CBS19 Online Insomnia Treatment Can Help Caregivers

9/26/2024

cbs19news.com September 26, 2024 by daf4a@virginia.edu Kelly M. Shaffer, PhD Providing care for a family member with a disabling illness can be a demanding job that leaves many people unable to…

Kelly Shaffer, PhD, and Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Join Cancer Center Leadership

8/8/2024

  Kelly Shaffer, PhD, Chongzhi Zang, PhD Kelly Shaffer, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and Chongzhi Zang, PhD, Associate Professor of Genome Sciences, have joined UVA Cancer…

Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, and Team Awarded $3.4 Million to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption

3/1/2024

-[…]am-awarded-3-4-million-to-reduce-sugary-drink-consumption/ Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RDN, and her multidisciplinary team were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to engage Head Start families…

CBHT Engineers volunteer with C’ville Random Hacks of Kindness

2/1/2024

Hackathon - CCSC (cvillecscommunity.org) Charlottesville Random Hacks of Kindness Many thanks to CBHT's Software Engineers Ian Terrell and Gabriel Heath for helping to make the inaugural Charlottesville Random Hacks of…

Dr. Karen Ingersoll: SELF How Long Does It Take to Break a Bad Habit?

1/23/2024

How Long Does It Take to Break a Bad Habit? | SELF

Dr. Phil Chow: Wearable devices such as smartwatches could help us personalize cancer treatments and improve patient outcomes

10/30/2023

The Secret to Better Cancer Care Could Already Be on Your Wrist (uvahealth.com) October 30, 2023 The Secret to Better Cancer Care Could Already Be on Your Wrist Wearable devices such as…

Jesse Stewart’s SHADES trial: Can insomnia treatment reduce cardiovascular disease risks? $3M funds study to find out

10/26/2023

News at IUIndiana University INDIANAPOLIS — It’s no secret that a good night’s rest can do wonders for one’s health, but those who struggle with insomnia have a nearly…

Kelly Shaffer, PhD Awarded a $3.1 Million NIH R37 MERIT Award

2/16/2023

UVA Today, February 15, 2023 by jta6n@virginia.edu Kelly Shaffer, PhD, an assistant professor in the Center for Behavioral Health and Technology in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, was…

Poor Bedfellows: Insomnia and Dementia

9/8/2022

UVA Today, September 7, 2022, Christine Phelan Kueter, kueter@virginia.edu How might insomnia-fighting interventions delivered over the internet help slow older patients’ descent into dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease? With a $1.22…

Mobile Platform Developed by Rebecca Dillingham, MD and Karen Ingersoll, PhD, Recognized as a National Best Practice

6/16/2022

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recognized PositiveLinks, a mobile platform designed and implemented at UVA’s Ryan White Clinic, as an evidence-based best practice to support the care of people…