Howard Brown Health Center/UIC School of Public Health
HIV/STD Prevention Department
4025 N Sheridan Road
Chicago,
IL
USA
60613
Email:
beaug@howardbrown.org
Biographical Sketch:
Director of HIV/STD Prevention, Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL, 2006-Present
Men's Health Manager, Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL 2003-2005
Public Policy Fellow, Chicago Dept of Public Health, Chicago, IL, 2002-2003
Asst Director of Student Life, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, 1999-2001
Beau Gratzer is the Director of HIV/STD Prevention at Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago, IL. Howard Brown is the Midwest’s largest LGBT health care provider, and the leading private provider of HIV/AIDS care in Chicago. Mr. Gratzer joined Howard Brown in 2003 as the Men's Health Manager, and was named the Director of HIV/STD Prevention in 2006. In this capacity, he oversees an array of testing and prevention programs targeting men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) in Chicago and the surrounding Cook County area, and directs HIV prevention and care technical assistance programs. He has presented at national and international conferences on Howard Brown programs, including syphilis elimination activities, hepatitis A/B vaccination, and the relationship between crystal meth use and STD infection. Prior to coming to Howard Brown, Mr. Gratzer served as a Fellow at the Chicago Department of Public Health in the Division of STD/HIV/AIDS while completing a Master's degree in Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.