Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies

Members

David C. Mohr, PhD

David C. Mohr, PhD

Director

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Andrea Graham, PhD

Andrea Graham, PhD

Co-Director

Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Emily Lattie, PhD

Emily Lattie, PhD

Associate Director of Training

Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Maia Jacobs, PhD

Maia Jacobs, PhD

Assistant Professor

Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering; Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Ashley A. Knapp, PhD

Ashley A. Knapp, PhD

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Rachel Kornfield, PhD

Rachel Kornfield, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Kaylee Kruzan, PhD

Kaylee Kruzan, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Mary J. Kwasny, ScD

Mary J. Kwasny, ScD

Professor

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD

Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Adrian Aguilera, PhD

Adrian Aguilera, PhD

Associate Professor in the School of Social Welfare and the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco

Nicholas Allen, PhD

Nicholas Allen, PhD

Ann Swindells Professor of Psychology

University of Oregon

Ricardo Araya, PhD

Ricardo Araya, PhD

Professor of Global Mental Health

King’s College London, United Kingdom

Sara Becker, PhD

Sara Becker, PhD

Director, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Andrew Berry, PhD

Andrew Berry, PhD

Assistant Professor in the School of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Michael Brook, PhD

Michael Brook, PhD

Director, Isaac Ray Research Program in Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

C. Hendricks Brown, PhD

C. Hendricks Brown, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

David Cella, PhD

David Cella, PhD

Director of Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes; Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Neurology, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine (Health & Biomedical Informatics) and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Rex Chisholm

Rex Chisholm

Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education; Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics; Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Tanzeem Choudhury

Tanzeem Choudhury

Professor of Information Science, Computing & Information Science

Cornell University

Carlos Gallo, PhD

Carlos Gallo, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Craig Garfield, MD, MAPP

Craig Garfield, MD, MAPP

Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH

Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH

Chief of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics; Potocsnak Family Professor in Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine) and Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Darren Gergle, PhD

Darren Gergle, PhD

John G. Searle Professor of Communication Studies and Computer Science

Northwestern University

Evan H. Goulding, MD, PhD

Evan H. Goulding, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Neha V. Gupta, MD

Neha V. Gupta, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College; Medical Director of the Collaborative Care Program

Rush University Medical Center

Alexander Gutierrez

Alexander Gutierrez

Teen Services Librarian

Oak Park Public Library

Christina Harrington, PhD

Christina Harrington, PhD

Assistant Professor of Computing and Digital Media

DePaul University

Sarah Helseth, PhD

Sarah Helseth, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Social Sciences, Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS)

Northwestern University

Kristi Holmes

Kristi Holmes

Director of the Galter Health Sciences Library; Professor of Preventive Medicine and Medical Education, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Stephen Jackson, MA

Stephen Jackson, MA

Manager of Teen Services

Oak Park Public Library

Niranjan Karnik, PhD

Niranjan Karnik, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean for Community Behavioral Health, Rush Medical College; Co-Director of The Institute for Translational Medicine KL2 Training Program

Rush University

Konrad Kording, PhD

Konrad Kording, PhD

Professor of the Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Lee Lindquist

Lee Lindquist

Section Chief of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics), Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Paulo Rossi Menezes, MD, PhD

Paulo Rossi Menezes, MD, PhD

Professor of Preventive Medicine

University of Sao Paulo

Emily S. Miller, MD MPH

Emily S. Miller, MD MPH

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Judith T. Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

Judith T. Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Sean Munson, PhD

Sean Munson, PhD

Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering

University of Washington

Brian Mustanski, PhD

Brian Mustanski, PhD

Director of Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Michael Newcomb, PhD

Michael Newcomb, PhD

Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Theresa Nguyen

Theresa Nguyen

Chief Program Officer and Vice President of Research and Innovation

Mental Health America

Anne Marie Piper, PhD

Anne Marie Piper, PhD

Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics

University of California Irvine

Steven Rothschild

Steven Rothschild

Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Rush Medical College

Rush University

Stephen Schueller, PhD

Stephen Schueller, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychological Science

University of California Irvine

Colleen Stiles Shields, PhD

Colleen Stiles Shields, PhD

Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Rush University

Robert Simmons, MA

Robert Simmons, MA

Director of Social Services and Public Safety

Oak Park Public Library

Justin Dean Smith, PhD

Justin Dean Smith, PhD

Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

University of Utah

Justin B. Starren, MD, PhD

Justin B. Starren, MD, PhD

Chief of Health and Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Madhu Reddy, PhD

Madhu Reddy, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Communication Studies, School of Communication

Northwestern University

Shiv Darius Tandon, PhD

Shiv Darius Tandon, PhD

Co-director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM); Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Jurgen Unutzer

Jurgen Unutzer

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Founder of the AIMS Center

University of Washington

Jennifer Wildes, PhD

Jennifer Wildes, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

University of Chicago

Joseph Jay Williams

Joseph Jay Williams

Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science

University of Toronto

Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil

Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil

Research Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Charles J. Krause, MPH

Charles J. Krause, MPH

Research Manager

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Joshua Santiago, M.A.

Joshua Santiago, M.A.

Research Project Manager

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Olga Barnas

Olga Barnas

Research Assistant

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Miguel Herrera, MEd, LPC

Miguel Herrera, MEd, LPC

Research Project Coordinator

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Sarah Hill

Sarah Hill

Program Assistant II

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Jacqueline Kosmas

Jacqueline Kosmas

Research Assistant

Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Tanvi Lakhtakia

Tanvi Lakhtakia

Research Study Coordinator

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Zara Mir

Zara Mir

Sr. Clinical Data Associate

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Sarah Popowski

Sarah Popowski

Research Study Assistant

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Shannon R. Smith B.S.

Shannon R. Smith B.S.

Research Study Coordinator

Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Nathan Winquist

Nathan Winquist

Sr. Research Coordinator

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Miranda Beltzer, PhD

Miranda Beltzer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Miranda Beltzer is interested in developing scalable interventions that target cognitive biases and emotion dysregulation in mood and anxiety disorders and integrating these interventions into medical settings. Her prior research investigated how socially anxious and depressed individuals interpret and learn from positive and negative feedback. She also worked on a system to recommend emotion regulation strategies based on a person’s current context, and examined large-scale processes related to mental illness stigma in America. Dr. Beltzer earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Virginia. She completed her clinical internship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Her clinical training has included delivering evidence-based psychological interventions in diverse medical settings, including family medicine, pediatrics, and neurology departments. 

Sooyeon Jeong, PhD

Sooyeon Jeong, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Sooyeon Jeong's research focuses on designing and deploying interactive agents that can improve people's lives by providing personalized support based on each user's needs, traits and behaviors. She deploys these agents "in-the-wild" to evaluate how they build relationships/rapport with people over time and improve their wellbeing, health and learning. Dr. Jeong believes relational technologies can be more than just tools and become helpful companions for people by continuously adapting themselves to help users achieve their health goals. She received a S.B. and a M.Eng. from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, and a S.M. and a Ph.D in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab.

Caitlin Stamatis, PhD

Caitlin Stamatis, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Caitlin Stamatis’s research interests are in characterizing risk and maintenance factors for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders, with the goal of identifying modifiable treatment targets. Her work covers three interrelated topics, which intersect her interest in advanced quantitative methods: (1) experimental approaches to studying cognition-emotion interactions; (2) the influence of language on cognitive risk factors; and (3) the utility of personal sensing in quantifying and treating anxiety and OC-spectrum symptoms. Dr. Stamatis received her BA in psychology and comparative literature from Columbia University, after which she was awarded a Fulbright ffellowship to Andorra. She completed her PhD in clinical psychology, with a quantitative specialization, at the University of Miami, and her predoctoral residency at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.  

Bayley J. Taple, PhD

Bayley J. Taple, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Bayley earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Her research interests comprise multidisciplinary psychosocial assessment and intervention within obstetrics and gynecology, the influence of trauma on health, and patient-reported outcomes. Dr. Taple’s work as a postdoctoral fellow focuses on technology-supported perinatal mental health care. During her graduate studies, she completed a NIDDK-funded T32 predoctoral fellowship and collaborated on a mobile app assessment for urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes. Her dissertation examined the impact of trauma history and depression on chronic pelvic pain severity. Dr. Taple has a background in health psychology and women’s behavioral health; she completed her clinical internship at Rush University Medical Center. 

Thomas Massion

Thomas Massion

Master's Student

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Thomas is a current Master’s student in Clinical Psychology at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. His research focuses on developing tools for digital mental health interventions, and his interests include human-centered design in mental health interventions, adolescent mental health, and addiction. Thomas previously worked as a Research Analyst at the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute where he created actionable indicators of academic success for middle grades students and developed online data tools to facilitate access to academic achievement data for Chicago elementary schools. Prior to that, Thomas obtained his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.

Anjay Saklecha

Anjay Saklecha

Volunteer Research Assistant

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Anjay Saklecha is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences and a minor in Science and Human Culture as a member of Northwestern University's Honors Program in Medical Education. He is interested in investigating the intersection of medicine and technology as he seeks to understand problems in access to healthcare and novel solutions around improving health disparities. After graduation, he plans to attend Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. In his free time, Anjay enjoys playing tennis, surfing, dancing, and watching movies with his friends.

Clarisa Wijaya

Clarisa Wijaya

Master's Student

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Clarisa is a Clinical Psychology Master’s Candidate at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a graduate research assistant at Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) working with Dr. Emily Lattie & Dr. Ashley Knapp. Her overarching research interest include promoting health equity and accessibility to mental health services by developing and implementing digital mental health interventions among underserved youth population. Clarisa completed her BA in Psychology at the University of Southern California in 2021, where she also worked as a research assistant at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Novia Wong

Novia Wong

Volunteer Research Assistant

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Currently, Novia is a PhD student at University of California, Irvine, advised by Professor Madhu Reddy. Novia’s research interest focuses on using a user-centered design approach to design technological interventions for individuals with mental health needs, particularly youth and young adults. She is interested in studying mental health literacy among youth and families with different cultures, self management interventions, and care team collaboration. Prior to her PhD, Novia worked as a product designer at a healthcare technology startup and received her Master's in Information with a focus on UX Research and Design from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Eleanor Burgess

Eleanor Burgess

User Experience Researcher

Anthem.AI

Shefali Haldar

Shefali Haldar

Associate Director of Platforms and Innovation

Merck Pharmaceuticals

Hannah Levin Studd

Hannah Levin Studd

PhD Student in Media, Technology, and Society

Northwestern University

Ada Ng

Ada Ng

User Experience Researcher

Facebook Reality Labs

Jennifer Nicholas

Jennifer Nicholas

Research Fellow in Functional Recovery

Centre for Youth Mental Health

The University of Melbourne

Kate Ringland

Kate Ringland

University of California President’s Postdoc

Computational Media

University of California, Santa Cruz

Kofoworola Williams, PhD

Kofoworola Williams, PhD

Assistant Professor

Community Health & Prevention

Drexel University

Renwen (Alice) Zhang, PhD

Renwen (Alice) Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Communication and New Media

National University of Singapore

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