Julie Hurd

Julie received her BA in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa in 2015 and her MS in Psychology from Arizona State University in 2018. In 2018, Julie joined the clinical psychology PhD program with an emphasis in trauma psychology at UCCS. Julie is completing her predoctoral internship at the Charleston Consortium with joint appointments at the Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VAMC. She will graduate with her PhD in the summer of 2024 and has accepted a two-year postdoctoral position with the MIRECC Psychology Fellowship Program at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC focused on posttraumatic stress disorder and its comorbidities.

Julie’s research interests focus on the heterogeneity of trauma recovery in the context of dynamic processes and systems. Julie is especially interested in the intersection of trauma and romantic relationships, including the impact of trauma on relational outcomes and the role of romantic relationships in the recovery process.