Biography
- Pediatric Psychologist, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, CDCES, is a pediatric psychologist and a certified diabetes care and education specialist with more than 35 years of research experience and clinical work with children and adolescents with diabetes. Her academic appointment is Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has published research articles and offered workshops and lectures addressing issues such as improving self-management behaviors, adapting and coping by families, building adolescent resilience, using technology (e.g., continuous glucose monitoring devices, pumps, artificial pancreas), and transitioning from pediatric to adult care. She is a co-author of two books, one that focuses on transitioning from pediatric to adult care and the other that focuses on working with adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Education and Background
- PhD, clinical child psychology, Case Western Reserve University 1990
- Postdoctoral fellowship in diabetes, Children's National Medical Center 1989–1990
- Predoctoral internship, University of Maryland Hospital 1988–1989
- MA, clinical child psychology, Case Western Reserve University 1987
- BA, psychology and history, University of Michigan 1984
Featured Grants
Teaming Up for T1D with Telehealth: Triple T
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
04/01/2020 → 03/31/2022
Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care: It Takes a Village
Dixon Family Foundation Grant, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute
03/01/2020 → 02/28/2021
Effectiveness Trial of an E-Health Intervention To Support Diabetes Care in Minority Youth
National Institutes of Health
03/01/2017 → 06/30/2022
