Behavioral Health Innovations Lab Accomplishments

Team News

• April 2025: Dr. Dahne and her work on remote solutions for smoking cessation and depression treatment was recognized with the Governor’s Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. This award, jointly awarded by the governor’s office and the South Carolina Academy of Science, honors a “gifted young researcher” who has the “potential for major contributions to his or her discipline.”
• Feb 3rd 2025: Caitlyn Sebastian joined Behavioral Health Innovations Lab as our newest program assistant. Welcome Caitlyn!
• Dec 2024: Dr. Dahne, along with Dr. Evan Graboyes and Dr. Katherine Sterba were awarded the Hollings Cancer Center Team Science award for a study aimed at evaluating different depression treatment approaches among cancer survivors.
• Oct 2024: Juliana Hayden and Olivia Levins presented their poster, “Moodivate: A Digital Intervention for Depression Treatment within Primary Care at the 12th Annual Telehealth Summit of South Carolina.
  
• Aug. 2024: Dr. Dahne, along with Dr. Evan Graboyes, received a $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute for a clinical trial to test their new model of depression treatment for patients living with advanced and metastatic cancer.

• Feb. 2024: Ebonie White, who was mentored by Dr. Dahne through the DART program, accepted a Ph.D. program offer at the University of Memphis for clinical psychology.
• Dec. 2023: Olivia Levins was awarded the 2023 Scientific Poster Winner title at the 2023 Telehealth Conference for her poster "Vape X: A Digital Vaping Cessation Intervention for Adolescents with Depression."
• Nov. 13, 2023: Dr. Dahne was selected for the MUSC President’s Values in Action Awards. Way to go, Dr. Dahne!
• Oct. 9, 2023: Juliana Hayden joined Behavioral Health Innovations Lab as our newest program assistant. Welcome Juliana!
• June 12, 2023: Behavioral Health Innovations Lab welcomed one new program assistant to the team. Welcome Katherine Bullard!
• June 1, 2023: Dr. Dahne discussed how more evidence is needed to confirm promise of remote or decentralized trials.
• Nov. 16, 2022: Dr. Dahne received a new grant from the National Cancer Institute to test whether a proactive electronic visit would help to promote smoking cessation.
• Aug. 2021: Johanna Hidalgo was accepted to clinical psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Vermont.
• June 15, 2021: Dr. Dahne received a new grant (R41 DA053856) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop an app-based intervention to help older adolescents quit vaping. Congratulations, Dr. Dahne!

Recent Team Publications

• Dahne, J., Wahlquist, A.E., Kustanowitz, J., Natale, N., Fahey, M., Graboyes, E.M., Diaz, V.A., & Carpenter, M.J. (2023). Behavioral Activation-Based Digital Intervention for Smoking Cessation and Depression Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e49809. doi: 10.2196/49809. PMCID: PMC10652199.
• *Fahey, M.C., Wahlquist, A.E., Diaz, V.A., Player, M.S., Natale, N., Sterba, K.R., Chen, B., Hermes, D.A., Carpenter, M.J. & Dahne, J. (2023). Rationale, Design, and Protocol for a Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Proactive Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit for Scalable Delivery via Primary Care: The E-STOP Trial. BMC Primary Care, 24(1), 254. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02205-3. PMCID: PMC10685464.
• Dahne, J., Wahlquist, A.E., McClure, E.A., Natale, N., Carpenter, M.J., & Tomko, R.L. (2024). Remote Carbon Monoxide Capture via REDCap: Evaluation of an Integrated Mobile Application. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(6), 696-703. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad230. PMCID: PMC11109493.
• *Huang, S., Wahlquist, A., & Dahne, J. (in press). Individual Predictors of Response to a Behavioral Activation-Based Digital Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Machine Learning Approach. Substance Use and Misuse. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2369155. PMCID: Forthcoming.
• *Fahey, M.C., Carpenter, M.J., O’Neil, R., Pebley, K., Schick, M.R., Ware, E., Toll, B.A., & Dahne, J. (in press). Expectations and Preferences for Digital Cessation Treatment among Older Adults who Smoke Cigarettes. Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi: Forthcoming. PMCID: Forthcoming.
• *Fahey, M.C., *Huang, S., & Dahne, J. (in press). Technology Use for Health-related Purposes among U.S. Older Adults (65+ years). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19122. PMCID: Forthcoming.
• *Fahey, M.C., Dahne, J., Chen, B., Smith, T.T., Wahlquist, A.E., & Carpenter, M.J. (in press). “And then I found $5”: Optimizing Recruitment Efficiency in Remote Clinical Trials. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.533. PMCID: PMC10225265. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37250999/
• Dahne, J. & Hawk, L. W. (2023). Health Equity and Decentralized Trials. JAMA, 329(23), 2013-2014. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.6982.
• *Fahey, M.C., Dahne, J., Wahlquist, A.E., & Carpenter, M.J. (in press). The Impact of Older Age on Smoking Cessation Outcomes After Standard Advice to Quit. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/073346482311582. PMCID: PMC10257741. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36797652/
• Dahne, J., Player, M. S., Strange, C., Carpenter, M. J., Ford, D. W., King, K., Miller, S., Kruis, R., Hawes, E., Hidalgo, J. E., & Diaz, V. A. (2022). Proactive Electronic Visits for Smoking Cessation and COPD Screening in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(8), e38663. doi: 10.2196/38663. PMCID: PMC9472044. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36040766/
• Dahne, J., Player, M., Carpenter, M. J., Ford, D. W., & Diaz, V. A. (2021). Evaluation of a Proactive Smoking Cessation Electronic Visit to Extend the Reach of Evidence-Based Cessation Treatment via Primary Care. Telemedicine and e-Health, 27(3), 347-354. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0167. PMCID: PMC7958988. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33085578/
• Dahne, J., Tomko, R. L., McClure, E. A., Obeid, J. S., & Carpenter, M. J. (2020). Remote Methods for Conducting Tobacco-Focused Clinical Trials. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(12), 2134-2140. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa105. PMCID: PMC7454765. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32531046/
• Dahne, J., Nahhas, G. J., Wahlquist, A. E., Cummings, K. M., & Carpenter, M. J. (2020). State Tobacco Excise Taxation, Comprehensive Smoke-free Air Laws, and Tobacco Control Appropriations as Predictors of Smoking Cessation Success—Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2014-2015. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26(5), E1-E4. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000865. PMCID: PMC7394937. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32732730/
• Dahne, J., Wahlquist, A. E., Smith, T. T., & Carpenter, M. J. (2020). The Differential Impact of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling on Cessation Outcomes Across Established Tobacco Disparities Groups. Preventive Medicine, 136, 106096. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106096. PMCID: PMC7255419. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32320705/