Alexander Daros

Alexander Daros is a Professor at the University of Windsor, specializing in mental health interventions, emotion regulation, and digital mental health solutions. He has been awarded SSHRC Insight grants for research addressing societal challenges in mental health. His work focuses on innovative therapeutic approaches for substance use disorders, borderline personality disorder, and anxiety/depression conditions, leveraging digital platforms and mobile health technologies.

Key research interests include the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for emotional vulnerability, and the interplay between sleep, eating disorders, and pandemic stress. He explores emotion regulation strategies in clinical settings through longitudinal studies and actigraphy data analysis, contributing to evidence-based practices in psychotherapy.

Alexander has conducted population-level studies on mental health during the pandemic, examining stress, sleep changes, and psychiatric symptomatology. His interdisciplinary approach integrates psychology, neuroscience, and data science to develop personalized digital interventions, such as mindfulness apps and dialectical behavior therapy tools tailored for diverse populations, including sexual minorities and individuals awaiting psychological services.

His research emphasizes translational outcomes, aiming to bridge gaps between clinical theory and practical mental health solutions. Ongoing work includes refining emotion regulation algorithms using machine learning and evaluating the feasibility of self-guided internet-delivered therapies for substance use and depression.