Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies
@cbits-nu.bsky.social
CBITs develops and researches effective, accessible, and sustainably implemented Digital Mental Health (#DMH) services for all. Located in
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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-...
CBITs webinar on "The Future of Industry and Digital Mental Health" with Clare Purvis, Psy.D., will be taking place on December 2nd at 12pm CT! 🎉
Register now: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register now: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
CBITs webinar on "The Future of Industry and Digital Mental Health" with Clare Purvis, Psy.D., will be taking place on December 2nd at 12pm CT! 🎉
Register now: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register now: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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...
🌟 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...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Mental Health
The T32 postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies offers interdisciplinary training in digital mental health, combining psychological science...
cbits.northwestern.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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...
🌟 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/...
Thank you, David! 💜
Read more: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/ipham/...
David Mohr to Step Down as Director of Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies
David C. Mohr, PhD, founder and director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, will step down in early 2026.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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/...
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):
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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 🎃💜
Wishing everyone a happy Halloween! Stay safe and have fun tonight 🎃💜
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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 🎃💜
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...
📖 Read all about Arielle and her research on single session interventions here: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/abo...
Student Profile
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October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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...
📖 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!
@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...
📆 Friday, October 31st at 1pm EDT/ 12pm CDT.
Check out the CPP's website for more info: www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/r...
Center for Precision Psychiatry Seminar Series
View the schedule for the seminar series hosted by Mass General's Center for Precision Psychiatry.
www.massgeneral.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🚨🚨 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...
December 2 @ 12:00 PM CT on Zoom
Join us: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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...
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...
Apps will be reviewed December 2025!
Learn more: cbits.northwestern.edu/education-an...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Mental Health
The T32 postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies offers interdisciplinary training in digital mental health, combining psychological science...
cbits.northwestern.edu
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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...
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
Check out more: cbits.northwestern.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🌟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
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...
📆 Friday, October 31st at 1pm EDT/ 12pm CDT.
Check out the CPP's website for more info: www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/r...
Center for Precision Psychiatry Seminar Series
View the schedule for the seminar series hosted by Mass General's Center for Precision Psychiatry.
www.massgeneral.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@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...
📆 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/
📖 Read more: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e73279/
Designing Digital Mental Health Tools to Support the Needs of Black Adults in the United States: Qualitative Analysis
Background: Depression and anxiety are associated with excess morbidity and mortality, constituting a major health care challenge. The prevalence of these conditions is increasing. In the U.S., the he...
formative.jmir.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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/
📖 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 🥳
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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....
Read more bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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....
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-...
Learn how CBITs powers practical mental health tools:
cbits.northwestern.edu/about/_news-...
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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-...
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...
Learn how government + CBITs can drive change: www.mss.northwestern.edu/about/storie...
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
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-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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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Got an idea? Partner with us!
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-...
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Got an idea? Partner with us!
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-...
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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 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!
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌟 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 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...
iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
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...
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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...
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📅 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
shorturl.at/Azrj9
#BehavioralHealth #AI #CDIAS #PSMG
September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📅 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
shorturl.at/Azrj9
#BehavioralHealth #AI #CDIAS #PSMG
Wooohooo go @rachelkornfield.bsky.social !
📅 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
shorturl.at/Azrj9
#BehavioralHealth #AI #CDIAS #PSMG
September 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wooohooo go @rachelkornfield.bsky.social !
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Proud to be part of the @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social's team making this system a reality!
#ConversationalAgents #SuicidePrevention #TextMessaging #MentalHealth
#ConversationalAgents #SuicidePrevention #TextMessaging #MentalHealth
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/
Read more here: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e69602/
September 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Proud to be part of the @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social's team making this system a reality!
#ConversationalAgents #SuicidePrevention #TextMessaging #MentalHealth
#ConversationalAgents #SuicidePrevention #TextMessaging #MentalHealth