Matthew Price
George W. Albee Green & Gold Professor of Psychological Science, Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program
My research focuses on creating innovative strategies to expand the reach of clinical care for victims of traumatic events and those suffering from anxiety disorders. To achieve this goal, my lab uses a translational framework in which we first identify fundamental mechanisms of treatment response for evidence-based interventions. These findings are then used to develop and evaluate novel interventions delivered through widely available technologies (e.g. mobile devices, remote sensors, websites).
I am especially interested in treatments that can be administered in acute care settings (e.g. Emergency Departments, Trauma Centers) to reduce distress shortly after trauma exposure. This research is multidisciplinary by nature and my team collaborates regularly with experts across a wide range of fields including computer science, bioinformatics, human factors, health services, nursing, medicine, and neuroscience.
My laboratory will explore the following:
- Understand biological and social factors that promote psychological recovery after exposure to a trauma.
- Evaluate interventions that are delivered via personal technology (e.g. mobile devices) to facilitate physical and psychological recovery after a trauma.
- Understand critical factors related to the adoption and continued use of technology-based mental health interventions.
Selected Publications
The two fundamental shapes of sleep heart rate dynamics and their connection to mental health in college students
Digital Biomarkers, July 1, 2024
Events and behaviors associated with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in first-year college students
PsyArXiv Preprint, June 20, 2024
Predicting stress in first-year college students using sleep data from wearable devices
PLOS Digital Health, April 11, 2024
A large clinical trial to improve well-being during the transition to college using wearables: The lived experiences measured using rings study
Contemporary Clinical Trials, Sept. 21, 2023
Quantifying changes in the language used around mental health on Twitter over 10 years: Observational study
Journal of Medical Internet Research: Mental Health, March 30, 2022
Selected Press
Panic attack triggers could be predicted by tracking mood and monitoring Twitter
IFL Science, Feb. 7, 2023