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Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D.

Name, Degree: Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D.
Role(s) in Task Force and Work Group: Chair, Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Institutional Affiliation(s): Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
City, State: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Zucker is Psychologist-in-Chief at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and is the Head of the Gender Identity Service in the Child, Youth, and Family Program at CAMH. He is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Toronto and holds cross-appointments at the Hospital for Sick Children, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, and York University. He has been the Editor of Archives of Sexual Behavior since 2002 and is a Past President of the International Academy of Sex Research. Dr. Zucker’s research interests pertain to the development of psychosexual differentiation and its disorders. He has conducted a variety of studies pertaining to gender identity disorder in children, including diagnosis and assessment, cross-national comparative studies, associated psychopathology, tests of etiological hypotheses, and long-term follow-up. He also conducts research in the area of disorders of sex development (physical intersex conditions).

Dr. Zucker received his B.A. from Southern Illinois University, his M.A. from Roosevelt University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He is a registered clinical psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. He is currently on the Editorial Board of four peer-reviewed journals and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for over four dozen journals. He was a member of the Gender Identity Disorders subcommittee for DSM-III-R and DSM-IV and served as the text editor for the section on Gender Identity Disorders for DSM-IV-TR.

Uncompensated affiliations with non-profit or advocacy organizations that may have a direct or indirect interest in psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, or the DSM-V : Three calendar years before nomination and Each year thereafter through the present calendar year. (For 2008, activities to date and commitments for remainder of year.)

Non-Profit and Advocacy Organizations	Year(s)	Role
None

The two tables below represent Dr. Zucker’s disclosure of significant interests and affiliations for: (1) The time period including the 3 years prior to nomination to serve on the DSM-V Task Force; the calendar year in which nomination to the Task Force occurred; through the calendar year in which the nomination was approved; and (2) the time period including the calendar year after approval, and each successive year to the present.

Dr. Zucker has agreed that, from the time of approval through the publication of DSM-V, projected in 2012, his aggregate annual income derived from industry sources (excluding unrestricted research grants) will not exceed $10,000 in any calendar year.

KEY NUMBER:
1. Consultation Fees (include scientific advisory boards)
2. Full- or Part-time Employee
3. Industry-related Grant-Research Support received or pending
4. Honoraria (includes Speakers’ Bureau)
5. Stock or other financial options

6. Expert testimony
7. Royalties (including right to share of revenue or profit from pharmaceutical, device or other development or product)
8. Patents received or pending
9. Officer, director/trustee, executive (specify)
10. Other (specify)

Disclosure of significant interests including: Three (3) calendar years before nomination, the calendar year of nomination, through the calendar year of approval to serve on the DSM-V Task Force

Commercial or Other Organization	Year(s)	Key #(s)
Archives of Sexual Behavior	2002-2007	10 (stipend)

Disclosure of significant interests Beginning with the calendar year after APA Board of Trustees approval to serve on the DSM-V Task Force, to the present. (For 2008, activities to date and commitments for remainder of year.)