Dr. Edward Watkins, Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology at the University of Exeter, will describe the design, findings, and lessons of a factorial trial examining therapist-supported internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression, along with future plans in this space.

In this panel discussion, cadio Director Linda Collins and Associate Directors Kate Guastaferro and Jillian Strayhorn will clarify when investigators should use a conclusion- vs. decision-priority perspective.

Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, Associate Professor at Washington University School of Medicine, will present on her work using user-centered design to develop a chatbot to identify individuals with eating disorders and encourage services use.

Dr. Jamie Lachman, Senior Research and Training Fellow at the University of Oxford, will present on his use of MOST to pilot, optimize, and evaluate the Parenting for Lifelong Health program for young children ages two to nine years in Moldova, North Macedonia, and Romania.

In this discussion, cadio Director Linda Collins and Associate Directors Kate Guastaferro and Jillian Strayhorn will address common questions about intervention optimization.

Drs. Linda Collins (Director) and Kate Guastaferro (Associate Director) will give a brief overview of MOST and introduce the cadio webinar series for Spring 2023

Dr. Jillian Strayhorn, postdoctoral associate at cadio, will present.

Dr. Marya Gwadz, Professor of Social Work at NYU, will present on a current and ongoing intervention optimization project.

Dr. Michael Lorber, from the Family Translational Research Group at NYU, will present on his NICHD funded optimization study.

Dr. J. Nick Dionne-Odom, Assistant Professor of Nursing at University of Alabama Birmingham, will present on strategies for conducting and managing a factorial optimization trial. Lessons are drawn from Dr. Dionne-Odom’s NCI funded project using MOST.

In this special edition webinar, Dr. Sam Smith, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK, will present on his team’s application of MOST in complex interventions in cancer control.

Drs. Linda Collins (Director) and Kate Guastaferro (Associate Director) will answer any of your burning intervention optimization questions!

Dr. Emily Feinberg, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University, will present.

Merna Ihab, cadio’s visiting scholar from Alexandria University in Egypt, will present on her intervention optimization work in the field of oral health.

Dr. Jonathan Mitchell, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss findings generated from an optimization trial focused on intervention components for childhood sleep promotion.

Dr. Karey O’Hara, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, will talk about the intervention design itself as an implementation determinant that often gets overlooked.