Dr. Browne is a clinical psychologist in the Research Service at the Providence VA Healthcare System and an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. Her program of research is aimed at improving quality of life and function in adults with serious mental illness. Her current research projects involve developing and evaluating exercise interventions for people with serious mental illness, particularly older adults and those with schizophrenia. She has a strong interest in identifying and evaluating strategies to enhance intervention engagement for this population. She has also conducted a number of studies on the role of the therapeutic alliance in psychosocial treatment for people with schizophrenia and early psychosis.
| Abrantes AM, Browne J, Stein MD, Anderson B, Iacoi S, Barter S, Shah Z, Read J, Battle C. "A lifestyle physical activity intervention for women in alcohol treatment: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Journal of substance use and addiction treatment, vol. 163, 2024, pp. 209406. |
| Browne J, Wu WC, Jiang L, Singh M, Bozzay ML, Kunicki ZJ, Bayer TA, De Vito AN, Primack JM, McGeary JE, Kelso CM, Rudolph JL. "Lower odds of successful community discharge after medical hospitalization for Veterans with schizophrenia: A retrospective cohort study of national data." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 173, 2024, pp. 58-63. |
| Bowersox, Nicholas W., Smith, Colin M., Austin, Karen, Bradford, Daniel W., Browne, Julia, Nelson, Sharon M., Szymanski, Benjamin R., Glynn, Shirley M. "Mortality and suicidality in veterans health administration patients with newly-identified early episode psychosis." Schizophrenia Research, vol. 264, 2024, pp. 362-369. |
| Rabasco, Ana, Browne, Julia, Kingston, Jessica, Krkovic, Katarina, Thompson, Elizabeth, Ellett, Lyn, Kunicki, Zachary J., Gaudiano, Brandon A. "Pandemic Paranoia Scale for Adolescents (PPS-A): An Initial Psychometric Evaluation and Prevalence Study of Adolescents in the United States and United Kingdom." Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, vol. 52, no. 11, 2024, pp. 1765-1779. |
| Browne J, Rudolph JL, Jiang L, Bayer TA, Kunicki ZJ, De Vito AN, Bozzay ML, McGeary JE, Kelso CM, Wu WC. "Serious mental illness is associated with elevated risk of hospital readmission in veterans with heart failure." Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 178, 2024, pp. 111604. |
| Bozzay, Melanie L., Joyce, Hannah E., Jiang, Lan, De Vito, Alyssa N., Emrani, Sheina, Browne, Julia, Bayer, Thomas A., Quinn, McKenzie J., Primack, Jennifer M., Kelso, Catherine M., Wu, Wen-Chih, Rudolph, James L., McGeary, John E., Kunicki, Zachary J. "Time to Dementia Diagnosis Among Veterans with Comorbid Insomnia and Depressive Episodes." Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2024, pp. 1-11. |
| Browne, Julia, Elbogen, Eric B., Mueser, Kim T., Rudolph, James L., Wu, Wen-Chih, Philip, Noah S., Mills, Whitney L., Young, Alexander S., Sloane, Richard, Hall, Katherine S. "Trajectories of physical function changes for older veterans with serious mental illness in a clinical exercise program." Mental Health and Physical Activity, vol. 26, 2024, pp. 100580. |
| Bowersox, Nicholas W., Browne, Julia, Grau, Peter P., Merrill, Stephanie L., Haderlein, Taona P., Llorente, Maria D., Washington, Donna L. "COVID-19 mortality among veterans with serious mental illness in the veterans health administration." Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 163, 2023, pp. 222-229. |
| Browne J, Mohamed S. "Evaluation of disparities in impact of mental health intensive case management on 6-month symptoms, functioning, and quality of life between black and white veterans diagnosed with schizophrenia." Schizophrenia research, vol. 253, 2023, pp. 68-74. |
| Browne J, Xie H, Wolfe RS, Naslund JA, Gorin AA, Aschbrenner KA. "Factors associated with weight gain prevention in young adults with serious mental illness." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 17, no. 1, 2023, pp. 39-46. |
| Browne, Julia, Naslund, John A., Salwen‐Deremer, Jessica K., Sarcione, Carrie, Cabassa, Leopoldo J., Aschbrenner, Kelly A. "Factors influencing engagement in in‐person and remotely delivered lifestyle interventions for young adults with serious mental illness: A qualitative study." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2023. |
| Buck B, Browne J, Gagen EC, Penn DL. "Hostile attribution bias in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: narrative review of the literature and persisting questions." Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), vol. 32, no. 1, 2023, pp. 132-149. |
| Browne J, Elbogen EB, Mueser KT, Rudolph JL, Wu WC, Philip NS, Mills WL, Sloane R, Hall KS. "Physical Function Assessment of Older Veterans With Serious Mental Illness." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 31, no. 9, 2023, pp. 657-666. |
| Abrantes, Ana M, Browne, Julia, Uebelacker, Lisa A, Anderson, Bradley J, Barter, Sarah, Shah, Zainab, Kunicki, Zachary J, Caviness, Celeste, Price, Lawrence H, Desaulniers, Julie, Brown, Richard A. "Randomized Controlled Trial of Aerobic Exercise for Smoking Cessation Among Individuals With Elevated Depressive Symptoms." Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 26, no. 5, 2023, pp. 634-638. |
| Browne J, Elbogen EB, Mueser KT, Rudolph JL, Wu WC, Philip NS, Mills WL, Young AS, Sloane R, Hall KS. "Retention of older veterans with serious mental illness in a clinical exercise program." Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol. 14, 2023, pp. 1221030. |
| Browne, Julia, Battaglini, Claudio, Jarskog, L. Fredrik, Sheeran, Paschal, Abrantes, Ana M., Elliott, Tonya, Gonzalez, Oscar, Penn, David L. "Virtual group-based walking intervention for persons with schizophrenia: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Mental Health and Physical Activity, vol. 24, 2023, pp. 100515. |
| Browne J, Harvey PD, Buchanan RW, Kelly DL, Strauss GP, Gold JM, Holden JL, Granholm E. "A Longitudinal Examination of Real-World Sedentary Behavior in Adults with Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders in a Clinical Trial of Combined Oxytocin and Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training." Behavioral Sciences, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022. |
| Browne J, Cather C, Ponce AN. "A Preliminary Study of Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students' Training in Food Insecurity Assessment and Resource Provision." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, vol. 33, no. 2, 2022, pp. 623-632. |
| Halverson TF, Browne J, Thomas SM, Palenski P, Vilardaga R. "An examination of neurocognition and theory of mind as predictors of engagement with a tailored digital therapeutic in persons with serious mental illness." Schizophrenia research. Cognition, vol. 28, 2022, pp. 100236. |
| Aschbrenner KA, Naslund JA, Gorin AA, Mueser KT, Browne J, Wolfe RS, Xie H, Bartels SJ. "Group Lifestyle Intervention With Mobile Health for Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial." PS, vol. 73, no. 2, 2022, pp. 141-148. |
| Orleans-Pobee M, Browne J, Ludwig K, Merritt C, Battaglini CL, Jarskog LF, Sheeran P, Penn DL. "Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life): results from a 10-week walking intervention for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders." Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), vol. 31, no. 3, 2022, pp. 357-365. |
| Wright AC, Browne J, Cather C, Meyer-Kalos P, Mueser KT. "Relationship between patterns of cannabis use and functional and symptomatic trajectories in first-episode psychosis." European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2022. |
| Wright AC, Moody E, Browne J, Cather C. "Self-defining memories among persons with mental health, substance use, cognitive, and physical health conditions: a systematic review." Memory, vol. 30, no. 7, 2022, pp. 823-844. |
| Aschbrenner KA, Naslund JA, Salwen-Deremer JK, Browne J, Bartels SJ, Wolfe RS, Xie H, Mueser KT. "Sleep quality and its relationship to mental health, physical health and health behaviours among young adults with serious mental illness enrolled in a lifestyle intervention trial." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 16, no. 1, 2022, pp. 106-110. |
| Browne J, Mohamed S. "The Impact of Mental Health Intensive Case Management on Functioning and Clinical Outcomes of Older Black and White Veterans With Serious Mental Illness." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 30, no. 11, 2022, pp. 1183-1194. |
| Wright AC, Kritikos K, Bhiku K, LeFeber L, Skiest H, Whitman A, Browne J, Arntz D, Fortuna KL, Mueser KT, Cather C. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on peer specialists." Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, 2022, pp. 201-211. |
| Browne J, Mccurley JL, Fung V, Levy DE, Clark CR, Thorndike AN. "Addressing Social Determinants of Health Identified by Systematic Screening in a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization: A Qualitative Study." Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, vol. 12, 2021, pp. 2150132721993651. |
| Browne J, Cather C, Zvonar V, Thayer K, Skiest H, Arntz D, Kritikos K, Schnitzer K, Brown H, Evins AE, Donovan A. "Developing a Sound Body: Open Trial Results of a Group Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Young Adults with Psychosis." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 57, no. 5, 2021, pp. 864-871. |
| Browne J, Morey MC, Beckham JC, Bosworth HB, Porter Starr KN, Bales CW, McDermott J, Sloane R, Gregg JJ, Hall KS. "Diet quality and exercise in older veterans with PTSD: a pilot study." Translational behavioral medicine, vol. 11, no. 12, 2021, pp. 2116-2122. |
| Browne J, Halverson TF, Vilardaga R. "Engagement with a digital therapeutic for smoking cessation designed for persons with psychiatric illness fully mediates smoking outcomes in a pilot randomized controlled trial." Translational behavioral medicine, vol. 11, no. 9, 2021, pp. 1717-1725. |
| Ludwig KA, Browne JW, Nagendra A, Gleeson JF, D'Alfonso S, Penn DL, Alvarez-Jimenez M. "Horyzons USA: A moderated online social intervention for first episode psychosis." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 2, 2021, pp. 335-343. |
| Browne J, Sanders AS, Friedman-Yakoobian M, Guyer M, Keshavan M, Kim B, Kline E. "Implementation case study: Multifamily group intervention in first-episode psychosis programs." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 5, 2021, pp. 1362-1368. |
| Browne J, Medenblik A, Pebole M, Gregg JJ, Hall KS. "Qualitative Analysis of a Supervised Exercise Program for Older Veterans With PTSD." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 29, no. 6, 2021, pp. 565-572. |
| Browne, Julia, Battaglini, Claudio, Jarskog, L. Fredrik, Sheeran, Paschal, Abrantes, Ana M., McDermott, Jessica, Elliott, Tonya, Gonzalez, Oscar, Penn, David L. "Targeting Physical Health in Schizophrenia: Results from the Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life) 24-Week Open Trial." Mental Health and Physical Activity, vol. 20, 2021, pp. 100393. |
| Browne J, Wright AC, Berry K, Mueser KT, Cather C, Penn DL, Kurtz MM. "The alliance-outcome relationship in individual psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia and early psychosis: A meta-analysis." Schizophrenia research, vol. 231, 2021, pp. 154-163. |
| Wright AC, Browne J, Skiest H, Bhiku K, Baker JT, Cather C. "The relationship between conventional clinical assessments and momentary assessments of symptoms and functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review." Schizophrenia research, vol. 232, 2021, pp. 11-27. |
| Browne J, Ponce A. "Assessing Food Insecurity in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: A Pilot Training for Community Mental Health Providers." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 56, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1110-1114. |
| Wright, Abigail C., Browne, Julia, Cather, Corinne, Pratt, Sarah I., Bartels, Stephen J., Mueser, Kim T. "Does Self-Efficacy Predict Functioning in Older Adults with Schizophrenia? A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Mediation Analysis." Cognitive Therapy and Research, vol. 45, no. 1, 2020, pp. 136-148. |
| Wright A, Browne J, Mueser KT, Cather C. "Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatment for Individuals with Early Psychosis." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 29, no. 1, 2020, pp. 211-223. |
| Browne J, Bass E, Mueser KT, Meyer-Kalos P, Gottlieb JD, Estroff SE, Penn DL. "Client predictors of the therapeutic alliance in individual resiliency training for first episode psychosis." Schizophrenia research, vol. 204, 2019, pp. 375-380. |
| Browne J, Nagendra A, Kurtz M, Berry K, Penn DL. "The relationship between the therapeutic alliance and client variables in individual treatment for schizophrenia spectrum disorders and early psychosis: Narrative review." Clinical Psychology Review, vol. 71, 2019, pp. 51-62. |
| Browne J, Mueser KT, Meyer-Kalos P, Gottlieb JD, Estroff SE, Penn DL. "The therapeutic alliance in individual resiliency training for first episode psychosis: Relationship with treatment outcomes and therapy participation." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 87, no. 8, 2019, pp. 734-744. |
| Browne J, Estroff SE, Ludwig K, Merritt C, Meyer-Kalos P, Mueser KT, Gottlieb JD, Penn DL. "Character strengths of individuals with first episode psychosis in Individual Resiliency Training." Schizophrenia research, vol. 195, 2018, pp. 448-454. |
| Lanser I, Browne J, Pinkham AE, Harvey PD, Jarskog LF, Penn DL. "Evaluating social skill in individuals with schizophrenia with the brief impression questionnaire (BIQ)." Psychiatry Research, vol. 269, 2018, pp. 38-44. |
| Browne J, Edwards AN, Penn DL, Meyer-Kalos PS, Gottlieb JD, Julian P, Ludwig K, Mueser KT, Kane JM. "Factor structure of therapist fidelity to individual resiliency training in the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode Early Treatment Program." Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 12, no. 6, 2018, pp. 1052-1063. |
| Browne J, Penn DL, Bauer DJ, Meyer-Kalos P, Mueser KT, Robinson DG, Addington J, Schooler NR, Glynn SM, Gingerich S, Marcy P, Kane JM. "Perceived Autonomy Support in the NIMH RAISE Early Treatment Program." PS, vol. 68, no. 9, 2017, pp. 916-922. |
| Browne J, Penn DL, Meyer-Kalos PS, Mueser KT, Estroff SE, Brunette MF, Correll CU, Robinson J, Rosenheck RA, Schooler N, Robinson DG, Addington J, Marcy P, Kane JM. "Psychological well-being and mental health recovery in the NIMH RAISE early treatment program." Schizophrenia research, vol. 185, 2017, pp. 167-172. |
| Browne J, Mihas P, Penn DL. "Focus on Exercise: Client and Clinician Perspectives on Exercise in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness." Community Mental Health Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, 2016, pp. 387-94. |
| Browne J, Penn DL, Raykov T, Pinkham AE, Kelsven S, Buck B, Harvey PD. "Social cognition in schizophrenia: Factor structure of emotion processing and theory of mind." Psychiatry Research, vol. 242, 2016, pp. 150-156. |
| Browne J, Penn DL, Battaglini CL, Ludwig K. "Work out by Walking: A Pilot Exercise Program for Individuals With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 204, no. 9, 2016, pp. 651-7. |
VA RR&D IK2RX005010 (CDA-2)
A feasibility study of home-based exercise for older veterans with serious mental illness
2024 - 2029
Principal Investigator
VA RR&D IK1RX003904 (CDA-1)
A longitudinal study of physical activity and function in older veterans with serious mental illness
2022 - 2024
Principal Investigator
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PhD | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2016 | MA | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2011 | BA | Tufts University |
| Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics | Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center , Durham VA Health Care System, Geriatrics | 2020-2022 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Psychiatry | 2019-2020 | |
| Clinical Psychology Internship | Yale University School of Medicine (Adult Community Mental Health) | 2018-2019 |
Women's Tennis National Champion, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 2010
Senior Award, Tufts University, 2011
Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2016
Graduate Student Research Mentoring Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2017
Tom and Karen Sox Summer Research Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2017
Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee, Tufts University Athletics Department, 2020
