iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So excited to return to SRP, for my first time as a non-trainee 🥺 Come keep me company during my talk on symptom-specific speed of improvement during psychotherapy (work with @fabiennemink.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social and Lutz) @srpsychopathology.bsky.social #SRP2026

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Honored that the @bbrfoundation.bsky.social featured our work in its Fall 2026 issue. The piece highlights a couple of examples of how we’re combining smartphones, wearable sensing, and AI to better understand teen depression and personalize treatment. tinyurl.com/24h47pfa tinyurl.com/ycxhmaar

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In a new preregistered RCT with US and UK samples (N > 5k) led by Otto Simonsson, three brief meditation practices modestly beat a control group on negative affect. A multi-arm causal forest then identified who benefits from which practice (d=0.16, up to d=0.43). doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2026.105141

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Many thanks to the Google Cambridge team for hosting me and inviting me to speak about our work on AI and digital mental health in youth. Great discussions, inspiring work, beautiful spaces, a putting green, great snacks, and even an automated mouthwash dispenser ;-) Thanks for the inspiring visit.

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Come work with me, Janna, Jonas, and Bart at Leiden University :). #MentalHealth #Psychology #PsychSciSky #academicsky

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

1/ We have a PhD position open on 'Mental Disorders as Harmful Stable States'. If you know students interested in the intersection of mental health & statistical modeling (EMA & time series), please encourage them to apply. www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3621...

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PhD Position on "Mental disorders as harmful stable states"

PhD Position on “Mental disorders as harmful stable states” The departments Clinical Psychology and Methodology & Statistics, at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leiden Univers...

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Photo from our recent lab dinner. Science is a team sport, and I feel incredibly fortunate to work with such an amazing group of colleagues and trainees. Beyond the papers and grants, it’s the people who make this work meaningful. Grateful for this team and excited for what’s ahead. Cheers! 🍻

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In addition to a hiring PhD in ~October & hopefully some PhDs and postdocs ~February, if anyone would like to work with me as part of eg a Marie-Curie or something similar, please do get in touch. Topics include depression, classification, measurement, systems, time-series, & theory building.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Looking forward to SPR 2026 in Osaka 🇯🇵 next week, where members of our lab will be participating in several sessions focused on AI-informed interventions, digital mental health, personalization, measurement, and psychotherapy process. If you’ll be at SPR, swing by and say hello! lnkd.in/gpcYJ3Pd

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Using causal ML and data from ~90,000 NHS patients, we found that only 31% received the treatment the algorithm identified as optimal. Recovery rates were 11 percentage points higher among patients with the strongest recommendations who received their indicated treatment. lnkd.in/e5Muc4BJ

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Our lab will be presenting at APS in Barcelona #APS26BCN later this week. If you’re interested in digital phenotyping, passive sensing, adaptive interventions, and emotion dynamics in adolescent depression, come by our symposia and say hi. @hadarfisher.bsky.social and I will be there

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I dug into NSDUH data on depression in U.S. teens (12-17) and made the below figure. Rates increased far more sharply for girls than boys, peaking around COVID before modest declines. Shaded region = % with depression receiving mental health treatment. Both depression and unmet need remain high.

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

For some reason, the new report of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health is geo-locked, and cannot be accessed from the Netherlands (or, I assume, from anywhere outside the US). As US based VPN solves the issue. Any thoughts why this would be the case? nsduhweb.rti.org/respweb/home...

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Some evidence of decreasing depression rates among adolescents from the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 60% of teens with depression reported receiving mental health treatment (31% taking meds) www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/d...

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Honored to have been part of the Science of Change symposium at URI, celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. James Prochaska. I shared our work using AI and machine learning for real-time detection and scalable interventions in adolescent depression via smartphones and wearables.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Congrats to our lab postdoc Poorvesh Dongre on his IH ’26 (ACM Interactive Health) acceptance in Porto 🇵🇹 EmBot: wearable-triggered stress detection + LLM support, shaped by mental health experts. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2604.04915 #DigitalMentalHealth #LLM #Wearables

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Dylan Gee, PhD @dylanggee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The CANDLab at Yale is hiring a new full-time research assistant! Excellent opportunity to gain post-bacc experience before applying to PhD programs in child and adolescent clinical psychology and neuroscience. 🧠 candlab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/YaleCANDLab_RA_2026.pdf

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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We're raising money (matched dollar for dollar!) to support paid research experiences for underrepresented students in our department at McGill. No amount too small to show support for science training these days.... crowdfunding.mcgill.ca/ui/main/p/pr...

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN) @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This Deep Dive covers work by @hadarfisher.bsky.social @nigeljaffe.bsky.social @diegopizzagalli.bsky.social @christianwebb.bsky.social exploring whether smartphone passive sensors & LLMs can track activation in adolescents w/ anhedonia receiving behavioral activation therapy youtu.be/K1Lo50QBcQM?...

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Can we track therapeutic change outside the clinic?

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Great work on this important meta-analysis Hadar!

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Pete Hitchcock @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'll be giving a talk in the #CNS2026 Rising Star session on Saturday. Come say hi if you're around!

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JAMA Psychiatry @jamapsychiatry.com · 23/02/2026

Machine learning analyses in the MYRIAD trial found only clinically trivial personalization of school-based mindfulness for adolescent #Depression prevention, underscoring limited differential benefit in universal programs. ja.ma/4qUhbCL

Two bar graphs compare changes in CES-D scores. Graph A, "Causal forest model," shows SBMT having d=0.07, P=.007, and TAU having d=-0.01, P=.82. Graph B, "Elastic net regression model," shows SBMT having d=0.08, P=.004, and TAU having d=0, P>.99.

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JAMA Psychiatry @jamapsychiatry.com · 21/02/2026

John Torous, MD, speaks with Christian A. Webb, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, about the limits of population-level prediction and the need for more potent and targeted interventions for #YouthMentalHealth. 🎧 Listen now: ja.ma/3OSGiIw

Podcast cover for JAMA Psychiatry Author Interviews, dated February 18, 19 minutes. Title: Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness. A blue square displays 'Psyc' and initials 'JN'. A purple play button is at the bottom.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Beyond the headline results, we discuss why meaningful personalization proved elusive – and what promising directions may move the field forward – on the @jamapsychiatry.com podcast: 🎙️https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/19039530

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Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness

Interview with Christian A. Webb, PhD, author of Predicting Adolescent Response to School-Based Mindfulness: A Secondary Analysis of the MYRIAD Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New paper from our team: Can ML identify which adolescents benefit most from school-based mindfulness? In 8,376 students (MYRIAD trial), models detected statistically significant but clinically negligible differential effects (d ≈ .07–.08). Precision prevention is hard...

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JAMA Psychiatry @jamapsychiatry.com · 18/02/2026

Two bar graphs compare changes in CES-D scores between SBMT and TAU interventions using a causal forest model and an elastic net regression model. The causal forest model shows a d=0.07, P=.007 for SBMT and d=-0.01, P=.82 for TAU.

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Richard Riley (R²) @richarddriley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

⭐ NEW PAPER ⭐ on a Bayesian approach to sample size calculations for external validation of risk prediction models - account for uncertainty in the assumed true performance of the model - plus calculate assurance probabilities & the value of information onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Griffin Murch @griffinmurch.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Interesting to see how our lab's recruitment sources have shifted over the last 3 years (see plot). FB/Instagram used to pull 100+ responses/month, now much less productive. Methods like flyers and mailing lists remain steady. Curious if any other labs are seeing this or have found new methods?

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 03/02/2026

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.’

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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...

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

🚨 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

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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

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Shirley Wang @shirleybwang.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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!

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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

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Nigel Jaffe @nigeljaffe.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Fantastic post-bacc opportunity! ⬇️

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Honored to have our work recognized by @bbrfoundation.bsky.social, alongside many colleagues doing important work in the field.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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.

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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/

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Great work on this meta-analysis Hadar!

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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/

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

📢 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

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Hadar Fisher @hadarfisher.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Now out in NPP – Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience! 📱🧠 Can LLMs and smartphone sensing help us track therapy progress in real time?

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN) @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🆕 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...

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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

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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