Amwell Will Support New Federally Funded Research to Improve Engagement and Outcomes in Mental Health Care for Veterans and Service Members
Key Highlights
- ➤$2,923,778 DoW grant funds depression-care research involving 400 veterans and transitioning service members
- ➤Over $13.8 million VA QUERI award supports research expanding virtual care for rural veterans
- ➤Two randomized controlled trials will reach over a thousand patients over five years
- ➤Amwell (AMWL) SilverCloud will support both federally funded digital cognitive behavioral therapy studies
- ➤Participant recruitment began October 2026 for the DoW-funded trial
Expert Statements
Lucinda B. Leung, Associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at UCLA
“Digital mental health tools can help us reach people who face barriers to care, but we need to understand how to make them work within the care people already receive.”
Lucinda B. Leung, Associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at UCLA
“Our goal is to learn which approaches most help veterans and transitioning service members to engage with treatment for depression and help us to sustain that engagement over time.”
Ido Schoenberg, Chairman and CEO of Amwell
“We are encouraged by the growing body of evidence on the impact of the SilverCloud program of the Amwell Platform, working alongside the rest of the programs our clients offer.”
Ido Schoenberg, Chairman and CEO of Amwell
“That this research is being done for veterans makes it especially important.”
Ido Schoenberg, Chairman and CEO of Amwell
“We are proud to serve these incredibly important men and women, and pleased that world-class researchers will invest their effort and expertise to further improve outcomes.”
BOSTON, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amwell(®) (NYSE: AMWL) today announced a research agreement with The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study how digital mental health support can help veterans and transitioning service members connect with care for depression. This work leverages SilverCloud(®) by Amwell(®), the digital cognitive behavioral therapy program delivered on the Amwell Platform, in research supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of War (DoW). The VA and DoW do not endorse any commercial product.
Led by Lucinda B. Leung, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at UCLA, the research will examine how digital cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) can be integrated into existing care. The work is supported by two major federal awards: a $2,923,778 DoW Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) grant and a part of an over $13.8 million VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Center award.
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