Bia research platform

500 participants in 3 months. No app to build.

Bring an exposure therapy question. Bia recruits, consents, runs the study, and hands you anonymized data.

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Pilots from about $5,000 · Grant support · HIPAA compliant

  1. Enrollment against target
  2. Randomized groups
  3. Every exposure, live

Bia today

90,000+exposures completed
1,300+people practicing
60exposures a day
8languages

Skip what every study rebuilds

Recruitment, running

People sign up every day. Our ad spend, not yours.

More data

About 5,400 exposure sessions in a 3 month study.

The app exists

Guided exposure, hierarchies, SUDS, and measures. Already built.

Compliance done

HIPAA, COPPA, and GDPR policies in place.

How it works

You own the question and the analysis. We handle the rest.

Step 1

Bring a question

What you want to learn and who you want to study. We shape the design with you.

Step 2

We build it in

  • Measures, when you choose
  • Lessons or app changes
  • Random assignment
Step 3

Invite and consent

New users are screened. Eligible ones are invited. Only those who consent join.

Step 4

Bia runs the study

Participants practice as usual, with your study inside. No extra app, no visits.

Step 5

Get your data

Anonymized, in a secure research portal, released when your criteria are met.

Who's in Bia

Age

  • 13 to 178%
  • 18 to 2422%
  • 25 to 3434%
  • 35 to 4421%
  • 45+15%

Gender

  • Women78%
  • Men18%
  • Another gender4%

Country

  • United States48%
  • United Kingdom14%
  • Canada7%
  • Australia6%
  • Other25%

Condition

  • Emetophobia62%
  • Contamination OCD9%
  • Social anxiety8%
  • Panic, agoraphobia8%
  • Other13%

Still practicing

100% 50% 0 62% 45% 36% Wk 1 Wk 4 Wk 8 Wk 12
14exposures per person, median
3sessions a week

Diagnosis: validated screener at signup. Optional clinical interview.

Estimates from current users. Exact figures shared before any study.

Questions you could answer

  • Inhibitory learning or habituation: which predicts outcome?

  • Does expectancy violation beat within-session fear reduction?

  • Does self-efficacy moderate response to exposure?

Already recorded

SUDS per exposureExpectation ratingsSeverity measures

  • Spaced or massed practice?

  • How many exposures a week is enough?

  • Does session length matter?

Already recorded

Practice frequencyDurationRepeats per step

  • Who drops out, and when?

  • Which reminders keep people practicing?

  • Do exposure games raise adherence?

Already recorded

Session historyDropout and returnReminders

  • Fade safety behaviors early or late?

  • Which ones predict slower progress?

Already recorded

Safety behavior logsHierarchy progress

  • Do kids and adults respond the same?

  • Does self-guided exposure work across cultures?

Already recorded

AgeLanguage and countryCondition

  • What predicts return of fear?

  • Do booster sessions keep gains?

Already recorded

Follow-up measuresLong-term practice

The data

Every exposure, recorded. Your measures added. One anonymized dataset.

Validated measures in Bia

SMSP-APHQ-9GAD-7Y-BOCSSPINPDSSSHAI-14SCAS + yours

Sample variables

VariableCollected
suds_peak, suds_endEvery exposure
duration_min, repeatsEvery exposure
hierarchy_stepEvery exposure
safety_behaviorsEvery exposure
smspa_totalEvery 2 weeks
lesson_completePer lesson
active_daysDaily
SMSP-A across the Bia program0 to 40 · chapters 1 to 11
40 30 20 10 0 avg 30.4 at start avg 10.0 at end
67%drop in SMSP-A
41%drop in peak SUDS, exposure 1 to 12

Aggregate, uncontrolled. The gap a trial on Bia can fill.

Study designs

Delivery

  • Self-guided
  • With a therapist
  • Compare both

Therapists join through the Bia provider portal: assign exposures, run sessions live, see progress.

Designs

  • Randomized controlled trial
  • A/B test
  • Pre-post
  • Observational cohort
  • EMA
  • Micro-randomized
  • Existing data only

Preregistration welcome.

Not a fit

  • In-person procedures
  • Biological samples
  • People in crisis
  • Conditions Bia does not treat

Example study

Question

Does self-efficacy predict exposure outcomes? Can a short lesson improve them?

We add

A self-efficacy scale and a self-efficacy lesson.

Who joins

English-speaking adults who consent. Randomized to A or B.

You get

SUDS, practice, dropout, relapse, and every measure at 3 time points.

  1. Week 0Consent, baseline
  2. Week 1Group A lesson
  3. Week 6Midpoint
  4. Week 12End, data released
500participants
3,000exposures
3time points
2groups

Access, privacy, and IRB

You choose who joins

  • Demographics
  • Condition, severity
  • Target count
  • Access codes
  • Manual approval
  • Screening interview

Data protection

  • Opt-in consent, always
  • Anonymized before release
  • HIPAA, COPPA, GDPR
  • Encrypted, US-hosted (AWS)
  • BAA and DUA available
  • Crisis monitoring, alerts in real time

IRB ready

Your IRB stays of record. We provide:

  • Consent screen text and screenshots
  • Security documentation
  • Data management plan text
  • Protocol support

Cost, grants, and rights

Cost

Pilots from about $5,000. Larger studies scoped per project.

Grants

Letters of support, pilot data, and budget text for your application.

Timeline

About 6 weeks from agreement to first participant.

Your paper

You own the analysis. No publication veto. Open data welcome.

Bia never sees group results before your analysis plan is locked.

Who's behind Bia

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FAQ

Depends on your criteria. We estimate before you commit.

Usually free Bia access. Joining is always optional.

Bia monitors for signs of harm or self-harm. The participant, and their provider if they have one, can be alerted, and crisis resources are shown in real time.

Yes. We add them where and when you need.

Yes, with parental consent.

Often. Tell us the question and we will say what exists.

Talk to us

No account needed.

  1. Reply in 2 business days
  2. 30 minute scoping call
  3. Feasibility estimate in 2 weeks

Have details ready? Submit a full project.
Or email support@biajourney.com.