Wishing a heartfelt farewell to Emily Tack as she begins her PhD journey in School Psychology at Indiana University!
Weβre so proud of you, Emily! Good luck in your next chapter π
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Wishing a heartfelt farewell to Emily Tack as she begins her PhD journey in School Psychology at Indiana University!
Weβre so proud of you, Emily! Good luck in your next chapter π
π Congratulations to Rachel Kornfield, PhD, on receiving the 2025 Rising Star Award from the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions! @isrii.bsky.social
π¬ Click below to see what else our CBITs team is up to at ISRII 2025:
cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...
π CBITs faculty member Stew Shankman recently had a paper featured on @cnn.com Health!
This study is the first to track how teens use dating apps through their keyboard activity rather than using self-reports π² π₯
Check out CNNβs feature: tinyurl.com/57y5v9f4
π Full paper: tinyurl.com/wrv2tke5
π Weβre proud to spotlight Andrew Berry, PhD, CBITs core faculty and Assistant Professor in Medical Social Sciences, for his leadership in the Disability and Health Services Research Working Group!
Read the full story below to learn more and get involvedπ
tinyurl.com/3bw8efej
Jeremy Eberle, PhD, is on a roll! π₯ Another paper accepted!
He steps outside his usual research area to explore a new way to measure negative interpretation biases in movement disorders.
A great example of the interdisciplinary work at CBITs. Congrats Jeremy! π
π Preprint: tinyurl.com/yv8bfyjn
π Congratulations to CBITs postdoctoral fellow Jeremy Eberle, PhD, (@jeremyeberle.bsky.social) on the acceptance of a new paper exploring a person-centered approach to digital mental health research!
π Check out the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Weβre lucky to have had such an impressive group of T32 postdoctoral fellows this year! β¨
π Read the news story below to get to know our fellows and discover how they plan to build on their inspiring work in the next phase of their professional journeys
cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...
π New Paper π
As digital tools become more prominent in mental health care, clinicians play a key role in ensuring they're used effectively, equitably, and safely.
Clinicians arenβt just adapting to digital care, theyβre shaping it π² π‘
π Read the full article: tinyurl.com/2xbdtjrx
What makes our digital health tools different? π€
At CBITs, we deliver research people can count on because every patient deserves solutions backed by truth.
For more information about our research trials, visit: tinyurl.com/yzayka9m
#ResearchMatters #DigitalHealth
Why do we keep scrolling, even if the news makes us feel worse? π€
CBITs faculty member, Dr. Stew Shankman, spoke with NPR (WBEZ Chicago) last week about news fatigue, "doom scrolling," and what we can do about it.
ποΈ Check out the interview here: www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...
Due to scheduling conflicts, the speaker for the upcoming webinar will now be David Silk.
π Remember to register!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New from APA: Ethical guidance on the use of AI in health service psychology π€π§
Developed with the Mental Health Technology Advisory Committee, this resource supports psychologists & #mentalhealth providers navigating the AI landscape.
Read more below!
tinyurl.com/5n6wxdw5
π¨New Paper Alert!π¨
Congrats to Arielle Smith & the team on their recent paper in Behaviour Research and Therapy!
Their study tested a digital, single-session body image intervention for LGBTQ+ youth.
Read it nowπhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005796725001317?via%3Dihub
Donβt miss SDMHβs webinar next Tuesday!
CBITs Director, David Mohr, PhD, and Caroline Pearson, Exec Director of PHTI, will discuss how digital tools can be used to treat depression and anxiety and what that means for cost and access to care π§ π€πΈ
Register for FREE: tinyurl.com/y2u9jc23
You can now watch the talk on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/r6qxHtHtR9M?...
23.06.2025 21:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π¨ BIG NEWS: Our new department video is LIVE on our new site!
Huge thanks to Kim Le Mezo & Cory Cooper (Feinberg Ed Tech) and our awesome CBITs team for bringing this vision to life! πβ¨
Get a special look inside the CBITs community nowπ
π¬: tinyurl.com/4vts67x6
So proud to see CBITs well represented at this yearβs Implementation Research Institute (IRI)!
Special shoutout to our Co-Director Dr. Andrea Graham, who is pictured among other NU leaders advancing the field of implementation science.
You're all AMAZINGππ₯³
We'd like to thank Dr. Susan Murphy for sharing her work on online reinforcement learning in digital health at DPM's (@nu-dpm.bsky.social) Grand Rounds last week!
Sheβs teaching interventions to learn from usersβ behaviorβwhich is VERY cool.
πΈ Dr. Murphy with our Center Director, Dr. David Mohr.
Where are we with generative A.I./chatbots to support mental health?
John Torous MD and I provide a concise summary of progress and what's needed @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Virtual solutions for depression and anxiety can improve outcomes and access to care, but some tools come with high costs, finds Peterson Health Technology Institute.
Insights will guide payers and providers in adopting high-impact, low-cost solutions to meet patient needs. tinyurl.com/pwfk637t
At CBITs, weβre leading the way in applying human-centered design to digital mental health tools by designing and testing technologies with users, for users.
Want to learn how we do it?
π Check out the resources from our Design for Digital Health Reading Course!
tinyurl.com/4btx6hpn
Just a couple of weeks until the 5th International Single Session Therapies Symposium (SST5), hosted by the amazing Jessica Schleider, PhD (@jschleiderphd.bsky.social) Director of Digital Services at CBITs! π
There's still time to register! Join us virtually or in person: tinyurl.com/ms9fxhbs
Isabel Rooper will be leaving CBITs after two years as a Research Study Coordinator. This fall, sheβll be returning to Feinberg to begin the Clinical Psychology PhD program, where sheβll continue working with CBITs Co-Director and mentor Dr. Andrea Graham.
Good luck, Isabel! β¨π
CBITs is proud to have a strong presence at the upcoming 2025 Society for Digital Mental Health Virtual Conference! π»π
Our Director, Dr. David Mohr, serves as the President of SDMH and several CBITs faculty and staff will be participating throughout the event!
π Register now: tinyurl.com/3mzhdjbd
CBITs would like to thank Nathalie Moise, MD, MS for her insightful presentation at our webinar yesterday!
βΆοΈ Watch it now on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1__-...
Our webinar series is taking a break for the summer, but weβll be back in September! π
π Find out why CBITs is excited to host the incredible Susan Murphy, PhD, Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at Harvard University (@harvard.edu) as the featured speaker at the Department of Preventive Medicine's (@nu-dpm.bsky.social) June Grand Rounds: tinyurl.com/ypcptxmu
03.06.2025 16:41 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0π¨Reminderπ¨
Join us tomorrow at 12PM CT for our Digital Mental Health Webinar!
This monthβs guest speaker: Nathalie Moise, MD, MS from @columbiamed.bsky.social.
Donβt miss the last session before our summer break! βοΈ
Register now: tinyurl.com/ynhfvfa9
π Congrats to Jessica Schleider, PhD, CBITs Director of Digital Services, for her feature on the Breakthroughs podcast from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine!π
π§ In this episode, she shares how single-session interventions are helping close the mental health access gap: tinyurl.com/4zwtkshm
At CBITs, we're dedicated to closing gaps in mental health care through innovative apps designed to bridge barriers to in-person treatment. π‘π±
Learn how our research is making a difference and explore the solutions we're creating.
π€³ Visit: cbits.northwestern.edu/our-research...
Hear Dr. Moise's talk on implementation strategies for digital behavioral health at our Digital Mental Health Webinar!
Join us Tuesday, June 3 at 12PM CT π»π
π Register now: tinyurl.com/ynhfvfa9