Dustin Z Nowaskie

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)

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Overview

Dr. Dustin Nowaskie is a queer, nonbinary adult psychiatrist who completed their psychiatry residency and medical education at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Prior to IU, they attended USC for their undergraduate studies, majoring in neuroscience, psychology, and biology. They joined the USC Counseling and Mental Health (CMH) team in Summer 2022.

Dr. Nowaskie’s personal identification and civic commitment have cultivated into a passion to help LGBTQ+ communities. At USC, they provide LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming services including letters for gender-affirming procedures and surgeries. Through their nonprofit organization OutCare Health, they provide information, resources, programming, mentorship, education, training, research, and much more for LGBTQ+ people across the country. Their ultimate goal is to transform their might into a powerful unicorn of social and public health change for LGBTQ+ people.

In their free time, they enjoy collecting mid-century pieces and traveling to national parks with their two partners and two Siberian Huskies.

Their pronouns are they, them, theirs.

Publications

  • Sociopolitical Drivers of Health Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities within the United States: Historical Context and Contemporary Policy. Arch Sex Behav. 2026 Jul 01.. View in PubMed
  • Insurance companies’ lack of LGBTQ+ affirmation: discrimination, distrust, and dissatisfaction among LGBTQ+ people. Front Sociol. 2025; 10:1569519.. View in PubMed
  • Pervasive systemic disparities: medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust among LGBTQ+ people in the United States. Front Sociol. 2025; 10:1488888.. View in PubMed
  • Healthcare experiences of LGBTQ+ people: non-binary people remain unaffirmed. Front Sociol. 2024; 9:1448821.. View in PubMed
  • International Solutions for Continual Gaps in LGBTQ + Education and Exposure. J Community Health. 2024 12; 49(6):951-953.. View in PubMed
  • U.S. Pediatric Residents’ Preparedness, Attitudes, and Knowledge in LGBTQ+ Health Care. J Pediatr Health Care. 2024 Mar-Apr; 38(2):140-147.. View in PubMed
  • It’s a Start: An Online, On-Demand LGBTQ+ Mental Health Training Session for Providers Nationwide. Psychiatr Serv. 2024 May 01; 75(5):481-484.. View in PubMed
  • U.S. Urology Residents’ LGBTQ+ Education, Patient Exposure, Preparedness, Attitudes, and Knowledge. Urol Pract. 2023 05; 10(3):209-211.. View in PubMed
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) cultural competency across the intersectionalities of gender identity, sexual orientation, and race among healthcare professionals. PLoS One. 2022; 17(11):e0277682.. View in PubMed
  • The current state of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cultural competency among U.S. dermatology residents. Int J Womens Dermatol. 2022 Oct; 8(3):e030.. View in PubMed