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Julia Corwin Schechter

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

In the News


Published March 13, 2025
Riding the ADHD Rollercoaster
Published January 16, 2018
Pregnant Women in NC Exposed to Less Secondhand Nicotine After Smoking Ban

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Recent Publications


Prenatal and Childhood Smoke Exposure Associations with Cognition, Language, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Journal Article J Pediatr · May 2023 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships of prenatal and childhood smoke exposure with specific neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems during early childhood. STUDY DESIGN: A subsample (n = 386) of mother-child dyads from the Newborn Epigenetic Study (NE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep onset, duration, or regularity: which matters most for child adiposity outcomes?

Conference Int J Obes (Lond) · August 2022 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Sleep measures, such as duration and onset timing, are associated with adiposity outcomes among children. Recent research among adults has considered variability in sleep and wake onset times, with the Sleep Regularity Index (SRI) as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parenting Stress, Child Weight-Related Behaviors, and Child Weight Status.

Journal Article Child Obes · April 2022 Background: There has been limited examination of the association between parenting stress and child weight-related behaviors. We aimed to determine whether parenting stress is associated with child weight-related behaviors, including physical activity, sc ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD

ResearchClinical Associate · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

Duke Center for ADHD in Girls/Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gratis Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Thinking Differently about Different Thinkers: Designing PCOR for Girls and Women with ADHD

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2023 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications


Emory University · 2015 Ph.D.