Behavioral Health Director of Adolescent Medicine/Professor
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
Diane Chen, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Behavioral Health Director for Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is founding psychologist for Lurie Children’s Gender Development Program and Supportive Program for a Range of Urogenital Traits (SPROUT). Clinically, she provides consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services to transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse youth and young adults and to children, adolescents, and young adults with intersex variations/differences of sex development. Dr. Chen’s NIH-funded programmatic research focuses broadly focused on psychological functioning, reproductive health and fertility preservation, and medical decision-making among gender and sexual minority youth.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CST