Dr. Rollman’s research focuses on developing novel interventions to treat mood and anxiety disorders in primary care and cardiac settings. He has been principal investigator on six NIH-funded R01 clinical trials including the Online Treatment for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Trial that evaluated the impact of using a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy program and internet support group to treat depression and anxiety in primary care; and the Hopeful Heart Trial that tested the effectiveness of a “blended" collaborative care model for treating both heart failure and depression. Dr. Rollman pioneered the use of electronic medical record (EHR) system alerts to identify patients for enrollment into clinical trials at the time of the physician encounter and at-scale, and has published over 140 scientific papers, including first-authored papers in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, and has 4 U.S. patents. In 2015, he launched the Center for Behavioral Health, Media, & Technology to mentor and support the careers of talented junior investigators.
The Center's mission is to provide an academic home for talented new investigators and junior faculty pursuing efforts at the intersection of clinical medicine, health services research, and computer science. Center members are presently focused on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of a variety of interventions that have the potential to address such challenging and costly health conditions in the areas of mental health, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic pain, substance abuse, and obesity.
In addition to directing the Center for Behavioral Health, Media and Technology, he was past-president of the American Psychosomatic Society, whose goals are to advance the scientific study of biological, psychological, behavioral, and social factors in health and disease, and co-chair of the 11th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions. As a result of these and other projects, and over 30 years of primary care practice, Dr. Rollman has become highly experienced with state-of-the-art techniques for treating mood and anxiety disorders in non-psychiatric settings, mental health services research, and has established an international network of collaborators to inform his work.
- BA, Biology, University of Pennyslvania, 1984
- MD, Jefferson Medical College, 1988
- Internship, University of Maryland, 1989
- Residency, University of Maryland, 1991
- MPH, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1993
- Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
- MBA, University of Pittsburgh, 2024
Education & Training
Rollman BL, Muldoon MF, Magnani JW. Four "E"s to speed adoption of mHealth to promote cardiovascular behavioral medicine. Health Psychology. 2022;41:765-769.
Rollman BL, Anderson AM, Rothenberger SD, Abebe KZ, Ramani R, Muldoon MF, Jakicic JM, Herbeck Belnap B, Karp JF. Efficacy of blended collaborative care for patients with heart failure and co-morbid depression: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181:1369-1380.
Rollman BL, Brent DA. Phonotype: A new taxonomy for mHealth research. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35:1881-1883.
Rollman BL, Herbeck Belnap B, Abebe KZ, Spring MB, Rotondi AJ, Rothenberger SD, Karp JF. Effectiveness of online collaborative care for treating mood and anxiety disorders in primary care: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(1):56-64.
Rollman BL, Belnap BH, Mazumdar S, Abebe KZ, Karp JF, Lenze EJ, Schulberg HC. Telephone-delivered stepped collaborative care for treating anxiety in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2017;32(3):245-255.
Donohue JM, Herbeck Belnap B, Men A, He F, Roberts MS, Schulberg HC, Reynolds CF, Rollman BL. 12-month cost-effectiveness of telephone-delivered collaborative care for treating depression following CABG surgery. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2014;36(5):453-459.
Rollman BL, Herbeck Belnap B, LeMenager MS, Mazumdar S, Houck PR, Counihan PJ, Kapoor WN, Schulberg HC, Reynolds CF. Telephone-delivered collaborative care for treating post-CABG depression: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009;302:2095-2103.
- Sabbatical, Section of Primary Care Mental Health, Inst. of Psychiatry, King's College, London, 2006-2007
- Invited speaker, White House Behavioral Health IT Innovations Conference, 2013
- Advanced Faculty Leadership Academy, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
- President, American Psychosomatic Society, 2018
- Elected member, Executive Committee of the Faculty, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2019-2022
