SOGIE Health Equity Research Collaborative
The mission of the SOGIE Collaborative is to advance health equity for all communities, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
Meet Our Experts
At a time when finding credible information on LGBTQ+ health research is more important than ever, we are committed to offering policymakers, journalists, and others timely and evidence-based information to support informed decision-making and accurate reporting. Find an expert from the SOGIE Collaborative below.
Sarah Ketchen Lipson, PhD EdM (she/her)
PI of the national Healthy Minds Study, which includes data from LGBTQ+ college students. Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health.
- Connect with Dr. Lipson for: press interviews, expert testimony, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Lipson: sklipson@bu.edu
Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Katz-Wise is the Director of the SOGIE (Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative and the GenderWise Lab. Her research uses community-engaged mixed methods 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.
- Connect with Dr. Katz-Wise for: press interviews, expert testimony, trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Katz-Wise: sabra.katz-wise@childrens.harvard.edu
Ariel Beccia, PhD
As a social epidemiologist, Dr. Beccia’s research focuses on understanding the social and structural determinants of population-level eating disorder inequities, with a particular focus on inequities affecting LGBTQ+ youth. She also regularly collaborates on projects examining the drivers of mental health inequities more broadly and has a strong interest in integrating causal inference, econometric, and other advanced quantitative methods into this line of work. Alongside her research, Dr. Beccia leads STRIPED’s Eating Disorder Public Health Surveillance Working Group to help improve the monitoring of eating disorders and disordered eating among U.S. youth, especially via the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
- Connect with Dr. Beccia for: press interviews, expert testimony, trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Beccia: ariel.beccia@childrens.harvard.edu
Sarah Ketchen Lipson, PhD EdM (she/her)
PI of the national Healthy Minds Study, which includes data from LGBTQ+ college students. Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health.
- Connect with Dr. Lipson for: press interviews, expert testimony, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Lipson: sklipson@bu.edu
Ariel Beccia, PhD
As a social epidemiologist, Dr. Beccia’s research focuses on understanding the social and structural determinants of population-level eating disorder inequities, with a particular focus on inequities affecting LGBTQ+ youth. She also regularly collaborates on projects examining the drivers of mental health inequities more broadly and has a strong interest in integrating causal inference, econometric, and other advanced quantitative methods into this line of work. Alongside her research, Dr. Beccia leads STRIPED’s Eating Disorder Public Health Surveillance Working Group to help improve the monitoring of eating disorders and disordered eating among U.S. youth, especially via the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
- Connect with Dr. Beccia for: press interviews, expert testimony, trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Beccia: ariel.beccia@childrens.harvard.edu
Alli Smith, PhD
I am a pediatric psychologist specializing in the multidisciplinary care for youth and young adults living with chronic pain. My research emphasizes the lived experiences of transgender and gender diverse youth with chronic pain, using an intersectional lens, and emphasizing patient partnership in all aspects of research.
- Connect with Dr. Smith for: trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Smith: allison.smith@childrens.harvard.edu
Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Katz-Wise is the Director of the SOGIE (Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative and the GenderWise Lab. Her research uses community-engaged mixed methods 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.
- Connect with Dr. Katz-Wise for: press interviews, expert testimony, trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Katz-Wise: sabra.katz-wise@childrens.harvard.edu
Alli Smith, PhD
I am a pediatric psychologist specializing in the multidisciplinary care for youth and young adults living with chronic pain. My research emphasizes the lived experiences of transgender and gender diverse youth with chronic pain, using an intersectional lens, and emphasizing patient partnership in all aspects of research.
- Connect with Dr. Smith for: trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Smith: allison.smith@childrens.harvard.edu
Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Katz-Wise is the Director of the SOGIE (Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression) Health Equity Research Collaborative and the GenderWise Lab. Her research uses community-engaged mixed methods 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.
- Connect with Dr. Katz-Wise for: press interviews, expert testimony, trainings, academic mentorship
- Contact Dr. Katz-Wise: sabra.katz-wise@childrens.harvard.edu