Biography
Julia Gillard is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She also works as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the East of England Major Trauma Centre, a specialist NHS mental health service. She was previously a Topol Digital Fellow with NHS England and Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, while also working across several specialist mental health services for refugees, veterans and survivors of childhood trauma. Prior to her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Julia completed a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, and a MSc in War and Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Her research interests include understanding and treating trauma, depression, and anxiety, as well as broad topics across risk and resilience, cross-cultural psychology, veteran and refugee mental health, digital mental health and improving access to services.
Publications
Oliver, A., Chandler, E., Gillard, J. Impact of Digital Inclusion Initiative to Facilitate Access to Mental Health Services: Service User Interview Study. JMIR Ment Health,11:e51315 (2024). https://mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e51315
Gillard, J., Werner-Seidler, A., Dalgleish, T., Stretton, J. Script-driven imagery of socially salient autobiographical
memories in major depressive disorder.. Sci Rep 13, 14577 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41486-7
Melegkovits, E., Blumberg, J., Dixon, E., Ehntholt, K., Gillard, J., et al. The effectiveness of trauma-focused psychotherapy for complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A retrospective study. Eur Psychiatry, 66(1):e4(2023). doi:j.eurpsy.2022.2346
Ottisova, L., Gillard, J. (joint first authors), Wood, M., Langford, S., Haris, A., Wild, J., Bloomfield, M., Robertson,
M (2022). Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in response to disasters in mitigating adverse mental health outcomes in healthcare workers: a systematic review. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 1- 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22780
Gillard, J., Stretton, J., Gormley, S., Griffiths, K., Hitchcock, C., Dalgleish, T. (2021). Converging evidence for enduring perceptions of low social status in individuals in remission from depression. J. Affect. Disord., 294, pp661-670
Jobson, L., Mirabolfathi, V., Moshirpanahi, S., Parhoon, H., Gillard, J., Muhktar, F., Moradi, A. & Mohan, S. (2019).
Investigating Emotion in Malay, Australian and Iranian Individuals with and without Depression. Sci Rep 9(1), 1-11
Werner-Seidler, A., Hitchcock, C., Bevan, A., McKinnon, A., Gillard, J., Dahm, T., Chadwick, I., ..., Dagleish, T.
(2018). A cluster randomized controlled platform trial comparing group MEmory specificity training (MEST) to group psychoeducation and supportive counselling (PSC) in the treatment of recurrent depression. Behav Res Ther, 105, 1-9.
Hitchcock, C., Gormley, S., Rees, C., Rodrigues, E., Rodrigues, E., Wright, I., Gillard, J., ..., Dalgleish, T. (2018). A
randomised controlled trial of memory flexibility training (MemFlex) to enhance memory flexibility and reduce depressive symptomatology in individuals with major depressive disorder. Behav Res Ther, 110, 22-30, DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/vyst6
Petrini, K., McAleer, P., Neary, C., Gillard, J., & Pollick, F.E. (2014). Experience in judging intent to harm modulates
parahippocampal activity: An fMRI study with experienced CCTV operators. Cortex, 57, 74-91.