Research Overview
As a developmental psychologist with postdoctoral training in social epidemiology, Dr. Katz-Wise’s research utilizes mixed methods and community engagement to investigate sexual orientation and gender identity development and fluidity, health inequities related to sexual orientation and gender identity in adolescents and young adults, and psychosocial functioning in families with transgender and nonbinary youth. See the GenderWise Lab website for more about Dr. Katz-Wise’s current research projects.
Current Projects
Transgender Youth & Families
Trans Teen and Family Narratives (TTFN) Project (funded by NICHD and the Boston Children’s Hospital Aerosmith Endowment Fund)
Trans Family Election Study (with Dr. Allegra Gordon; funded by the Harvard Open Gate Foundation)
Advancing Voices of Adolescents Identifying as Non-Binary and Transgender (Project AVANT) (with Dr. Melissa Holt and Dr. Jennifer Greif Green)
Growing Up Trans Study (with Dr. Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Dr. Damien Riggs)
LGBTQ+ Identity, Fluidity & Health
Gender Minority Prejudice, Intersectionality, Resilience (GeMPIRe) Study (with Dr. Jody Herman, Dr. Ilan Meyer, Dr. Sari Reisner, and Dr. Caterina Stamoulis; funded by NIMHD)
Project SMART (with Dr. Andy Tan; funded by NIDA)
Sexual Orientation Fluidity in Youth (SO*FLY) Study (with Dr. Allegra Gordon and Dr. Kim Nelson; funded by NIMHD)
Bisexual Health Study (with Dr. Ethan Mereish and Dr. Julie Woulfe)
Past Projects
Transgender Youth, Adults & Families
Parents Concerned About Gender Study (with Dr. Sally Campbell Galman)
Trans Youth Family Study (with Dr. Stephanie Budge)
Transgender Emotions Study (with Dr. Stephanie Budge)
Development of parenting guidelines for parents of gender diverse prepubertal children (with Dr. Allegra Gordon and Dr. Laura Hart; funded by the Boston Children’s Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Executive Committee)
LGBTQ+ Identity, Fluidity & Health
Sexual identity development and sexual fluidity among sexual minority young adults (with Dr. Janet Hyde; funded by the Kinsey Institute)
Sexual fluidity among transgender adults (multiple projects with Dr. Stephanie Budge, Dr. Jackie White Hughto, Dr. Sari Reisner, and Dr. Colt St. Amand
Sexual orientation milestones (with Dr. Bryn Austin)
Disordered eating behaviors in transgender youth (with Dr. Carly Guss)
Sexual orientation-related inequities in mental health, disordered eating behaviors, overweight, and chronic pain (with Dr. Bryn Austin)
Mental health of transgender adults (with Dr. Sari Reisner and Dr. Bryn Austin)
LGB victimization meta-analysis (with Dr. Janet Hyde)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Teen Pregnancy Experiences (SLOPE) Study (with Dr. Brittany Charlton)
LGBTQ+ Climate & Education
LGBTQ+ climate of a large urban hospital (with Dr. Allegra Gordon, Dr. Katharine Thomson, and Dr. Elizabeth Boskey)
Primary care experiences of transgender youth (with Dr. Carly Guss)
Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection (with Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, Dr. Allegra Gordon, Dr. Katharine Thomson, and Dr. Elizabeth Boskey)
Sexual and gender diversity training at a large urban hospital (with Dr. Katharine Thomson)