Doctor's Bio
Ursula Kelly, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a dual-certified adult and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner who provides care at Grady. Her work focuses on helping patients recover from trauma and addressing both the physical and emotional effects that traumatic experiences can have on health and well-being.
Kelly brings extensive experience caring for patients in hospitals, neighborhood clinics, and community health settings. Her clinical and research interests include trauma recovery, mental health, violence and injury prevention, and improving access to care for people affected by trauma.
In addition to her work at Grady, Kelly is an Associate Professor at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Associate Director of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory. She is committed to advancing trauma-informed care and improving recovery and long-term health for patients and communities.
Board Certifications
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Affiliations
Emory
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Associations between psychological and trauma-related factors and urinary incontinence severity and treatment response among women veterans.
Scharp D, Goldstein KM, Kelly UA, Burgio KL, Vaughan CP, Intrator O, Markland AD
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2026;235(2):365-374.
PMID: 41966509 - Remote Access to Urinary Incontinence Treatments for Women Veterans: The PRACTICAL Randomized Clinical Trial.
Markland AD, Goldstein KM, Beasley TM, Boyd EM, Zubkoff L, Kelly UA, Burgio KL, Vaughan CP
JAMA network open. 2025;8(9):e2532111.
PMID: 40956581 - Addressing Fear of Negative Consequences of Overdose Response: A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Service Industry Workers Who Encounter an Opioid Overdose in an Urban Commercial District in Atlanta, Georgia.
Febres-Cordero S, Thompson LM, Chalfant OS, Sherman ADF, Winiker AK, Kelly UA, Smith KM
Workplace health & safety. 2024;72(6):244-252.
PMID: 38243156 - Yoga vs Cognitive Processing Therapy for Military Sexual Trauma-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Zaccari B, Higgins M, Haywood TN, Patel M, Emerson D, Hubbard K, Loftis JM, Kelly UA
JAMA network open. 2023;6(12):e2344862.
PMID: 38064219 - Effects of group trauma-sensitive yoga on inflammatory markers and psychological well-being in women veterans with PTSD: A randomized controlled trial.
Zaccari B, Kelly UA, Lovejoy TI, Hubbard K, Newman A, Loftis JM
Brain behavior and immunity integrative. 2023;
PMID: 41836366 - State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research.
Galovski TE, Street AE, Creech S, Lehavot K, Kelly UA, Yano EM
Journal of general internal medicine. 2022;37(Suppl 3):825-832.
PMID: 36042078 - Synchronous Telehealth Yoga and Cognitive Processing Group Therapies for Women Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial Adapted for COVID-19.
Zaccari B, Loftis JM, Haywood T, Hubbard K, Clark J, Kelly UA
Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2022;
PMID: 35357957 - Barriers to PTSD treatment-seeking by women veterans who experienced military sexual trauma decades ago: The role of institutional betrayal.
Kelly UA
Nursing outlook. 2021;69(3):458-470.
PMID: 33863545 - Clinical Complexity in Women Veterans: A Systematic Review of the Recent Evidence on Mental Health and Physical Health Comorbidities.
Creech SK, Pulverman CS, Crawford JN, Holliday R, Monteith LL, Lehavot K, Olson-Madden J, Kelly UA
Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.). 2021;47(1):69-87.
PMID: 31403895 - Military Sexual Trauma and Sexual Health in Women Veterans: A Systematic Review.
Pulverman CS, Christy AY, Kelly UA
Sexual medicine reviews. 2019;7(3):393-407.
PMID: 31029620
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