Benjamin Buck, PhD

Personal Statement

My research is focused on (1) developing innovative mHealth assessments and interventions for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and cross-diagnostic persecutory ideation, as well as (2) “engagement mHealth,” or the development of mobile health interventions that increase the likelihood that underserved populations present to and receive evidence-based treatment, with a particular focus on young adults at risk for psychosis and their families. My research is supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation and multiple grants from NIMH including a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award.

Prior to my faculty position at UW, I was an Advanced Fellow in VA Health Services Research and Development and the Department of Health Services at UW. I completed my clinical psychology internship at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, where I was awarded the APA Division 18 Outstanding VA Trainee Award. Prior to internship, I completed my undergraduate and doctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Throughout my training, I have been dedicated to services for individual with serious mental illness, with experience in an inpatient state hospital, VA psychosocial rehabilitation, intensive outpatient and dual-diagnosis clinics, and in coordinated specialty care for young people with early psychosis.

In addition to my program of research and clinical work, I am committed to clinical supervision and training. I currently lead the development of one of the first clinical training sequences designed for frontline clinicians integrating mHealth into community mental health. I was the first-ever graduate student to win UNC’s David Galinsky Award, an honor recognizing excellence in clinical supervision that had previously only ever been won by faculty. I am currently active in providing supervision in CBT to third-year psychiatry residents at UW.

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Recent Publications

Obstacles to Seeking Help: Perceived Barriers and Stigma Towards Mental Health Treatment in College Students at Elevated Risk for Psychosis.
(2025 Apr)
Early Interv Psychiatry 19(4): e70034
Buck B, Whiting E, Filip TF, Russell MT, Akhras S, Busanet H, Thakkar KN, McCleery A, Minor KS

Digital Interventions for People Waitlisted for Mental Health Services: A Needs Assessment and Preference Survey.
(2025 Mar)
Pract Innov (Wash D C) 10(1): 32-42
Buck B, Kadakia A, Larsen A, Tauscher J, Guler J, Ben-Zeev D

Digital health for early psychosis in Ghana: patient and caregiver needs and preferences.
(2025 Jan 15)
Schizophrenia (Heidelb) 11(1): 5
Larsen A, Agorinya J, Beaulieu A, Sottie EQ, Buck B, Obeng K, Kyeremeh B, Dogbe FK, Iddrisu MI, Dowuona PEO, Tetteh OOA, Emmanuel OB, Ofori-Atta A, Ben-Zeev D

Sex-Specific Computational Models of Atrial Electrophysiology: Mechanistic Insights and Implications for Atrial Fibrillation Therapy.
(2024 Nov)
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 10(11): 2392-2393
Buck B, Hund TJ

Beyond pulmonary vein isolation: approaches to treat patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
(2024 Sep)
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 22(9): 429-439
Buck B, Houmsse M

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