JULIE LYN VALENTINE portrait
  • Professor, College Of Nursing
  • Ida May "Dotty" Barnes RN and D. Keith Barnes MD Presidential Endowed Chair, College Of Nursing
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Research Summary

Dr. Valentine has secured 4 federal grants of > $4,000,000 since 2015 underscoring her significant contributions to the field. Dr. Valentine’s current research projects include intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations, dating app facilitated sexual assaults, forensic nursing quality indicators, strangulation in gender-based violence, pain following sexual assault, and trauma-informed care in dentistry with multiple research collaborations in Utah and throughout the United States.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
  • Master of Science, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
  • Doctor of Philosophy, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY

Biography

Dr. Julie L. Valentine joined the University of Utah College of Nursing in October 2023 as a Professor and assumed the prestigious Ida May “Dotty” Barnes RN and D. Keith Barnes MD Presidential Endowed Chair in December 2023. Dedicated to combating sexual and gender-based violence, Dr. Valentine leverages her extensive clinical experience as a certified sexual assault nurse examiner to inform interdisciplinary practices and policies, with a profound commitment to enhancing the criminal justice system's response. Her ultimate professional objective is to significantly reduce instances of sexual and gender-based violence.

A prolific researcher, Dr. Valentine has secured four federal grants since 2015, totaling over four million dollars, underscoring her significant contributions to the field. She holds leadership positions at the state, national, and international levels, actively shaping best practice recommendations to mitigate violence and improve survivor care. As the lead author of The Constructed Theory of Forensic Nursing Care, a groundbreaking middle-range theory, Dr. Valentine guides forensic nursing education, practice, and research.

Dr. Valentine’s current research projects include the following topics: intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations, dating app facilitated sexual assaults, forensic nursing quality indicators, strangulation in gender-based violence, pain reports following sexual assault, and trauma-informed care in dentistry. Dr. Valentine has forged multiple research collaborations in Utah and throughout the United States.

Acknowledged for her outstanding achievements, Dr. Valentine has received numerous awards, including induction as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2020 and the groundbreaking Forensic Nurse Scientist Award by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in 2023. Her dedication was further recognized with the prestigious Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology in the Academia/Research category in 2023, the highest civilian scientific and technological achievement award in the state. In 2024, she achieved the esteemed status of Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, joining an exclusive group of nine nurses globally with this distinction.

Grateful for the honor of being appointed to the Ida May “Dotty” Barnes RN and D. Keith Barnes MD Presidential Endowed Chair, Dr. Valentine pledges unwavering commitment to tirelessly working towards the reduction of sexual and gender-based violence, ultimately enhancing the health and safety of our communities.