Christian Webb, PhD
@christianwebb.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Harvard Medical School
Co-Director | Center for Depression, Anxiety, & Stress Research
Director | Treatment & Etiology of Depression in Youth Lab | McLean Hospital | www.WebbsLab.com
McGill & UPenn alum | Canadian in Boston
Co-Director | Center for Depression, Anxiety, & Stress Research
Director | Treatment & Etiology of Depression in Youth Lab | McLean Hospital | www.WebbsLab.com
McGill & UPenn alum | Canadian in Boston
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
Matthew 25:40-45
“Then he will say to them... ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For... I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“Then he will say to them... ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For... I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Matthew 25:40-45
“Then he will say to them... ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For... I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“Then he will say to them... ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For... I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
The special issue call for papers is now live on the JCCP website: “Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care.”
Details and submission information are available here:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Details and submission information are available here:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The special issue call for papers is now live on the JCCP website: “Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care.”
Details and submission information are available here:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Details and submission information are available here:
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
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🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
tinyurl.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
tinyurl.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🚨 Upcoming JCCP Special Issue: "Innovations in Digital Phenotyping for Scalable Personalization of Mental Health Care" Edited by Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Roee Admon, & me.
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
🗓 Pre-proposals due March 2, 2026
Will show on JCCP website soon (sharing early for planning)
⬇️ Call for Papers
tinyurl.com/3tkps63c
Built a pipeline that automatically runs each morning and pulls new papers + preprints, merges them with CV (recent pubs + grants), and prepares an LLM-ready summary of emerging research directions and relevant funding opportunities.
First pass, please improve.
OSF: lnkd.in/ev3T2ibn
First pass, please improve.
OSF: lnkd.in/ev3T2ibn
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
January 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Built a pipeline that automatically runs each morning and pulls new papers + preprints, merges them with CV (recent pubs + grants), and prepares an LLM-ready summary of emerging research directions and relevant funding opportunities.
First pass, please improve.
OSF: lnkd.in/ev3T2ibn
First pass, please improve.
OSF: lnkd.in/ev3T2ibn
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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
Interested in research on depression in youth? New opening for a full-time research assistant in our lab (webbslab.com) to work on a range of projects focused on the causes & treatment of depression in teens. Come join our growing lab. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
webbslab.com/job-postings
webbslab.com/job-postings
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Interested in research on depression in youth? New opening for a full-time research assistant in our lab (webbslab.com) to work on a range of projects focused on the causes & treatment of depression in teens. Come join our growing lab. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
webbslab.com/job-postings
webbslab.com/job-postings
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Fantastic post-bacc opportunity! ⬇️
Interested in research on depression in youth? New opening for a full-time research assistant in our lab (webbslab.com) to work on a range of projects focused on the causes & treatment of depression in teens. Come join our growing lab. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
webbslab.com/job-postings
webbslab.com/job-postings
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Fantastic post-bacc opportunity! ⬇️
Interested in research on depression in youth? New opening for a full-time research assistant in our lab (webbslab.com) to work on a range of projects focused on the causes & treatment of depression in teens. Come join our growing lab. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
webbslab.com/job-postings
webbslab.com/job-postings
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Interested in research on depression in youth? New opening for a full-time research assistant in our lab (webbslab.com) to work on a range of projects focused on the causes & treatment of depression in teens. Come join our growing lab. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
webbslab.com/job-postings
webbslab.com/job-postings
Honored to have our work recognized by
@bbrfoundation.bsky.social, alongside many colleagues doing important work in the field.
@bbrfoundation.bsky.social, alongside many colleagues doing important work in the field.
We are pleased to present you with the 2025 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prize Winners & Scientific Council Members. https://ow.ly/P2HU50XQ6ls
2025 Leading Research Achievements | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
We are pleased to present you with the 2025 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prize Winners & Scientific Council Members.
ow.ly
December 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Honored to have our work recognized by
@bbrfoundation.bsky.social, alongside many colleagues doing important work in the field.
@bbrfoundation.bsky.social, alongside many colleagues doing important work in the field.
Lab dinner with the growing team! 🎉 Thrilled to welcome new postdocs Poorvesh Dongre and Francesca Morfini. Very grateful to work with this brilliant and dedicated group every day.
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lab dinner with the growing team! 🎉 Thrilled to welcome new postdocs Poorvesh Dongre and Francesca Morfini. Very grateful to work with this brilliant and dedicated group every day.
Join us next week at the Technology in Psychiatry Summit #TIPS2025! Dec 11–12 | Virtual | 11AM–5PM ET
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Join us next week at the Technology in Psychiatry Summit #TIPS2025! Dec 11–12 | Virtual | 11AM–5PM ET
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
Great work on this meta-analysis Hadar!
💫 Excited to share new preprint a systematic review & meta-analysis of 123 studies (40k+ ppl) on how well language-based models detect depression from text.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Language-Based Detection of Depression with Machine Learning: Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis
Early detection of depression is critical for timely intervention. Natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) approaches have increasingly been used to automatically detect depression...
www.researchsquare.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Great work on this meta-analysis Hadar!
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
💫 Excited to share new preprint a systematic review & meta-analysis of 123 studies (40k+ ppl) on how well language-based models detect depression from text.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Language-Based Detection of Depression with Machine Learning: Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis
Early detection of depression is critical for timely intervention. Natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) approaches have increasingly been used to automatically detect depression...
www.researchsquare.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
💫 Excited to share new preprint a systematic review & meta-analysis of 123 studies (40k+ ppl) on how well language-based models detect depression from text.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
Join us at the Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS) #TIPS2025! Dec 11–12 | Virtual | 11 AM–5 PM ET
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Join us at the Technology in Psychiatry Summit (TIPS) #TIPS2025! Dec 11–12 | Virtual | 11 AM–5 PM ET
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
💡 Topics:
• AI-driven mental health apps
• LLMs in dementia caregiving
• Digital Navigators bridging tech + care
• AI for eating-disorder treatment
...& much more
🔗 tips.societyconference.com/v2/
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
Check out this write-up of a recent DPN article from @bbrfoundation.bsky.social highlighting BBRF awardees @christianwebb.bsky.social, @erika-forbes.bsky.social, and @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social. Congrats!
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Check out this write-up of a recent DPN article from @bbrfoundation.bsky.social highlighting BBRF awardees @christianwebb.bsky.social, @erika-forbes.bsky.social, and @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social. Congrats!
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
Thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social for highlighting our lab's study (led by @hadarfisher.bsky.social & @nigeljaffe.bsky.social) using📱smartphone sensors + LLM-derived text ratings to track behavioral activation and symptom change in teens with anhedonia.
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
Smartphone Sensors + ChatGPT Successfully Tracked & Predicted Symptoms in Adolescents with Anhedonia | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
The ubiquity of smartphones and the rapid advance and widespread public adoption of “AI” tools like ChatGPT (especially among the young) have raised hopes among some researchers that such technologies...
bbrfoundation.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social for highlighting our lab's study (led by @hadarfisher.bsky.social & @nigeljaffe.bsky.social) using📱smartphone sensors + LLM-derived text ratings to track behavioral activation and symptom change in teens with anhedonia.
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
📢 New large study of ~1.5 million patients in NHS Talking Therapies finds that teens/young adults (ages 16-24) had 17-26% *lower* odds of reliably improving vs 25-65 year-olds. Time to rethink youth-centred mental-health delivery?
🔗 tinyurl.com/532y6v67
🔗 tinyurl.com/532y6v67
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢 New large study of ~1.5 million patients in NHS Talking Therapies finds that teens/young adults (ages 16-24) had 17-26% *lower* odds of reliably improving vs 25-65 year-olds. Time to rethink youth-centred mental-health delivery?
🔗 tinyurl.com/532y6v67
🔗 tinyurl.com/532y6v67
Great work Hadar!
Now out in NPP – Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience! 📱🧠
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
🆕 study by @hadarfisher.bsky.social @nigeljaffe.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social tested whether smartphone mobility sensing & LLM ratings of text can track behavioral activation in teens to boost engagement in rewarding activities
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
October 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Great work Hadar!
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
Now out in NPP – Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience! 📱🧠
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
🆕 study by @hadarfisher.bsky.social @nigeljaffe.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social tested whether smartphone mobility sensing & LLM ratings of text can track behavioral activation in teens to boost engagement in rewarding activities
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Now out in NPP – Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience! 📱🧠
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?
Reposted by Christian Webb, PhD
🆕 study by @hadarfisher.bsky.social @nigeljaffe.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social tested whether smartphone mobility sensing & LLM ratings of text can track behavioral activation in teens to boost engagement in rewarding activities
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🆕 study by @hadarfisher.bsky.social @nigeljaffe.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social tested whether smartphone mobility sensing & LLM ratings of text can track behavioral activation in teens to boost engagement in rewarding activities
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Grateful to @willemkuyken.bsky.social for being such a gracious host and insightful guide at Oxford — and to Jamie Delgadillo for the same at King’s College London. Inspiring conversations, wonderful campuses, and a fantastic trip all around. 🇬🇧🎓
October 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Grateful to @willemkuyken.bsky.social for being such a gracious host and insightful guide at Oxford — and to Jamie Delgadillo for the same at King’s College London. Inspiring conversations, wonderful campuses, and a fantastic trip all around. 🇬🇧🎓
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"Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term 'palliative care' and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully on Sept. 25 at the palliative care unit that bears his name." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News
Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...
www.cbc.ca
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term 'palliative care' and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully on Sept. 25 at the palliative care unit that bears his name." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mcleanhospital.bsky.social Technology in Psychiatry Summit #TIPS returns this year Dec 11-12. We have exciting keynotes lined up, including Drs. Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab), Isaac Galatzer-Levy (Google DeepMind), and Derrick Hull (Slingshot AI). Submissions are now open. See below for info.
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@mcleanhospital.bsky.social Technology in Psychiatry Summit #TIPS returns this year Dec 11-12. We have exciting keynotes lined up, including Drs. Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab), Isaac Galatzer-Levy (Google DeepMind), and Derrick Hull (Slingshot AI). Submissions are now open. See below for info.
📱EMA is increasingly used in intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. But EMA is relatively burdensome. What's the added value? We tried to address this question in our new paper now out @jmirpub.bsky.social www.jmir.org/2025/1/e69297 1/n
Ecological Momentary Assessment as a Measure of Intervention Change: Evaluation in 4 Digital Mental Health Trials
Background: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is increasingly being incorporated into intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. The added uti...
www.jmir.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
📱EMA is increasingly used in intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. But EMA is relatively burdensome. What's the added value? We tried to address this question in our new paper now out @jmirpub.bsky.social www.jmir.org/2025/1/e69297 1/n