I'm so excited to announce our Special Issue in Journal of Physical Activity & Health focusing on digital health. Aligned with our upcoming ISPAH congress symposium with Emmanuel (Manos) Stamatakis Elroy Aguiar + fiona bull, we want to discuss how technology can benefit society, environments, people, and systems.

🚀 Advancing Cognitive Health Research with Wearable Technology! 🚀 This week, I attended the 12th Geneva Aging Series and had the opportunity to present the first analysis of data from the Providemus study! #Providemus #CognitiveHealth #PhD #Research #Wearables #AI #Health

I’ve been quiet on the recent social media and mental health buzz, but my team and I have been working on something in the background: 🚨 Just uploaded to PsyArXiv (and in press at Psychology of Popular Media): Reducing social media use can improve mental health

Our exchanges with Matthew B. Jané (public and private) and Johannes Thrul are perfect illustrations of JS Mill’s doctrine: “The steady habit of correcting and completing his own opinion by collating it with those of others, so far from causing doubt and hesitation in carrying it

A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to talk about all things tobacco, nicotine, and smoking cessation with @Laurel_Bristow for the Health Wanted podcast. I really enjoyed the conversation - thank you so much for having me! Emory Public Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Our latest work presents a multi-stage project to develop a digital wellbeing interventions for young people in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦. We highlight the importance of cultural tailoring in intervention design & share key lessons learned.🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.… SYNC

With an amazing team of collaborators: Saud Alomairah,MPH, PhD Michelle Carras Tony van Rooij Dr. Michelle Kaufman (she/her) and many more Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dept of Mental Health at BSPH #DigitalWellbeing #AdolescentHealth #PublicHealth

Our recent findings using smartphone passive sensing data show high levels of smartphone use during the school day. Children and Screens Stony Brook Program in Public Health Stony Brook Medicine Stony Brook University

📅 #WEBINAR: Save the Date! Jane Mikkelson, Bridget Dwyer, & John Torous, MD MBI discuss how sensor data can personalize mental health apps on Feb 28. Don’t miss this #DigitalMentalHealth event! Register now: hubs.la/Q035Q4MM0 Harvard Medical School #MentalHealthTech #AIinHealthcare

This feels like a major accomplishment - after more than 7 years in a faculty position, my lab finally has a website: thrulresearchlab.com All credits go to my team for holding my feet to the fire and making this happen. Special thanks to Dahlia!

1/2 In our latest paper we find that mindfulness-based interventions 🧘‍♂️📱show promise in tackling problematic tech use (gaming, social media, smartphones). Early evidence points to improved emotional self-regulation, but robust trials are needed. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24…

What a thread!! Thank you David_Propst_PA-C ! This quote is a great summary: If you’re a new mom, don’t rush back—but don’t retreat either. Movement is a form of healing, when done with wisdom." bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/… Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)

1/3 Now officially published: Our re-analysis of Chris Ferguson's meta-analysis. Our findings suggest that social media reduction or abstinence interventions can have small, but significant mental health benefits. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dept of Mental Health at BSPH doi.org/10.1037/ppm000…

Thanks, Jonathan Haidt, for showcasing our viewpoint. We hope to provisional guidelines on media use patterns will continue to be updated w improved measurement and research. This serves as a starting point.

Yosra Mekki, MD!

This PhD position has been extended and opened to internationals! Spread the word! I-MDRC NASPSPA Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity AIESEP #physicalliteracy #motorskills

1/2 📢 Most Americans don’t know that drinking alcohol causes cancer, and current warning labels aren’t addressing this issue. I spoke with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Magazine about why it’s time for stronger, clearer labels that inform and protect consumers.

“The fact that alcohol causes cancer is not widely known in the U.S.,” says Johannes Thrul, associate professor in the Department of Mental Health. Learn more about the effort to add warning labels to alcoholic beverages. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/why-alcoh…

Half of adolescents use their smartphones during school for at least 66 minutes daily, primarily using messaging and social media. Lauren Hale Gina Marie Mathew ja.ma/42vGv8Z Lauren Hale Gina Marie Mathew

If you are looking to cut down on screen time for your kids, check out this recent healthy living article 👉 buff.ly/4f4ZMBQ