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Wishing a heartfelt farewell to Emily Tack as she begins her PhD journey in School Psychology at Indiana University!

We’re so proud of you, Emily! Good luck in your next chapter πŸ’œ

05.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to Rachel Kornfield, PhD, on receiving the 2025 Rising Star Award from the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions! @isrii.bsky.social

πŸ’¬ Click below to see what else our CBITs team is up to at ISRII 2025:
cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

31.07.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s why teens don’t belong on dating apps | CNN New research suggests teens are using dating apps more than parents realize. Here’s why parents should talk to their kids about the risks of online dating platforms.

πŸŽ‰ 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 πŸ“² πŸ₯‡

Check out CNN’s feature: tinyurl.com/57y5v9f4

πŸ“„ Full paper: tinyurl.com/wrv2tke5

29.07.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Disability and Health Services Research Working Group Supports Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Advance Accessibility in Research

🌟 We’re 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 involvedπŸ‘‡
tinyurl.com/3bw8efej

28.07.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeremy Eberle, PhD, is on a roll! πŸ”₯ 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! πŸŽ‰

πŸ“„ Preprint: tinyurl.com/yv8bfyjn

24.07.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ 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!

πŸ“„ Check out the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

22.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re lucky to have had such an impressive group of T32 postdoctoral fellows this year! ✨

πŸ“– 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-...

18.07.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mental Health Clinicians as Advocates for Effective, Equitable, Accessible, and Safe Digital Mental Health Services | Focus Mental health clinicians are increasingly engaging with a range of innovative, technology-driven approaches to care, from telehealth to digital therapeutics, given their potential to significantly inc...

πŸŽ‰ New Paper πŸŽ‰

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 aren’t just adapting to digital care, they’re shaping it πŸ“² πŸ’‘

πŸ“– Read the full article: tinyurl.com/2xbdtjrx

15.07.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What makes our digital health tools different? πŸ€”

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

10.07.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons WBEZ's Reset brings context to the latest Chicago-area news with experts, journalists and newsmakers. Want to be a connected Chicagoan in the know? Subscribe to this podcast! You can email the team be...

Why do we keep scrolling, even if the news makes us feel worse? πŸ€”

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.

πŸŽ™οΈ Check out the interview here: www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

07.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Due to scheduling conflicts, the speaker for the upcoming webinar will now be David Silk.

πŸ”— Remember to register!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

27.06.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New from APA: Ethical guidance on the use of AI in health service psychology πŸ€–πŸ§ 

Developed with the Mental Health Technology Advisory Committee, this resource supports psychologists & #mentalhealth providers navigating the AI landscape.

Read more below!
tinyurl.com/5n6wxdw5

30.06.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨New Paper Alert!🚨

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 nowπŸ‘‡https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005796725001317?via%3Dihub

27.06.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t miss SDMH’s 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 πŸ§ πŸ€”πŸ’Έ

Register for FREE: tinyurl.com/y2u9jc23

24.06.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Department of Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation: Susan Murphy, PhD
YouTube video by CBITs Northwestern Department of Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation: Susan Murphy, PhD

You can now watch the talk on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/r6qxHtHtR9M?...

23.06.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBITs Home Northwestern University's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) researches effective digital mental health services.

🚨 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! πŸ’œβœ¨

Get a special look inside the CBITs community nowπŸ‘‡
🎬: tinyurl.com/4vts67x6

23.06.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

So proud to see CBITs well represented at this year’s 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 AMAZINGπŸ‘πŸ₯³

17.06.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!
She’s teaching interventions to learn from users’ behaviorβ€”which is VERY cool.

πŸ“Έ Dr. Murphy with our Center Director, Dr. David Mohr.

17.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

12.06.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Virtual Solutions for Depression and Anxiety PHTI assessed virtual solutions for depression and anxiety that include on-demand, digital content and activities used on their own or in combination with therapy and medication.

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

12.06.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At CBITs, we’re 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?
πŸ“š Check out the resources from our Design for Digital Health Reading Course!
tinyurl.com/4btx6hpn

11.06.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Register | 5th International Single Session Therapies Symposium (SST5) The SST5 registration portal is open! Please click here to register. If you are accepted to present, registration & payment is required to confi...

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! πŸŽ‰

There's still time to register! Join us virtually or in person: tinyurl.com/ms9fxhbs

10.06.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Isabel Rooper will be leaving CBITs after two years as a Research Study Coordinator. This fall, she’ll be returning to Feinberg to begin the Clinical Psychology PhD program, where she’ll continue working with CBITs Co-Director and mentor Dr. Andrea Graham.

Good luck, Isabel! βœ¨πŸ’œ

06.06.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Digital Mental Health Virtual meeting held on June 9-10, 2025Β by the Society for Digital Mental Health, cohosted by UVA's Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment

CBITs is proud to have a strong presence at the upcoming 2025 Society for Digital Mental Health Virtual Conference! πŸ’»πŸŒŽ

Our Director, Dr. David Mohr, serves as the President of SDMH and several CBITs faculty and staff will be participating throughout the event!

πŸ”— Register now: tinyurl.com/3mzhdjbd

05.06.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBITs would like to thank Nathalie Moise, MD, MS for her insightful presentation at our webinar yesterday!

▢️ Watch it now on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1__-...

Our webinar series is taking a break for the summer, but we’ll be back in September! 🌟

04.06.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Susan Murphy, PhD, to Present on Personalized Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions at DPM Grand Rounds

πŸ” 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨Reminder🚨

Join us tomorrow at 12PM CT for our Digital Mental Health Webinar!

This month’s guest speaker: Nathalie Moise, MD, MS from @columbiamed.bsky.social.

Don’t miss the last session before our summer break! β˜€οΈ
Register now: tinyurl.com/ynhfvfa9

02.06.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Can a Digital Mental Health Tool Do for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD Breakthroughs Β· Episode

πŸŽ‰ Congrats to Jessica Schleider, PhD, CBITs Director of Digital Services, for her feature on the Breakthroughs podcast from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine!πŸ‘

🎧 In this episode, she shares how single-session interventions are helping close the mental health access gap: tinyurl.com/4zwtkshm

29.05.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At CBITs, we're dedicated to closing gaps in mental health care through innovative apps designed to bridge barriers to in-person treatment. πŸ’‘πŸ“±

Learn how our research is making a difference and explore the solutions we're creating.
🀳 Visit: cbits.northwestern.edu/our-research...

28.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ’»πŸŒŸ

πŸ”— Register now: tinyurl.com/ynhfvfa9

27.05.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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