Summary
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia Health System
Chief Science Officer, BeHealth Solutions, LLC
Research Interests: eHealth, Internet delivered interventions; behavioral medicine; insomnia; encopresis
OnAir Post: Frances Thorndike
Summary
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia Health System
Chief Science Officer, BeHealth Solutions, LLC
Research Interests: eHealth, Internet delivered interventions; behavioral medicine; insomnia; encopresis
Information
UVA Web page: bht.virginia.edu/people/3
LinkedIn BeHealth Solutions, LLC
Email: fthorndike@virginia.edu
Phone: 434.243.2704
Address: 310 Old Ivy Way, Suite 102
Charlottesville, Va 22903
Biosketch
From Dr. Thorndike’s LinkedIn Page …
I am the Chief Science Officer at BeHealth Solutions, LLC and an Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Health and Technology program area at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System. My research interests include the development and evaluation of Internet interventions for various medical and behavioral health problems, including insomnia, post-traumatic stress, encopresis, diabetes, and self-management of cancer-related symptoms. I have been conducting research in the field of Internet interventions since 2002. Prior to working at UVA and BeHealth Solutions, I collaborated with Dr. Brett Litz at Boston University on the development and evaluation of an Internet intervention for service members with PTSD brought on by either the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon or the Iraq War. At UVA, I have served as a co-investigator on multiple National Institutes of Health-funded studies utilizing technology to increase access to treatment, including the insomnia Internet intervention (SHUTi: Sleep Healthy Using the Internet, pronounced shut-eye). I have published multiple peer-reviewed papers in the area of using technology to deliver effective interventions; given talks to both national and international audiences; and have been covered in popular press outlets like Good Morning America and Wall Street Journal.
At BeHealth Solutions, I serve as the Chief Science Officer. Our company is committed to expanding public access to the technology-based interventions that are proving effective in research trials. We are focused on ensuring that proven interventions do not sit on the proverbial research shelf, but instead make it into the hands of the very people who need them. My role at BeHealth Solutions is to make certain that the broad implementation and dissemination of our evidence-based online interventions continues to adhere to the strict scientific and clinical standards we set forth in developing the company.
Videos
Published: Oct 31, 2012 By: U.Va. Innovation
In this audio clip, Frances Thorndike, assistant professor in the Behavioral Health & Technology program area at the University of Virginia Health System, talks with WTJU’s Nathan Moore about online interventions and BeHealth Solutions LLC at Charlottesville’s Tomtoberfest on Oct. 27, 2012.
