CBITs is seeking applicants for our NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship to begin July 2026 🌟 Star-studded mentorship 💻 Training in mental health and human computer interaction (HCI) ✏️ Opportunities to lead projects with multidisciplinary teams Learn more: cbits.northwestern.edu/education-an...

With gratitude, we share the news that CBITs’ founder, @davidcmohr.bsky.social, PhD, will step down as CBITs Director. Over the past 14 years, he has advanced digital mental health through his research and leadership. Thank you, David! 💜 Read more: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...

Adjusting to the end of daylight savings time can be a process and you may feel sleepier than normal today. Luckily, CBITs has mental health tips and tricks to help make the time change a little bit easier (a thread):

When we aren't developing innovative digital mental health research, CBITs can be found sharing delicious food and completing word searches of spooky things! We might not fear ghosts, but an app glitching causes spooky terror 👻 Wishing everyone a happy Halloween! Stay safe and have fun tonight 🎃💜

CBITs rockstar and Clinical Psychology PhD student @ariellesmith.bsky.social was recently featured in @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social's newsletter! 💜 📖 Read all about Arielle and her research on single session interventions here: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/abo...

🚨🚨 Reminder to check out @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social's free virtual seminar on Friday at 1pm EDT / 12pm CDT!

CBITs is back for “The Future of Industry and Digital Mental Health,” where Clare Purvis, PsyD, will share her work leading project teams to create programs supporting behavior change and founding her company, WELL. December 2 @ 12:00 PM CT on Zoom Join us: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Attention #Postdoc researchers and #PhDAward candidates: CBITs is seeking applicants for our NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship to begin July 2026 with training in both mental health and human computer interaction Apps will be reviewed December 2025! Learn more: cbits.northwestern.edu/education-an...

🌟We’re proud to spotlight Kaylee Kruzan, PhD, CBITs Core Faculty, for her dedication to researching theory-driven digital treatments for adolescents and young adults with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors! Check out more: cbits.northwestern.edu

@jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social will lead a free virtual seminar on co-designing digital mental health interventions for young adults with suicidal thoughts and behaviors on: 📆 Friday, October 31st at 1pm EDT/ 12pm CDT. Check out the CPP's website for more info: www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/r...

All of the 👏 for CBITs RC Sarah Popowski for publishing her first first-author manuscript: "Designing Digital Mental Health Tools to Support the Needs of Black Adults in the United States: Qualitative Analysis" in JMIR Formative Research! 📖 Read more: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e73279/

We are excited to announce that CBIT's Core Faculty @ashleyaknapp.bsky.social, PhD, has been elected as the Community Engagement Chair of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC)! Her role will be to pursue new connections and collaborations. Way to go 🥳

We’re wrapping up CBITs Partnership Week with a tech-powered health care double-header! CBITs helped adapt Ksana Health’s Vira platform, and teamed up with @rushmedical.bsky.social to study its impact on 130 Chicagoans with anxiety/depression Read more bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Today’s CBITs Partnership Week spotlight: Inspiration at Work! Together, we’re building DRIVEN—a 6-week CBT-based app to help unemployed individuals with depression regain motivation and seek work. 💜 Learn how CBITs powers practical mental health tools: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

Thanks to a partnership with LSMH, Montana Pediatrics, Frontier Psychiatry, and Koko, Montana will be the first state to offer single-session digital mental health tools statewide with Project Yes. 💜 Learn how government + CBITs can drive change: www.mss.northwestern.edu/about/storie...

Today we’re spotlighting our work with @mhanational.org, whose digital reach helped launch Small Steps, Plan-Safe, and Coping Compass—tools supporting mental health at scale. 🥳✨ Learn more & explore partnerships: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

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It’s CBITs Partnership Week! We’re launching a new pathway to connect with partners in academia, nonprofit, government, tech, and healthcare, expanding our reach...(pretty relevant given it's Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW) Read all about it: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

🌟 Celebrating 5 Years of Olga Barnas @ CBITS!💫 We’re thrilled to spotlight one of our incredible team members, Olga Barnas, whose dedication has shaped studies, streamlined operations, and strengthened our center. Thank you for being the backbone of so many projects!

We're celebrating NU's newest powerhouse: the Institute for Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being! They're amplifying research that addresses adolescent health with innovative solutions — and look who they found! 😉 CBITs Co-Director Andrea Graham: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...

It's tomorrow! @rachelkornfield.bsky.social will present for the C-DIAS PSMG Grand Rounds tomorrow on Small Steps SMS, her groundbreaking work using an automated text-messaging support intervention for self-management of depression and anxiety. Learn more: cepim.northwestern.edu/calendar-eve...

📅 Join us on Tuesday, September 30 for a presentation by Rachel Kornfield from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as she explores how machine learning can be used to deliver text message-based mental health support. shorturl.at/Azrj9 #BehavioralHealth #AI #CDIAS #PSMG

Wooohooo go @rachelkornfield.bsky.social !

Proud to be part of the @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social's team making this system a reality! #ConversationalAgents #SuicidePrevention #TextMessaging #MentalHealth

Go Rachel Kornfield, PhD! @rachelkornfield.bsky.social will be presenting at PSMG's Grand Rounds Tues. 9/30 @ 12 PM CST, where she'll discuss how her team is leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence within Small Steps SMS, an automated text messaging program for depression/anxiety

It’s fun work. I’m lucky to be able to do it w/such amazing ppl: Sarah Popowski, Emily Tack, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Crystal Quan, Jack Svoboda, Theresa Nguyen, Kevin Rushton, Charlie Krause, Rachel Kornfield, @davidcmohr.bsky.social, Madhu Reddy, Rachel Kornfield, @kimvo.bsky.social & @cjkarr.bsky.social

To close out Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, we want to highlight CBITs Director of Digital Services, Dr. Jessica Schleider 💜 She hopes to address the heightened risk of suicide risk in queer youth by personalizing safety plans. Read more here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As National Suicide Prevention Month concludes, we want to highlight Dr. Jonah Meyerhoff who has led multiple research trials on suicide prevention. 💜 He established a 4-week intervention, PlanSafe, to create personalized safety plans. Read more here: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e69602/

🚨New paper alert from Team CBITs: “Designing Digital Mental Health Interventions to Meet the Needs of Older Adolescents: Qualitative Interview and Group Discussion Study” in JMIR Formative Research! 📖 Check it out: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e68950

Huge thank you to Dr. Nick Jacobson for his insightful presentation, “Therabot: Over 6 Years Developing and Evaluating the First Generative AI Psychotherapy Chatbot.” 🎉 You can watch the full recording now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/7FoyGVnGoQA%...

El #988Day es una gran oportunidad para amplificar recursos que salvan vidas y recordarles que la ayuda está a solo 3 números de distancia. Ayuda compasiva. En cualquier momento. En cualquier lugar. Busque gráficos y mensajes para compartir en 988DayToolkit.org

The 988 Lifeline isn’t just for thoughts of suicide. 988 Lifeline crisis counselors provide 24/7/365 support for any type of emotional distress. Get compassionate help anytime, anywhere. Call or text 988 or chat online at 988Lifeline.org. #988Day

Today is #988Day. The 988 Lifeline provides anyone in emotional distress with support at any time — day or night. Call, text, or chat 988 to get the support you need. #SuicidePrevention

📅 Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 9 🕛 12:00–1:00 PM CT 📍 Zoom CBITs will kicking off our “The Future of” Webinar Series with Nick Jacobson, PhD, who will discuss The Future of AI in Digital Mental Health! If you haven't yet, register now: lnkd.in/gvVaU7Fh

Congratulations to Leah Parsons who will be leaving CBITs to pursue a Masters of Sport and Exercise Psychology at Loughborough University! 🎉 We’re all so incredibly proud of you, Leah! Wishing you all the best as you take this exciting next step 💜

Be sure to check out CBIT's @rachelkornfield.bsky.social virtual talk on AI-Enhanced Text Messaging for behavioral health on September 30th at 12pm CT! 🤩

🚨 We are officially less than one week away from kicking off our “The Future of” Webinar Series with Nick Jacobson, PhD. 🚨 📅 Tuesday, September 9 🕛 12:00–1:00 PM CT 📍 Zoom – Free registration required 🔗 Join us! | Register now 👇 lnkd.in/gvVaU7Fh

Congratulations to Bella who will be moving on to Northwestern University’s Department of Preventive Medicine to assist with their communications team! 🎉 We’re all so proud of you, Bella! Wishing you all the best as you take this exciting next step 💜

Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...

We’re excited to kick off “The Future of” Webinar Series with Nick Jacobson, PhD! 📅 Tuesday, September 9 🕛 12:00–1:00 PM CT 📍 Zoom – Free registration required 🔗 Join us! | Register now 👇 northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚀 “The Future of” Webinar Series is finally here! We’re excited to launch our reimagined digital mental health webinar series in collaboration with @sdmh.bsky.social. 📅 The quarterly series kicks off: Tues, Sept 9 | 12–1 PM CT Don’t miss it! Register for the year now: tinyurl.com/3tnpyc7f

🎉 Congrats to CBITs faculty members Kaylee Kruzan, PhD, and Maia Jacobs, PhD, along with collaborators Connie Chau and Colleen Norton, for receiving a Best Paper Honorable Mention at CHI 2025. This honor is awarded to the top 5% of submissions! Read it here: tinyurl.com/y82suv3j

Congrats to Research Study Coordinator Shannon Smith for receiving a Spotlight Award, selected by department leadership in recognition of her outstanding contributions! 🌟 We’re proud to celebrate her accomplishments and the impact she continues to make. 👏

That’s a wrap on ISRII 2025! 🎉 Highlights from #ISRII13: Rachel Kornfield, PhD, receiving the Rising Star Award 🌟 alongside Emily Lattie, PhD, presenting her research, and Sarah Popowski sharing her work. CBITs looks forward to participating again next year!

🎉 Big shoutout to CBITs Co-Director Andrea Graham, PhD, former Postdoctoral Fellow Adrian Ortega, PhD, and Amy Egbert, PhD (@amyegbert.bsky.social), on their new commentary in @jama.com Network Open! 📖 Read the main article: tinyurl.com/5n8r2ayz 💬 Check out their commentary: tinyurl.com/2txnjkka

Congratulations to Basia Silverberg, who will be pursuing her Master of Social Work at the University of Illinois Chicago this fall! 🎉 We’re so proud of you, Basia! Wishing you all the best as you take this exciting next step 💜

🎉 So exciting to see Jessica Schleider, PhD (@jschleiderphd.bsky.social) and the Lab for Scalable Mental Health featured by the American Psychological Association for their amazing work with single-session interventions! Check it out here: www.apa.org/topics/popul...

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 💜

🎉 Congratulations to Rachel Kornfield, PhD, on receiving the 2025 Rising Star Award from the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions! @isrii.bsky.social 💬 Click below to see what else our CBITs team is up to at ISRII 2025: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...

🎉 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 📲 🥇 Check out CNN’s feature: tinyurl.com/57y5v9f4 📄 Full paper: tinyurl.com/wrv2tke5