Jillian Meyerhoff, PhD, LMSW, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Moritz Center for Societal Impact and the Health Behavior Research and Training (HBRT) Institute at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. She also serves as an adjunct instructor. Dr. Meyerhoff received her bachelor’s degree in education from Texas A&M University in 2016 and her master’s in social work from Baylor University in 2018. She earned her PhD in social work from Baylor University in May 2023. Prior to joining UT Austin in the fall of 2024, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Baylor University’s Interdisciplinary Multilevel Prevention and Clinical Translation Research Lab (IMPACT-Lab) in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Meyerhoff’s program of research centers on developing and testing the use of innovative assessment strategies and technology-enabled approaches to strengthen intervention delivery and measurement in substance use treatment, including mobile health tools and psychometrically robust instruments. Her broader research interests include simulation-based learning, organizational support for social workers, and program evaluation.
At the Moritz Center, Dr. Meyerhoff is engaged in scholarship at the intersection of artificial intelligence and social work, including contributions to emerging reports and initiatives examining how AI is implemented in social work practice.
At HBRT, Dr. Meyerhoff contributes to CHOICES-TEEN, an NIH/NIDA-funded (R01) behavioral health intervention study for girls involved in the juvenile justice system, led by Drs. Danielle Parrish and Kirk von Sternberg.