Name: Julia Cole
Julia is a clinical psychology doctoral student at Loma Linda University’s School of Behavioral Health. Her main research and clinical interests surround integrating psychologists into care teams for children in primary care and specialty clinics to improve children’s overall health outcomes and well-being. Julia is especially interested in sleep and pain management. She has had the pleasure of working on integrated care teams at the LLU Pediatric Neurology Clinic and SAC Family Medicine. In her free time, Julia enjoys baking, reading, and spending time with her husband and two kittens. Julia plans to become a pediatric psychologist to provide mental health services to children, adolescents, and young adults in either a clinic or hospital setting.
Name of Dissertation: Psychological and Behavioral Symptoms in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Clinical Interests: Pediatric psychology, integrated care, sleep, pain, health behaviors
Research Interests: Integration of health psychology, pediatric chronic illness, sleep, pain
Clinical Placements (past to current):
Pediatric Neurology Clinic
SAC Family Medicine
Manuscripts:
Call, N., Cole, J., Hoskin, J.M., Jorgensen, A., & Kreutz, C. (2023). Comparing religiosity and disordered eating behaviors among women in Utah. Curiosity.
Moeller, M., Cole, J., Sweeney, M., Van Dyk, T. (Under Review). Associations between caregiver factors and the adolescent sleep-pain relationship.
Poster Presentations:
Wong, M. K., Cole, J., Van Dyk, T. (2025, May 1-4). Emotional Eating, Parental Mental Health, and Sleep: Contributors to Sleep Problems in School-Aged Children [Conference Poster]. 2025 Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV, United States.
Cole, J., Sweeney, M., Perez, K., & Van Dyk, T. (2025, April 3-5). The impact of racial disparities on the effectiveness of family-centered care for children with headaches [Conference Poster]. 2025 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Wong, M. K., Cole, J., & Van Dyk, T. (2025, April 3-5). Sleep, parental mental health, and emotional eating in early childhood: An integrated view of contributor factors [Conference Poster]. 2025 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Sweeney, M., Perez, K., Cole, J., Van Dyk, T. (2025, April 3-5). Evaluation of anxiety and depression as mediators between adverse childhood experiences and pain among youth [Conference Poster]. 2025 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Perez, K., Cole, J., Sweeney, M., Van Dyk, T. (2025, April 3-5). Examining the impact of provider communication and skill-building on diabetes severity in youth [Conference Poster]. 2025 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Call, N., Cole, J., Jorgensen, A., Hoskin, J.M., Kreutz., K., Seipert, S., & Birmingham, W.C. (2022, April 8). Comparing religiosity and disordered eating behaviors among women in Utah [Conference Poster]. 2022 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Cole, J.L., Hoskin, J.M., Jamison, S., Jenkins, L., Jorgensen, A., & Birmingham, W. (2022, April 7). To work or not to work: Perceived stress in working vs. stay-at-home mothers [Conference Poster]. Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference, Provo, UT, United States.
Call, N., Cole., J., Jorgensen, A., Hoskin, J.M., Kreutz., K., Seipert, S., & Birmingham, W.C. (2022, February 25). Comparing religiosity and disordered eating behaviors among women in Utah [Conference Poster]. 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, St. George, UT, United States.
