Psychological Distress and Suicidality Among Transgender Young Adults in the United States.
Wang YC, Hoatson T, Stamoulis C, Herman J, Reisner SL, Meyer IH, Katz-Wise SL.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Feb 04. PMID: 38310507
Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD (she/her) is an Associate Professor in Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She also co-directs the Harvard SOGIE (Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative and she is a Senior Faculty Advisor for the BCH Office of Health Equity and Inclusion. Dr. Katz-Wise’s research investigates sexual orientation and gender identity development, sexual fluidity, health inequities related to sexual orientation and gender identity in adolescents and young adults, and psychosocial functioning in families with transgender youth. Her work has been funded by numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and the BCH Aerosmith Endowment Fund. In addition to research, Dr. Katz-Wise is involved with advocacy efforts at BCH and HMS to improve the workplace climate and patient care for LGBTQ individuals, including her role on the Queer Leadership Council for the Boston Children’s Rainbow Alliance and member of the BCH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council. She is also a Faculty Fellow in the HMS Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative.
BS, 05/2003, Psychology, Women's Studies
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
PhD, 05/2012, Developmental Psychology, Gender and Women's Studies
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
MS, 12/2007, Psychology
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Wang YC, Hoatson T, Stamoulis C, Herman J, Reisner SL, Meyer IH, Katz-Wise SL.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Feb 04. PMID: 38310507
Godwin EG, Moore LM, Sansfaçon AP, Nishman MM, Rosal MC, Katz-Wise SL.
Fam Process. 2024 Jan 03. PMID: 38171537
Kidd KM, Didden E, Harman H, Sequeira GM, Faeder M, Inwards-Breland DJ, Voss RV, Katz-Wise SL.
J Adolesc Health. 2023 Sep 16. PMID: 37715763
Katz-Wise SL, Ranker LR, Kraus AD, Wang YC, Xuan Z, Green JG, Holt M.
J Sex Res. 2023 Aug 16. 1-10. PMID: 37585555
Murchison GR, Aguayo-Romero RA, Lett E, Katz-Wise SL, Agénor M, Gordon AR.
Soc Sci Med. 2023 07. 329:116013. PMID: 37315357
Freaney C, Isles S, Adler S, Katz-Wise SL.
J Homosex. 2023 Jun 08. 1-16. PMID: 37289101
Kidd KM, Sequeira GM, Katz-Wise SL, Fechter-Leggett M, Gandy M, Herring N, Miller E, Dowshen NL.
LGBT Health. 2023 Oct. 10(7):496-504. PMID: 37184531
Katz-Wise SL, Perry NS, Nelson KM, Gordon AR, Ybarra ML.
J Pediatr. 2023 06. 257:113355. PMID: 36822509
Katz-Wise SL, Ranker LR, Gordon AR, Xuan Z, Nelson K.
J Adolesc Health. 2023 03. 72(3):437-443. PMID: 36528519
Katz-Wise SL, Todd KP.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 12. 48:101497. PMID: 36401908
Sexual fluidity—changes in sexual attraction and orientation—is common among American young adults, according to a new study.
Harvard SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative celebrates its 10th anniversary during Pride Month 2021.