Julie Boergers, PhD

Julie Boergers is the co-director of the Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic and a staff psychologist who specializes in integrated behavioral health approaches for pediatric medical problems. She also is the co-director of the Psychology Liaison Program for Pediatric Oncology and a member of the feeding team in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology.

In addition, she is a clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior and a clinical professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she received the university’s Teaching Recognition Award for her outstanding clinical and research training of residents and fellows in psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics. 

Dr. Boergers conducts research on childhood sleep disorders, pediatric chronic illnesses (including asthma), and adolescent health behaviors. She has a longstanding research and clinical focus on cultural influences on sleep, sleep patterns in children with chronic illness, and the effect of childhood sleep disruption on family, academic, and immune functioning.

She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Rochester with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She earned her master's and doctorate in child clinical psychology from the University of Denver. She completed an internship in child clinical/pediatric psychology at the Children's National Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric psychology at Brown Medical School before joining the faculty in 1998.