Dr. Jessica Pierce is a Senior Research Scientist and the Director of Research Fellowship Training in the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Pierce’s research focuses on the promotion of health and well-being in young adults living with type 1 diabetes. She has received funding from NIH, Breakthrough T1D (previously JDRF), Society of Pediatric Psychology and other foundations for this work. Dr. Pierce is an expert in developing and evaluation patient-reported outcomes measures, engaging stakeholder groups as research partners, and user-centered intervention design. She has published extensively and spoken at national and international conferences on these topics. Dr. Pierce is Co-Chair of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Mental Health Interest Group, serves on the State of Florida Diabetes Advisory Council, and is past president of the Behavioral Research and Diabetes Group Exchange and past chair of the Society for Pediatric Psychology Diabetes Special Interest Group. At Nemours, she is a member of the Nemours Research Week Planning Committee and the Academic Promotions Committee. She is the Psychosocial Section Editor for the journal Current Diabetes Reports and an editorial board member for Journal of Pediatric Psychology and Diabetes Spectrum.