Lab Director
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Dr. Jessica L. Schleider (she/her) is the Founding Director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health and Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics, and Psychology at Northwestern University. She is also Director and Principal Investigator for the NIMH-funded COMPASS ALACRITY Center at Northwestern's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies. Dr. Schleider's professional mission is to build, test, and disseminate scalable mental health solutions that bridge gaps in mental health ecosystems, with a focus on single-session interventions (SSIs) for underserved youth. In support of her research, she has secured >$24.6 million in federal, foundation, and industry funding as PI, MPI, or Project Lead. She has been recognized via numerous national awards for research excellence and innovation, including the NIH Director's Early Independence Award. Her work has been featured in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and she was previously chosen as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Healthcare. Dr. Schleider has published >170 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. She has also created or co-created over a dozen open-access, single-session mental health programs, which have reached >150,000 people to date. Based on these programs, Dr. Schleider and her colleagues wrote a self-help workbook, The Growth Mindset Workbook for Teens. She also co-edited the Oxford Guide to Brief and Low-Intensity Interventions for Children and Young People and wrote LITTLE TREATMENTS, BIG EFFECTS on how single-session interventions can transform mental health. To support SSI scale-up efforts, Dr. Schleider regularly consults for national and state-level health care organizations, digital health and social media companies, and providers across the globe. Dr. Schleider completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Harvard University in 2018, along with her Doctoral Internship in Clinical and Community Psychology at Yale School of Medicine. Email: [email protected] Links: Faculty Page | Google Scholar | Twitter | LinkedIn Books: LITTLE TREATMENTS, BIG EFFECTS | Growth Mindset Workbook for Teens | Oxford Guide to Brief and Low Intensity Interventions for Children and Young People | ||||
Breakthroughs Podcast - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, May 2025
American Association for the Advancement of Science panel, March 2026