Rinad Beidas

She is currently the chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of the department of Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

[7] In her role as an assistant professor of psychiatry, Beidas lead a study titled A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Evidence-Based Exercise Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors which aimed at finding barriers to implementation of the evidence-based exercise and education program for breast cancer survivors.

[6] In 2017, Beidas was the senior author on the longest known study looking at suicidal ideation following cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment in youth.

[9] She also received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health for her project to encourage therapists to use evidence-based practices more often in their sessions.

[10] In 2020, Beidas was the principal investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health funded research project aimed at improving the implementation of an evidence-based firearm safety program.