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

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!

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. 👏

🎉 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 is awarded to the top 5% of submissions! Read it here: tinyurl.com/y82suv3j

🚀 “The Future of” Webinar Series is finally here! We’re excited to launch our reimagined digital mental health webinar series in collaboration with Society for Digital Mental Health. 📅 The quarterly series kicks off: Tues, Sept 9 | 12–1 PM CT Register for the year now: tinyurl.com/3tnpyc7f

👀 Registered for “The Future of” yet? If not, start here for the scoop on our newly future-focused digital mental health webinar series: cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-ar…

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

Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are Blair Burnette, Aubrey Hoffer, PhD, and Arielle Smith. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-sig/…

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 💜

🚨 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

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

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 💜

Today is the second annual #988Day, highlighting 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and the ongoing need for mental health support. You never know what someone is facing, the answer could be three numbers away. Call, text, or chat 988. Compassionate Help. Anytime. Anywhere. 988lifeline.org/988-day.

El #988Day es una gran oportunidad para amplificar recursos que salvan vidas y recordarles a los demás 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

Happy #988Day! 💙🩷 Today, we celebrate the second annual 988 Day, a new tradition that raises awareness of the @988lifeline. This year’s theme is “Compassionate Help. Anytime. Anywhere.”

📅 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

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✨

🚨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

The Department of Medical Social Sciences is thrilled to announce and celebrate the recent promotions of our faculty members, effective September 1, 2025. Congratulations!

Congratulations to CBITs Co-Director Andrea Graham, PhD! Excited to see the amazing things you continue to accomplish! 🤩🥳