The Lab at NASPR 2026!
Our lab had an incredible time at the NASPR Conference (North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research) here in New York City! Across 13 presentations, posters, and an invited workshop, lab members from research assistants to faculty shared their work with the psychotherapy research community. Here are some highlights:
The Bright Track Initiative: Bringing Precision Psychotherapy to Real World Community Settings.
Dr. Nili Solomonov presented our new large-scale initiative to transform youth mental health at our hospital’s pediatric mental health services using AI and a novel app to improve risk detection and precision psychotherapy.
Mental Health Profiles Predict Psychotherapy Response in Older Adults in the Community.
Dr. Oded Bein presented a study identifying novel clinical subtypes in a large sample of older adults receiving Engage & Connect psychotherapy within our implementation project across low-resource urban neighborhoods of NYC.
Engage & Connect: Behavioral Activation Psychotherapy to Enhance Social Connectedness and Reduce Depression.
Dr. Julia Chafkin, Dr. Solomonov, Courtlyn Shimada, and Betsy Brown led an invited hands-on workshop on Engage & Connect, a behavioral activation-based psychotherapy that targets social connectedness to reduce depression.
Dynamic Prediction of Late-Life Suicidality During Psychotherapy Using EMA and Passive Sensing.
Dr. Miriam Hehlmann presented a study using novel dynamic prediction modeling to detect increased risk of late-life suicidality during psychotherapy using multimodal assessments.
Using Individualized networks in late-life depression to identify treatment targets.
Dr. Mike Gallagher presented a study on dynamic networks tracking changes in older adults’ symptoms during psychotherapy for late life depression.
Bright Track: Bringing Measurement-Based Care to a Large Hospital Network.
Daniel Broadie presented promising feasibility results for our Bright Track initiative in youth mental health, showing that automated measurement-based care can successfully be implemented across Weill Cornell’s clinics.
Using EMA to Predict Treatment Response in Late-Life Depression and Suicidality.
Joohyun Kang and Jordan Serrano-Guedea presented a study demonstrating that affective fluctuations, using EMA, are linked with response to psychotherapy for late-life depression and suicidality.
Temporal Associations Between Passive Sensing Biometrics and Depression Severity During Psychotherapy for Late-Life Depression and Suicidality.
Parhesh Kumar presented a study demonstrating that sleep and heart rate variability, using Oura wearable rings, can predict changes in depression severity during psychotherapy.
Implementing Engage & Connect Psychotherapy at New York City Senior Centers: Psychotherapy Retention in a Diverse Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
Talya Waxenberg presented a study examining predictors of dropout and engagement in Engage & Connect psychotherapy within our large-scale community implementation project.
Congratulations to all of our presenters, and thank you to everyone who helped make NASPR 2026 such an incredible experience!
