Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, CDCES, Pediatric Psychologist in the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, received the Lois Jovanovic Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award, one of the 2025 Professional Membership Awards from the American Diabetes Association. The award recognizes a female professional in the diabetes field who has made outstanding contributions to diabetes research, clinical practice, diabetes education, public health, and/or other related disciplines.
Dr. Weissberg-Benchell has more than 35 years of research experience and clinical work with children and adolescents with diabetes. She has published research articles and presented workshops and lectures about improving self-management behaviors, adapting and coping, building adolescent resilience, using technology (e.g., continuous glucose monitoring devices, pumps, artificial pancreas), and transitioning from pediatric to adult care. Dr. Weissberg-Benchell is also Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Pediatric research at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is conducted through Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute.
