Julie Wagner, PhD, is an associate professor in the Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City, a master's degree in psychology from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Veteran's Administration Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven.
Dr. Wagner is a clinical health psychologist whose program of research investigates psychosocial contributors to vascular complications of diabetes in women and minorities. She investigates the relationship between mood disturbance and vascular disease, psychophysiological mechanisms of stress and discrimination, and behavioral interventions to improve diabetes outcomes among minorities. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the American Heart Association.
Dr. Wagner is active in numerous professional organizations and is the current chair of the Research Council of Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, the behavioral and psychosocial medicine representative to the ADA's annual scientific sessions planning committee, and a past president of BRIDGE (Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange), a professional society of behavioral diabetes researchers. In her free time, she enjoys religious study and practice, foreign language study, outdoor pursuits, and volunteering for humanitarian organizations at home and abroad.
