Julia Sheffler, PhD

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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 pathways through which neurocognitive disorders develop, which involves how adverse childhood experiences alter biological pathways and influences the onset of late-life disease and pain. Using this background, Dr. Sheffler examines psychosocial and behavioral interventions for improving late-life health.