Jason Colditz
Director at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Colditz is a director and translational researcher who studies how digital environments shape recovery, well-being, and community building, with a decade of experience bridging behavioral science, health services research, and human-centered design. He directs the NEAR Lab and holds faculty and secondary psychiatry appointments at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, translating lab insights into clinical practice and policy. His work focuses on addiction recovery, the online-offline dynamics of social support, and designing technology that scaffolds growth rather than mere engagement. Jason blends quantitative methods, big-data social media analysis, and regulatory/operations experience from clinical trials to run multidisciplinary projects end-to-end. Based in Pittsburgh, he mentors researchers, builds computational infrastructure for large-scale media and network studies, and is consistently open to collaborations that advance recovery science and healthy media design. An underappreciated strength is his hands-on history building research software and high-performance computing workflows that turn messy digital traces into actionable health insights.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Science, Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Science at University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineM.Ed., Social and Comparative Analysis, M.Ed., Social and Comparative Analysis at University of Pittsburgh School of EducationA.A., Psychology, A.A., Psychology at Community College of Allegheny CountyB.S., Communications and Psychology majors, German minor, B.S., Communications and Psychology majors, German minor at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (25)
twitter10
twitter-api10
python9
docker9
speech-to-text8
mastodon8
pandas8
audio8
manipulation7
speech7
pixelfed7
ctc7
activitypub7
frame7
data-analysis7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CRMTH/RITHM
Jun 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:168 commits, 10 PRs, 175 pushes in 4 years 8 months
colditzjb/ReReddit
Jun 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:51 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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