Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Emory University 2015
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2016
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JAN 16, 2018

    Duke Health News

    Pregnant Women in NC Exposed to Less Secondhand Nicotine After Smoking Ban
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Maternal obesity, child executive functions and child weight gain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
  • 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

  • Academic Articles

    • 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). https://doi.org/10.2196/11666.
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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..” Pediatric Obesity 14, no. 2 (February 2019). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12454.
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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.
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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..” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 1 (January 6, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15010083.
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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..” Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 25, no. 3 (September 2017): 131–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426616638315.
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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..” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 45, no. 2 (February 2017): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0161-9.
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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.
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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..” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 53, no. 5 (May 2014): 579-88.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2013.12.023.
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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?.” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 40, no. 8 (November 2012): 1211–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9649-0.
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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..” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 40, no. 6 (August 2012): 913–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9612-0.
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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..” The American Journal of Psychiatry 169, no. 7 (July 2012): 750–58. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.11081270.
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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 Research 194, no. 3 (December 2011): 279–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.07.008.
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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?.” Journal of Traumatic Stress 24, no. 4 (August 2011): 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20652.
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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..” Advances in Genetics 75 (January 2011): 215–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-380858-5.00004-6.
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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 & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, December 24, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty267.
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  • Conference Papers

    • 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.
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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.
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