Jennifer Villatte, PhD, is one of three early-career investigators to receive the ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program. Dr. Villatte’s research is aimed at developing smart technologies that improve the quality and accessibility of evidence-based behavioral health interventions in routine care, as well as identifying factors that influence mHealth engagement and effectiveness.

For her KL2, Dr. Villatte seeks to develop an implementation support tool that helps providers deliver effective, efficient interventions that enhance patients’ mental and behavioral health. The tool will leverage innovations in artificial intelligence and signal processing to provide real-time, automated assessment of patient-provider interactions. It will also draw on human-centered design principles to deliver personalized, performance-based feedback and coaching in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions.