Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD

Personal Statement

I am a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in development and evaluation of technology-based approaches in the study, assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental illness. This work includes development of illness self-management apps for people with serious mental illness, texting interventions, behavioral sensing/digital phenotyping, computational psychiatry/predictive modelling, applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP), and development of culturally-relevant digital mental health resources for communities in low-and-middle-income countries. My research has been supported by grants and awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Myrtlewood Foundation, and John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.  I publish extensively in scientific journals and is a regular speaker at national and international scientific meetings including invited presentations at the White House and National Institute of Mental Health Director’s Innovation Speaker series. I have written editorials and commentaries on the use of technology-based interventions for Psychiatric Services, the BMJ, and the New York Times, and my research has been covered by Public Radio, Nature, Wired Magazine, Slate, and The Economist. I served on the Editorial Board of Schizophrenia Bulletin and am the Inaugural Editor of the “Technology in Mental Health” Column for Psychiatric Services (APA journal).

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, UCSD School of Medicine, 2009
Clinical Internship, UCSD School of Medicine/VA San Diego, 2008
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2008
MS, Clinical Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2005
BA, Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2002

Department Affiliations

Recent Publications

Sexual trauma and interest in mobile health among women with mental illness in Ghana.
(2025 Jun)
Internet Interv 40(): 100829
Ben-Zeev D, Agorinya J, Beaulieu A, Sottie EQ, Larsen A, Attah DA, Bedard-Gilligan M, Ohene S, Collins PY, Lindgren KP, Ofori-Atta A, Kaysen D, Obeng K

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

Factors Impacting Mobile Health Adoption for Depression Care and Support by Adolescent Mothers in Nigeria: Preliminary Focus Group Study.
(2025 Apr 9)
JMIR Form Res 9(): e42406
Kola L, Fatodu T, Kola M, Olayemi BA, Adefolarin AO, Dania S, Kumar M, Ben-Zeev D

Development and validation of a cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis online training with automated feedback.
(2025 Mar)
Psychotherapy (Chic) 62(1): 1-11
Kopelovich SL, Brian RM, Tanana M, Slevin R, Pace B, Stewart SK, Shepard V, Ben-Zeev D, Baldwin SA, Soma CS, Stanco S, Imel Z

Preliminary investigation of an artificial intelligence-based cognitive behavioral therapy training tool.
(2025 Mar)
Psychotherapy (Chic) 62(1): 12-21
Kopelovich SL, Slevin R, Brian RM, Shepard V, Baldwin SA, Ben-Zeev D, Tanana M, Imel Z

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