# Expanding College Student Mental Health with Stress Management Mobile Technologies

> **NIH NIH K08** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $38,687

## Abstract

The college years present a period of increased psychological distress for many Americans and college
students report significant barriers to mental health treatment. The PI's goal is to become an independent
investigator with expertise in the creation and evaluation of behavioral intervention technologies (BITs) in order
to broaden the scope of mental healthcare service availability within existing systems. This
plan
proposal.
Northwestern
Technologies,
proposal outlines a
to achieve this goal, through the culmination of training and research plans into a successful R01
The training plan takes full advantage of the strong institutional support and environment at
University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the Center for Behavioral Intervention
which is led by the primary mentor for this proposal.Training goals necessary to the PI's career
goal include growth in (1) user-centered design for the development of BITs, (2) implementation science, (3)
clinical science including qualitative research and new clinical research methodologies, and (4) advanced
professional skills. This
mental
will
centers)
research
of
plan builds on the PI's background in clinical psychology, which has focused on tele-
health, stress management interventions, and cognitive behavioral therapy CBT). In this K08, the PI
extend her work to include new populations (e.g. college students) and settings (college counseling
to increase the impact of her research through earlier intervention. The long-terms goal of the
is to integrate BITs into existing university healthcare settings, thus broadening the scope and reach
mental healthcare services. The research plan
(
will develop and test a Student Stress Management (SSM)
mobile program based within the framework of an evidence-based treatment for depression and anxiety. This
program will increase engagement with mental health treatment, and supplement existing care by serving as
an access point to more extensive mental health treatment options and as an independent treatment form. This
will
refine
on
university communities;
hypothesized
the
design
increasing
be achieved through the following specific aims: 1) to conduct user-centered design and usability testing to
features and tools of the SSM program and determine feasibility and acceptability of the program for use
campus; 2) to conduct
and 3) to btain preliminary data assessing efficacy the SSM program, changes in
 mechanisms related to efficacy, and university system-level factors that would facilitate or retard
adoption, i mplementation, and sustainability of the program. These studies are expected to advance the
of BITs for young adults, and improve and increase the use of BITs in university settings, ultimately
the reach and impact of evidence-based practices.
a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of the SSM program within two
o
Skills acquired by carrying out the projects
proposed in this application will allow the PI to successfully compete for R01 funding in...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10389443
- **Project number:** 3K08MH112878-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Emily Gardiner Lattie
- **Activity code:** K08 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $38,687
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-05-24 → 2021-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10389443

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10389443, Expanding College Student Mental Health with Stress Management Mobile Technologies (3K08MH112878-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10389443. Licensed CC0.

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