Julia Corwin Schechter
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2021
Contact Information
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Emory University 2015
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2016 - 2020
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2016
- Recognition
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In the News
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JAN 16, 2018 Duke Health News
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
- Duke Center for ADHD in Girls/Women awarded by Gratis Foundation 2021 - 2025
- Maternal obesity, child executive functions and child weight gain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2022
- Pilot Project: Effects of Cannabis on the Epigenome of Humans and Rats awarded by John Templeton Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Breslav, Alexander D. S., Nancy L. Zucker, Julia C. Schechter, Alesha Majors, Tatyana Bidopia, Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Scott H. Kollins, and Scott A. Huettel. “Shuffle the Decks: Children Are Sensitive to Incidental Nonrandom Structure in a Sequential-Choice Task.” Psychol Sci 33, no. 4 (April 2022): 550–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211042007.Full Text Link to Item
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White, Michelle J., Julia C. Schechter, Benjamin Neely, Camila Reyes, Rachel L. Maguire, Eliana M. Perrin, Albert J. Ksinan, Scott H. Kollins, and Bernard F. Fuemmeler. “Parenting Stress, Child Weight-Related Behaviors, and Child Weight Status.” Child Obes 18, no. 3 (April 2022): 150–59. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2021.0098.Full Text Link to Item
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Ksinan, Albert J., Yaou Sheng, Elizabeth K. Do, Julia C. Schechter, Junfeng Jim Zhang, Rachel L. Maguire, Cathrine Hoyo, et al. “Identifying the Best Questions for Rapid Screening of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Children.” Nicotine Tob Res 23, no. 7 (June 8, 2021): 1217–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa254.Full Text Link to Item
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Fallavollita, Westley L., Elizabeth K. Do, Julia C. Schechter, Scott H. Kollins, Junfeng Jim Zheng, Jian Qin, Rachel L. Maguire, Cathrine Hoyo, Susan K. Murphy, and Bernard F. Fuemmeler. “Smoke-Free Home Rules and Association with Child Secondhand Smoke Exposure among Mother-Child Dyad Relationships.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 18, no. 10 (May 14, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105256.Full Text Link to Item
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Addicott, Merideth A., John M. Pearson, Julia C. Schechter, Jeffrey J. Sapyta, Margaret D. Weiss, and Scott H. Kollins. “Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the explore/exploit trade-off.” Neuropsychopharmacology 46, no. 3 (February 2021): 614–21. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-00881-8.Full Text Link to Item
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Fuemmeler, Bernard F., Yaou Sheng, Julia C. Schechter, Elizabeth Do, Nancy Zucker, Alesha Majors, Rachel Maguire, Susan K. Murphy, Cathrine Hoyo, and Scott H. Kollins. “Associations between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and eating behaviors in early childhood.” Pediatr Obes 15, no. 7 (July 2020): e12631. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12631.Full Text Link to Item
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Schechter, Julia, Elizabeth K. Do, Junfeng Jim Zhang, Cathrine Hoyo, Susan K. Murphy, Scott H. Kollins, and Bernard Fuemmeler. “Effect of Prenatal Smoke Exposure on Birth Weight: The Moderating Role of Maternal Depressive Symptoms.” Nicotine Tob Res 22, no. 1 (January 27, 2020): 40–47. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty267.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Addicott, Merideth A., Julia C. Schechter, Jeffrey J. Sapyta, James P. Selig, Scott H. Kollins, and Margaret D. Weiss. “Methylphenidate increases willingness to perform effort in adults with ADHD.” Pharmacol Biochem Behav 183 (August 2019): 14–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2019.06.008.Full Text Link to Item
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Barry, Caroline M., Aditi Sabhlok, Victoria C. Saba, Alesha D. Majors, Julia C. Schechter, Erica L. Levine, Martin Streicher, Gary G. Bennett, Scott H. Kollins, and Bernard F. Fuemmeler. “An Automated Text-Messaging Platform for Enhanced Retention and Data Collection in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort: Cohort Management Platform Analysis.” Jmir Public Health Surveill 5, no. 2 (April 2, 2019): e11666. https://doi.org/10.2196/11666.Full Text Link to Item
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Do, E. K., N. L. Zucker, Z. Y. Huang, J. C. Schechter, S. H. Kollins, R. L. Maguire, S. K. Murphy, C. Hoyo, and B. F. Fuemmeler. “Associations between imprinted gene differentially methylated regions, appetitive traits and body mass index in children.” Pediatr Obes 14, no. 2 (February 2019): e12454. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12454.Full Text Link to Item
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Dozmorov, Mikhail G., Staci D. Bilbo, Scott H. Kollins, Nancy Zucker, Elizabeth K. Do, Julia C. Schechter, Junfeng Jim Zhang, Susan K. Murphy, Cathrine Hoyo, and Bernard F. Fuemmeler. “Associations between maternal cytokine levels during gestation and measures of child cognitive abilities and executive functioning.” Brain Behav Immun 70 (May 2018): 390–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.03.029.Full Text Link to Item
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Schechter, Julia C., Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Cathrine Hoyo, Susan K. Murphy, Junfeng Jim Zhang, and Scott H. Kollins. “Impact of Smoking Ban on Passive Smoke Exposure in Pregnant Non-Smokers in the Southeastern United States.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 15, no. 1 (January 6, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15010083.Full Text Link to Item
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Winiarski, D Anne, Julia C. Schechter, Patricia A. Brennan, Sharon L. Foster, Phillippe B. Cunningham, and Elizabeth A. Whitmore. “Adolescent Physiological and Behavioral Patterns of Emotion Dysregulation Predict Multisystemic Therapy Response.” J Emot Behav Disord 25, no. 3 (September 2017): 131–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426616638315.Full Text Link to Item
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Schechter, Julia C., Patricia A. Brennan, Alicia K. Smith, Zachary N. Stowe, D Jeffrey Newport, and Katrina C. Johnson. “Maternal Prenatal Psychological Distress and Preschool Cognitive Functioning: the Protective Role of Positive Parental Engagement.” J Abnorm Child Psychol 45, no. 2 (February 2017): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0161-9.Full Text Link to Item
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Schechter, Julia C., and Scott H. Kollins. “Prenatal Smoke Exposure and ADHD: Advancing the Field.” Pediatrics 139, no. 2 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3481.Full Text Link to Item
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White, Stuart F., Katherine A. Fowler, Stephen Sinclair, Julia C. Schechter, Catherine M. Majestic, Daniel S. Pine, and R James Blair. “Disrupted expected value signaling in youth with disruptive behavior disorders to environmental reinforcers.” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 53, no. 5 (May 2014): 579-88.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2013.12.023.Full Text Link to Item
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Ryan, Stacy R., Julia C. Schechter, and Patricia A. Brennan. “Perinatal factors, parenting behavior, and reactive aggression: does cortisol reactivity mediate this developmental risk process?” J Abnorm Child Psychol 40, no. 8 (November 2012): 1211–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9649-0.Full Text Link to Item
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Schechter, Julia C., Patricia A. Brennan, Phillippe B. Cunningham, Sharon L. Foster, and Elizabeth Whitmore. “Stress, cortisol, and externalizing behavior in adolescent males: an examination in the context of multisystemic therapy.” J Abnorm Child Psychol 40, no. 6 (August 2012): 913–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9612-0.Full Text Link to Item
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White, Stuart F., Abigail A. Marsh, Katherine A. Fowler, Julia C. Schechter, Christopher Adalio, Kayla Pope, Stephen Sinclair, Daniel S. Pine, and R James R. Blair. “Reduced amygdala response in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits: decreased emotional response versus increased top-down attention to nonemotional features.” Am J Psychiatry 169, no. 7 (July 2012): 750–58. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081270.Full Text Link to Item
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Marsh, Abigail A., Elizabeth C. Finger, Katherine A. Fowler, Ilana T. N. Jurkowitz, Julia C. Schechter, Henry H. Yu, Daniel S. Pine, and R. J. R. Blair. “Reduced amygdala-orbitofrontal connectivity during moral judgments in youths with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits.” Psychiatry Res 194, no. 3 (December 30, 2011): 279–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.008.Full Text Link to Item
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Brand, Sarah R., Julia C. Schechter, Constance L. Hammen, Robyne Le Brocque, and Patricia A. Brennan. “Do adolescent offspring of women with PTSD experience higher levels of chronic and episodic stress?” J Trauma Stress 24, no. 4 (August 2011): 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20652.Full Text Link to Item
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LaPrairie, Jamie L., Julia C. Schechter, Brittany A. Robinson, and Patricia A. Brennan. “Perinatal risk factors in the development of aggression and violence.” Adv Genet 75 (2011): 215–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-380858-5.00004-6.Full Text Link to Item
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Barry, Caroline M., Aditi Sabhlok, Victoria C. Saba, Alesha D. Majors, Julia C. Schechter, Erica L. Levine, Martin Streicher, Gary G. Bennett, Scott H. Kollins, and Bernard F. Fuemmeler. “An Automated Text-Messaging Platform for Enhanced Retention and Data Collection in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort: Cohort Management Platform Analysis (Preprint),” n.d. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.11666.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Glasgow, Trevin E., Elizabeth L. Adams, Albert Ksinan, D Jeremy Barsell, Jessica Lunsford-Avery, Shanshan Chen, Scott Kollins, et al. “Sleep onset, duration, or regularity: which matters most for child adiposity outcomes?” In Int J Obes (Lond), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01140-0.Full Text Link to Item
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White, Stuart F., Abigail A. Marsh, Katherine A. Fowler, Julia C. Schechter, Stephen Sinclair, Daniel S. Pine, and R. J. R. Blair. “A TEST OF CAUSAL HYPOTHESES OF PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS: REDUCED EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS OR ANOMALOUS ATTENTIONAL CONTROL?” In Psychophysiology, 48:S13–S13. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.Link to Item
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White, Stuart F., Abigail Marsh, Katherine A. Fowler, Julia C. Schechter, Stephen Sinclair, Daniel S. Pine, and James R. Blair. “A Test of Causal Hypotheses of Psychopathic Traits: Reduced Emotional Responsiveness or Anomalous Attentional Control?” In Biological Psychiatry, 69:145S-145S. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2011.Link to Item
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