Julia Sheffler Ph.D.

Julia Sheffler Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Julia Sheffler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine, and is the Director of the Integrative Science for Health Aging research program at the FSU Center for Translational Behavioral Sciences.  Dr. Sheffler's research focuses on improving scientific understanding of risk and resiliency factors related to late-life health and cognitive functioning, with training geared toward understanding the complex biopsychosocial pathways through which neurocognitive disorders develop, which involves how adverse childhood experiences alter biological pathways and influences the onset of late-life disease. Using this background, Dr. Sheffler’s current work focuses on developing scalable psychosocial and behavioral interventions to address modifiable disease risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
 

Dr. Sheffler received her Bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in 2011, her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University in 2018, and completed her clinical internship at the Denver VA Medical Center with a focus in geropsychology. Dr. Sheffler is a licensed clinical psychologist.

 

The Integrative Science for Healthy Aging Program, led by Dr. Julia Sheffler, broadly involves the development and assessment of behavioral interventions for physical, mental, and neurocognitive health in older adults. We are especially interested in the interaction of biological, psychological, and social lifespan processes that influence functioning in older age. Through understanding these processes, this program aims to develop psychological and behavioral approaches to improve adherence and the long-term success of health behavior interventions for older adults.

Research Focuses include:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Nutrition
  • Interventions
  • Health
  • Emotion-regulation
  • Psychopathology
  • Modifiable disease risk factors
  • Adverse childhood experiences
  • Lifespan

 

  1. Pickett, S. M., Jacques-Tiura, A. J., Echeverri-Alvarado, B., Sheffler, J. L., & Naar, S. (In press). Daytime Sleepiness, Addictive-like Eating, and Obesity Sequelae in Black and African American Youth with Obesity. Sleep Health.
  2. Meynadasy, M.A., Brush, C. J., Sheffler, J.L., Mach, R., Carr, D., Kiosses, D., Hajcak, G., & Sachs-Ericsson, N. (2022). Emotion Regulation and the Late Positive Potential (LPP) in Older Adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
  3. Barrett, L.A., Xing, A., Steidley, E., Sheffler, J.L., Adam, T.J., Zhang, R., & He, Z. (In Press). Assessing the Use of Prescription Drugs in Obese Respondents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. PLOS one.
  4. Schmidt, N. B., Schubert, F. T., & Sheffler, J.L. (2022). Brief, Interoceptive Exposure Focused Treatment for Anxiety in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Age and Ageing, 51(6), afac133.
  5. Brush, C. J., Kallen, A. M., Meynadasy, M. A., King, T., Hajcak, G., & Sheffler, J. L. (2022). The P300, loneliness, and depression in older adults. Biological Psychology, 171, 108339.
  6. Moliner, S., Quinn, J., & Sheffler., J. (2022). The Mediating Role of Cardiometabolic Dysregulation on the Relation between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Cognition. Psychosomatic Medicine. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001093
  7. Sheffler, J., Arjmandi, B., Hajcak, G., Quinn, J., Vied, C., Akhavan, N., & Naar, S. (2022). Feasibility of an MI-CBT Ketogenic Adherence Program for Older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(16).
  8. Naar, S., MacDonell, K., Chapman, J., Todd, L., Wang, Y., Sheffler, J., Fernandez, M. (2022). Tailored Motivational Interviewing in Adolescent HIV Clinics: Primary Outcome Analysis of a Stepped-Wedge Implementation Trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 90(1), S74-S83.
  9. Preston, T.J., Carr, D.C., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Sheffler, J., & Hajcak, G. (2021). Cognitive reappraisal and mental health in later life: The moderating role of gender. Aging and Mental Health, 1-9.
  10. Sheffler, J., Meynadasy, M., Taylor, D., Kiosses, D., & Hajcak, G. (2021). Subjective, Neuropsychological, and Neural Markers of Memory in Older Adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-9.
  11. Nagy S.M., Butame S.A.*, Todd L, Sheffler J.L., Budhwani H., Fernandez M.I., MacDonell K.K., and Naar S. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to implementing a motivational interviewing-based intervention: A multisite study of care and treatment organizations caring for youth living with HIV. AIDS Care, 1-6.
  12. Sheffler, J., Meyer, C., & Puga, F. (2021). Multi-sample assessment of stress reactivity as a mediator between childhood adversity and mid-to late-life Outcomes. Aging & Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1910787
  13. Sheffler, J., Bekelman, D, Schmiege, S., & Sussman, J. (2020). A longitudinal analysis of the relationships between depression, fatigue, and pain in patients with heart failure. Aging & Mental Health.
  14. Sheffler, J., Joiner, T., & Sachs-Ericsson, N. (2020). The Interpersonal and Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 on Risk for Late-Life Suicide. The Gerontologist. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaa103

 



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