Julia W. Browne, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Julia Browne is the Director of Research of the BMC Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) Program and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completed her clinical internship at Yale University School of Medicine, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in early psychosis at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and in geriatrics at the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Durham VA Healthcare System. Her research program is focused on developing and evaluating health-promoting interventions (e.g., exercise) to improve the health of young, middle-aged and older adults with psychosis. Committed to clinical care and training, she provides individual and family treatment to individuals with psychosis in BMC's WRAP Program and is the Director of CBT Training for the BMC/BU Psychiatry Residency Program.

Publications

  • Published 7/3/2026

    Browne J, Wu WC, Jiang L, Bayer TA, Kunicki ZJ, Thompson M, Bozzay ML, De Vito AN, Howe MD, Singh M, Primack JM, McGeary JE, Maharaj R, Kelso CM, Philip NS, Greenberg BD, Rudolph JL. Weight Loss in Veterans with Schizophrenia and Multimorbidity Prescribed Semaglutide: Results From a National Retrospective Cohort Study. Schizophr Bull. 2026 Jul 03; 52(4). PMID: 40819269.

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  • Published 12/19/2025

    Browne J, Brown HE, Blanton A, London J, Camacho L, Gibbs J, LeFeber L, Skiest H, Sheeran P, Cather C. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Single-session Self-regulation Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Results from a Pilot Open Trial. Community Ment Health J. 2026 Jul; 62(5):926-932. PMID: 41417142.

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  • Published 12/1/2025

    Myers EJ, Browne J, Brown HE. Opportunities for Expanding Guideline-Concordant Care for People With Schizophrenia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2549013. PMID: 41632165.

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  • Published 9/2/2025

    Chen AL, Chen BG, Jiang L, Howe M, Thompson MF, Browne J, Kunicki ZJ, McGeary J, Rudolph JL, Bayer TA. Social Connectedness and Successful Nursing Home Discharge After Heart Failure Hospitalization. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Oct; 26(10):105824. PMID: 40854521.

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  • Published 8/25/2025

    Abrantes AM, Browne J, van 't Wout-Frank M, Carpenter LL, Stein MD, Uebelacker LA, Audet D, Desaulniers JA, Garnaat S. Feasibility of combining tDCS with exercise for increasing physical activity in people with depression. Front Physiol. 2025; 16:1597234. PMID: 40926883.

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Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MA
  • Tufts University, BA

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