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

CBHT Engineers volunteer with C’ville Random Hacks of Kindness

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

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

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

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

Poor Bedfellows: Insomnia and Dementia

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

Why decentralization & digitization could be the key to unlock the future of addiction care

Creating HOPE: New App Helps People Struggling with Opioids

SHUTi for Black Women trial outcome

“Think-Aloud Testing of a Novel Safer Drinking App for College Students During Covid-19: Usability Study”, a Recorded Research Spotlight at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 43rd Annual Meeting

Should Alcohol Have Warning Labels About Cancer Risk? Most Americans Say ‘Yes’

IUPUI psychology professor and IU School of Medicine professor receive NIH grant to study whether internet treatment of insomnia reduces inflammation in people with HIV

iSipsmarter in the news: UVA studies new program in southwest Virginia to reduce consumption of sugary drinks

SHUTi technology, Somryst, receives FDA approval featured in UVA’s Licensing & Ventures Group 2020 Annual Report

Jessica Smith’s DMP abstract accepted for L. Starling Reid Psychology Research Conference

Jill Glazer’s abstract selected as BOTH a Meritorious Abstract AND a Citation Abstract by SBM

Dr. Kelly Shaffer offers helpful advice for those who support cancer patients on Mass Appeal

How to Stop Sacrificing Sleep and Get the Rest You Need

Hope for 500,000 insomniacs in Norway

New SHUTi study outcome paper: Online program significantly improves insomnia in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, study finds

AAHIVM and the Institute for Technology in Health Care Name PositiveLinks as their 2020 Award Winner

Solutions for Sleeplessness: A New Study Tests Behavioral Therapy and Medications

Maryam Yuhas won “Best Video Poster” at UConn Digital Conference for Kids SIPSmarter video!

January 23, 2020: Innovator of the Year: Karen Ingersoll, Ph.D.

PositiveLinks named one of 9 Best Practices in HIV Linkage, Retention and Re-engagement in Care by the CDC!

3rd Annual CBHT Retreat

Day of Caring 2019: The Yellow Door Foundation

August 14, 2019: THRIV Welcomes BHT Professor Kelly Shaffer, PhD to Scholars Program

March 6, 2019: SBM Citation Award Abstract Recipient: Dr. Phil Chow

February 11, 2019: Innovator of the Year: Dr. Lee Ritterband

November 19, 2018: Menopause brings additional complications to sleep disturbances

November 14, 2018: University researchers investigate relationship between poor sleep and cognitive decline

October 5, 2018: Online CBT May Improve Daytime Effects of Insomnia

October 4, 2018: Southwest Virginia Residents Sought to Direct Region’s Battle Against Cancer

Some Apps May Help Curb Insomnia, Others Just Put You To Sleep

Clinical Challenges: Delivering CBT to the Sleepless

Bedtime: A Boon For The Aging Brain?

What Lies Ahead for the Treatment of Insomnia (Theravive)

THRIV Welcomes Second Class of Scholars (University of Virginia School of Medicine)

An End to Insomnia…and All You Need Is Wi-Fi (BottomLineInc)

Sleep Solutions Series Part 2 (ABC News)

App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Study Finds (NBC29)

UVA School of Medicine 2017 Endowed Chair Electees

BU researcher studying ways to reduce health disparities for black women dealing with insomnia (EurekAlert!)

This Is the Single Best Cure for Insomnia That No One Is Talking About (Vogue)

How Tech is Changing the Way We Deal With Insomnia (Paste Magazine)

SHUTi: A New Insomnia Treatment Via the Internet (Psychology Today)

Online Insomnia Therapy: A Dream Come True for Some Patients (Scientific American)

Why Insomniacs Should Consider Therapy Without A Therapist (Forbes)

All in the Mind: ADHD and mindwandering, Treating insomnia helps depression, Think Ahead scheme (BBC Radio 4)

Can insomnia be cured by online therapy? (The Guardian)

Online Insomnia Program Can Improve Sleep UVA Study Finds (NBC 29)

Online Sleep Therapy Can Help Insomnia, a New Study Found (The Cut)

UVA researcher helps create online insomnia treatment (CBS 19 News)

Web-Based Help for Insomnia Shows Promise (US News: Health Day)

Insomniacs Are Helped by Online Therapy, Study Finds (The New York Times)

How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Help You Sleep (The Dr. Oz Show)

Online CBT-I Program May Reduce Depression, Anxiety Symptoms (American Psychiatric Association)

A New Therapy for Insomnia: No More Negative Thoughts (NY Times)