Julia Taylor Woodward

Third-Party Reproduction Evaluations: Best practices in documentation and interprofessional communication · April 2025 Invited Talk Jones Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Integrated Behavioral Health Care in Reproductive Medicine: How and why to include mental health professionals in infertility care teams · October 2024 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO

ASRM Today Podcast - How and Why to Integrate Mental Health Professionals in Fertility Care Teams · October 2024 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Washington, DC

SART Fertility Experts Podcast - Does Age Matter? Rewards and Challenges of Parenting after 40 · November 2023 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Washington, DC

Managing Great Expectations: What to do when Patient Preferences and Provider Protocols Diverge · October 2023 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans

The Effect of a Changing Legal and Genetic Landscape on Ethical Considerations in Reproductive Medicine - Ethics Postgraduate Course · October 2023 National Scientific Meeting American Society of Reproductive Medicine, New Orleans

Interactive Case-Based Analysis: Clinical and Ethical Challenges in Surrogacy and Gamete Donation Counseling · April 2023 National Scientific Meeting Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Do no harm: Ethical conundrums in fertility counseling · April 2023 Invited Talk Jones Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Fertility Populations · April 2023 National Scientific Meeting Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia, PA

ASRM Today Podcast - What should physicians say – and not say – when communicating with patients experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss?” · October 2022 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Washington, DC

Trauma-Informed Care in Reproductive Medicine · October 2022 International Meeting or Conference American Society of Reproductive Medicine

“What’s in the Best Interests of the Child?”: Ethics in Third-Party Assisted Reproduction Technology · April 2022 National Scientific Meeting Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference

Report Writing for Donor and Gestational Carrier Evaluations: Best practices and documentation guidelines. · April 2022 National Scientific Meeting Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia, PA

SART Fertility Experts Podcast - Optimal Strategies for Coping with Pregnancy Loss after IVF · February 2022 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Washington, DC

SART Fertility Experts Podcast - IVF: Cycles of Hope and Heartbreak · May 4, 2021 Exhibition, Screening, or Performance Washington, DC

Medical & Psychosocial Aspects of Pregnancy Loss - Women's Mental Health Teleconference · February 11, 2021 Invited Talk U.S. Veteran’s Administration

How Old is Too Old? Pursuit of Parenthood at Advanced Age. - Reproductive Mental Health Course · April 2020 Lecture Meredith College

How Old is Too Old? Pursuit of Parenthood at Advanced Age · September 2019 International Meeting or Conference The Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Ottawa, Canada

Exploring Clinical Complexities in PGT & Mosaic Embryo Transfer · September 2019 International Meeting or Conference The Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Ottawa, Canada

Psychological and Emotional Aspects of Infertility in Women Veterans - U.S. Veteran’s Administration Women's Mental Health Teleconference · July 2019 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium

How Old is Too Old? Pursuit of Parenthood at Advanced Age. - Women’s Mood Disorders Program Lecture Series · June 2019 Invited Talk University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

How old is too old?: Pursuit of Parenthood at Advanced Age - OBGYN Grand Rounds · November 2018 Lecture Duke University

Finding solutions for delayed parenting: Developing clinic age policies, public awareness, and social policies - Pre-Congress Course invited lecture · October 2018 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO

Psychosocial implications of delayed parenting from the perspective of the parent - Pre-Congress Course invited lecture · October 2018 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO

Psychosocial implications of later-life parenting - Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference · May 2018 National Scientific Meeting Philadelphia, PA

Third-Party Reproductive Evaluations: Best practices in documentation and interprofessional communication - Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference · May 2018 National Scientific Meeting Philadelphia, PA

Multidimensional Impact of Endometriosis on Quality of Life - MHPG Pre-Congress Course, Chair · October 2017 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, TX

Etiology and Treatment of Pain in Endometriosis - MHPG Pre-Congress Course, Chair · October 2017 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, TX

Identifying and Addressing Clinical Complexities in Preimplantation Genetic Screening - ASRM Symposium · October 2015 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, MD

The Role of the Mental Health Provider in an REI Practice - ASRM Practice Managers Symposium · October 2015 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Later-life and Single Parents: How do the families fare? - MHPG Pre-Congress Course Invited Talk · October 2013 International Meeting or Conference American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Boston, MA

The Role of the Psychologist in a Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Practice · July 2013 Invited Talk Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellows Institute, Park City, UT

Managing the Highly Stressed Fertility Patient · July 2013 Invited Talk Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellows Institute, Park City, UT

Service to the Profession

Co-Author, Policy Brief on Reproductive Healthcare and Counseling · 2025 Consulting American Psychological Association

Associate Editor, Human Reproduction · January 2024 - January 2028 Editorial Activities European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology

Chair, Scientific Development Committee · October 2023 - October 2026 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group / ASRM

Advisory Board Member, Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference · 2021 - 2024 Committee Service Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

ASRM Mental Health Professional Group Representative · October 2019 - October 2022 Committee Service SART (Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology) Executive Council

Chair, Continuing Education Committee · 2014 - 2015 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Chair, Education Committee · 2013 - 2014 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Education Committee, Member · 2011 - 2013 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Manuscript reviewer · 2010 - 2021 Editorial Activities Human Reproduction

United States

Chair, Membership Committee · 2009 - 2010 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Manuscript reviewer · 2009 - 2021 Editorial Activities Journal of Behavioral Medicine

United States

Manuscript reviewer · 2009 - 2021 Editorial Activities Fertility & Sterility

United States

Membership Committee, Member · 2006 - 2009 Committee Service Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Service to Duke

Psychiatry Department Education Mission Work Group (Department) · 2019 Committee Service Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences One of 10 Psychiatry faculty chosen to develop a 5 year strategic plan for the Department's education mission.

Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Executive Steering Committee (Department) · 2016 - 2021 Committee Service Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Durham, NC

Resident Wellness Program Task Force (Department) · 2012 - 2017 Committee Service Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Durham, NC

Leadership & Clinical Positions

Co-Director, Third Party Reproduction Program, Duke Fertility Center

Co-chair, OBGYN Resident Wellness Program Task Force (2012- 2017)

Duke Perinatal Psychiatry Steering Committee (2018-2020)

Duke Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Steering Committee (2016-present)

Clinical Summary

As the Director of Psychological Services for the Duke Fertility Center, I specialize in working with patients coping with infertility, pregnancy loss, third-party reproduction, fertility preservation, and perinatal mood disorders.