recent publications are:

  • "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (2022, International Journal of Transgender Health)
  • "Behavioral and neurobiological effects of GnRH agonist treatment in mice-potential implications for puberty suppression in transgender individuals" (2020, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • "The Timing of Genital Surgery in Somatic Intersexuality: Surveys of Patients' Preferences" (2022, Hormone Research in Paediatrics)
  • "Multi-Stakeholder Opinion Statement on the Care of Individuals Born with Differences of Sex Development: Common Ground and Opportunities for Improvement" (2024, Hormone Research in Paediatrics)
  • "Majority of females with a life-long experience of CAH and parents do not consider females with CAH to be intersex" (2020, Journal of Pediatric Urology)

Best Publications

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7

    Eli Coleman;W. Bockting;M. Botzer;P. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Phyllis W. Speiser;Ricardo Azziz;Laurence S. Baskin;Lucia Ghizzoni

  • Global Disorders of Sex Development Update since 2006: Perceptions, Approach and Care

    Peter A. Lee;Anna Nordenström;Christopher P. Houk;S. Faisal Ahmed

  • Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Long-Term Medical, Surgical, and Psychosexual Outcome

    Amy B. Wisniewski;Claude J. Migeon;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;John P. Gearhart

  • Sexual orientation in women with classical or non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia as a function of degree of prenatal androgen excess

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Curtis Dolezal;Susan W. Baker;Maria I. New

  • Effects of prenatal sex hormones on gender-related behavior

    Anke A. Ehrhardt;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • Report of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder

    William Byne;William Byne;Susan J. Bradley;Eli Coleman;A. Evan Eyler

  • The Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults

    Joseph J Deogracias;Laurel L Johnson;Heino F L Meyer-Bahlburg;Suzanne J Kessler

  • EFFECTS OF EARLY PRENATAL DEXAMETHASONE ON THE COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN: RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY

    Paul D. Trautman;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Jill Postelnek;Maria I. New

  • Gender identity outcome in female-raised 46, XY persons with penile agenesis, cloacal exstrophy of the bladder, or penile ablation

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • Ambiguous Genitalia With Perineoscrotal Hypospadias in 46,XY Individuals: Long-Term Medical, Surgical, and Psychosexual Outcome

    Claude J. Migeon;Amy B. Wisniewski;John P. Gearhart;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • The female sexual function index: a methodological critique and suggestions for improvement.

    Heino F L Meyer-Bahlburg;Curtis Dolezal

  • Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Beverly X. Watkins

  • Sexual activity and risk of HIV infection among patients with schizophrenia

    F. Cournos;J. R. Guido;Siobhan Coomaraswamy;H. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • Gender development in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia as a function of disorder severity.

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Curtis Dolezal;Susan W. Baker;Anke A. Ehrhardt

  • Surgery in disorders of sex development (DSD) with a gender issue: If (why), when, and how?

    Pierre D.E. Mouriquand;Daniela Brindusa Gorduza;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg

  • Prenatal Androgenization Affects Gender-Related Behavior But Not Gender Identity in 5–12-Year-Old Girls with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

    Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Curtis Dolezal;Susan W. Baker;Ann D. Carlson

  • Gender change from female to male in classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

    Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Rhoda S. Gruen;Rhoda S. Gruen;Maria I. New;Jennifer J. Bell

  • Klinefelter syndrome: Expanding the phenotype and identifying new research directions

    Joe Leigh Simpson;Felix de la Cruz;Ronald S Swerdloff;Carole Samango-Sprouse

  • Sexual orientation after prenatal exposure to exogenous estrogen.

    Anke A. Ehrhardt;Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Laura R. Rosen;Judith F. Feldman

  • Summary of Consensus Statement on Intersex Disorders and Their Management

    Christopher P. Houk;Ieuan A. Hughes;S. Faisal Ahmed;Peter A. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Anke A. Ehrhardt
Anke A. Ehrhardt Columbia University
Curtis Dolezal
Curtis Dolezal Columbia University
Maria I. New
Maria I. New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David E. Sandberg
David E. Sandberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth J. Zucker
Kenneth J. Zucker University of Toronto
William Byne
William Byne Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eli Coleman
Eli Coleman University of Minnesota
Jack M. Gorman
Jack M. Gorman Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John Money
John Money Johns Hopkins University

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