Sabra Katz-Wise

Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD is an Assistant 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 co-directs the Harvard SOGIE 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. She has published nearly 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals and her research has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Boston Children’s Hospital Aerosmith Endowment Fund for Prevention and Treatment of AIDS and HIV. 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 membership on the Queer Leadership Council for the Boston Children’s Rainbow Alliance and the BCH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council. She is also a Faculty Fellow for the HMS Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative.

Expertise

• LGBTQ+ health inequities
• Sexual orientation and gender identity development and sexual fluidity
• Psychosocial functioning in families with transgender youth

Education

• 2012-2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sexual Orientation and Health Disparities, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• 2012, PhD in Developmental Psychology, Gender and Women’s Studies Minor, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• 2007, MS in Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• 2003, BS in Psychology, Women Studies Minor, University of Washington