Clinical Psychology · Health Psychology Track
Noah Levine, MS
I study what helps people make sustainable health changes, and how to bring that help to more people.
Snapshot
Current
Practicum hoursAs of Nov 13, 2026
- 68.5Total hours
- 34Intervention
- 6Assessment
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Worked & researched at
Professional memberships
About
I'm a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Pacific University, on the Health Psychology track.
I'm also a practicum student at the Pacific Psychology and Comprehensive Health Clinic in Portland.
I came to psychology through one problem I kept running into. People want to be healthier, and the usual tools only take them part of the way.
I've come at that problem from several directions. In exercise science I learned how the body adapts. In clinical nutrition I sat with patients working to manage chronic disease. At Phenome Health I helped design large precision health studies that measured people in more detail than I had ever seen. Each field gave me something real. Each one also assumed that the right plan, the right education or the right data would be enough.
It usually wasn't. Over and over, whether someone changed came down to how motivated they felt, who was in their corner, and whether they had the time, money and care to follow through.
Psychology is where those threads come together for me. At the clinic I'm learning to work with the person behind the behavior. I'm also helping make the clinic easier to reach and developing a scale that measures the many parts of health behavior change.
I see this work as a bridge between the science of health and the lives people actually live. I'm still learning how to build it, and I'm excited to keep going.
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Health behavior change
Developing the Health Behavior Change Dimensions Scale at Phenome Health, with Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, as principal investigator.
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Access to care
Student lead on a clinic workflow and access project at Pacific's training clinic, and co-developing a study of whether simple online tools improve enrollment and retention.
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Learning science
Co-founding an AI education platform built on spaced repetition, active recall, interleaving, application and inquiry-based learning.
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Healthspan science
Developing scientific figures for the Buck Institute's Healthspan Horizons, and co-author of the TIME Study protocol on molecular and digital data in older adults.
Education
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2030Anticipated
PsyD, Clinical Psychology
Pacific University · Hillsboro, OR
Doctoral student since 2025. Health Psychology track. APA accredited.
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2020
MS, Nutrition
Bastyr University · Kenmore, WA
Didactic Program in Dietetics.
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2018
BS, Exercise Science
Western Oregon University · Monmouth, OR
Minor in Health.
Professional memberships
Society for Health Psychology
APA Division 38 · Student Member
Oregon Psychological Association
Student Member
Clinical trainings
- Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)In progress
- CBTIweb, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia provider trainingIn progress
Experience
Clinical training
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20262026 – Present
Practicum I Student
Pacific Psychology and Comprehensive Health Clinic · Portland, OR
- Provide individual therapy to adults working through anxiety, depression, emotion regulation, relationship difficulties and life transitions, starting each case with a biopsychosocial intake
- Draw on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and brief interventions, matched to each client’s needs
- Develop case conceptualization, treatment planning and ethical decision-making skills through weekly individual and monthly group supervision
- Take part in the clinic’s weekly didactic seminars on clinical practice and professional development
- Designed an online therapy screener with branching logic, risk flags and a crisis pathway; clinic leadership approved it in October 2026 after three review rounds
- Built a clinician view that summarizes each screener for copying into the electronic health record, plus a decision-tree document of the screening logic
- Analyzed intake availability and caseload data for 42 trainee clinicians to estimate clinic capacity in direct service hours
- Built a bilingual (English and Spanish) prototype clinic website with a fee estimator, checking insurance and fee details against official clinic sources, and produced bilingual patient pamphlets
- Presented the proposal to clinic leadership with three cohort peers and organized the project’s deliverables on a shared team board
Cognitive & achievementNeuropsychologicalPersonality & psychopathologySymptom & risk screeningThree practice administrations of the WAIS-5. Wrote integrated psychological assessment reports synthesizing cognitive, personality and symptom measures.
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2022
Inpatient Dietetic Intern
UW Medicine, Valley Medical Center · Renton, WA
Nutrition support across ICU, surgical, cardiac, oncology and neurology units.
- Delivered patient nutrition support, including parenteral and enteral feeding, across ICU, surgical, cardiac, oncology and neurology units
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary medical teams to evaluate and address patients’ nutritional needs
- Tailored nutrition counseling to each patient’s health literacy, barriers and cultural context
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2021
Outpatient Dietetic Intern
Lifestyle Medicine Center, Valley Medical Center · Renton, WA
Counseled patients on health behavior change and on managing glucose with continuous glucose monitors. Built a nutrition education program with the cardiac rehabilitation team.
- Designed nutrition care plans and counseled patients on health behavior change to improve health outcomes
- Counseled patients on using continuous glucose monitors, activity trackers and dietary tracking to manage blood glucose
- Collaborated with physician, physical therapy, exercise physiology, nursing and nutrition teams on interdisciplinary care plans
- Developed a cross-department nutrition education program with the onsite cardiac rehabilitation service
- Analyzed electronic health record data to assess cross-department program efficacy
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20192019 – 2020
Student Dietetic Clinician
Bastyr Center for Natural Health · Seattle, WA
- Interviewed, assessed and counseled patients with a range of health conditions under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian
- Developed nutrition interventions and assessment plans
- Coordinated care with providers from other health disciplines
Work
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20262026 – Present
2022 – 2025Translational Science Associate (Clinical)
Phenome Health · Seattle, WA
Built an evidence-based knowledge base of lifestyle recommendations, designed nutrition and exercise protocols for large multi-omic studies, and led the integration of continuous glucose monitoring into clinical research. Contributed to grant proposals, data analysis in R, REDCap development and clinical operations. Helped secure an ARPA-H award of up to $52 million for the PATH project with the Buck Institute (2024) when the team was about 14 people.
- Developed an evidence-based knowledge base of diet, exercise, sleep and mental health recommendations to improve clinical markers
- Designed nutrition and exercise protocols for several large-scale clinical multi-omic studies
- Led efforts to incorporate continuous glucose monitoring into clinical research programs
- Contributed to research design, grant proposals (including ARPA-H PATH), R analysis, REDCap development and clinical operations
- Contributed to the Phenome Health proposal for ARPA-H PATH, as part of a team of about 14, for an award of up to $52 million over four years
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20262026 – Present
Founder
Plurva · Portland, OR
PlurvaA free web tool that helps groups find a shared meeting time without accounts.
- Founded and lead a free, privacy-focused web tool that helps groups find a shared meeting time
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20242024 – Present
Scientific Figure Developer (Freelance)
Buck Institute for Research on Aging · TGH Cancer Institute and USF Health
Scientific figures for white papers and perspective articles that translate healthspan research for scientific and public audiences, and figures for cancer research with the TGH Cancer Institute and USF Health in Tampa, Florida.
- Develop scientific figures for white papers and perspective articles on healthspan research
- White paper: Bridging Wellness and Clinical Science
- Keynote perspectives: The Healthspan Meta-Trait; When Stress Starts to Stick; Healthspan Before It’s Over; The Exposome & Healthspan: The Missing Layer of Precision Health; Energy Span: An Early Signal of Healthspan Decline; Energy Span, Part II: What Actually Moves Energy Span
- Developed scientific figures for cancer research
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2018
Nutrition and Exercise Technician
DexaFit · Irvine, CA
Metabolic and body composition testing (VO2, resting metabolic rate, DEXA).
- Conducted metabolic and body composition testing (VO2, resting metabolic rate, DEXA) and explained results to clients
Research
Research positions
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20262026 – Present
2022 – 2025Research Projects
Phenome Health · Seattle, WA
Health Behavior Change Dimensions Scale (2026 – present). See Current projects below.
BETA Study (Beta-cell Evaluation Through data-driven Assessments), part of the ARPA-H PATH project. I helped design the study and protocol, set up continuous glucose monitoring and wearables, and build the at-home meal and glucose challenges used to estimate beta-cell function without invasive testing.
TIME Study (2022 – 2025). I was on the study team, led the nutrition part of the protocol, and co-authored the published protocol.
- Led development of the nutrition component of the study protocol
- Co-authored the published protocol for an observational, longitudinal study of molecular and digital data in older adults
- Contributed to study design and protocol development
- Integrated continuous glucose monitoring and wearable devices into the study workflow
- Developed the standardized at-home meal and glucose challenges used to estimate beta-cell function non-invasively
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2024
Research Assistant
Southern New Hampshire University · Remote
Reviewed the research on grief in active-duty police officers. Co-developed a study design on attachment style and emotional dependence on AI.
- Conducted a literature review on factors influencing grief in active-duty police officers
- Co-developed a study design on attachment style and emotional dependence on AI, including a review of psychometric instruments
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2018
Research Assistant
Western Oregon University · Monmouth, OR
Studied muscle response to electrical stimulation using mechanomyography, and lactate clearance after whole-body vibration.
- Investigated the effect of electrical muscle stimulation on muscle time-to-maximum intensity using mechanomyography
- Investigated lactate clearance after exercise with whole-body vibration
- Assisted with data acquisition, participant enrollment and interpretation of findings
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2017
Research Assistant (Clinical)
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA
Dietary citrulline and colonocyte mitosis and apoptosis.
- Investigated the relationship between dietary citrulline and colonocyte mitosis and apoptosis
- Supported data collection, participant recruitment, participant education and assay implementation
- Cataloged dietary intake using nutritional analysis software
Current projects
Health Behavior Change Dimensions Scale
Developing and starting to roll out a scale that measures the dimensions of health behavior change. Phenome Health, 2026 – present, with Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, as principal investigator.
Predicting dietary intake from multi‑omics
A spin-out of the TIME Study that pairs controlled meals with multi-omic profiles of food and blood to identify food-specific molecules and signatures that could reveal what people eat. Phenome Health, in progress.
Clinic access research proposal
A before-and-after design tracking patients from first contact to treatment, testing whether low-cost online tools and a clearer path into care improve access, enrollment and retention. Pacific University, 2026 – present.
Clinic workflow digitization and access
Designed an online therapy screener with risk flags and a crisis pathway, approved by clinic leadership, and built a bilingual English and Spanish prototype clinic website.
Publications & presentations
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2026Publication
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2025Publication
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2024Invited talk
Hood Lab Scientific Retreat · Hamilton, MT
Anatomy of a dietary change
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2018Presentation
National Conference on Undergraduate Research
The application of a wavelet-based intensity analysis on the mechanomyography during incremental electrical stimulation of the soleus and medial gastrocnemius
Teaching & educational design
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20262026 – Present
Co-founder, AI Education Platform
In development through the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
Building an AI education platform grounded in evidence-based learning practices (spaced repetition, active recall, interleaving, application and inquiry-based learning) to make high-quality education more accessible. Part of the team that raised $1.25 million for the project, with funding to be administered through the Institute for Systems Biology.
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20232023 – 2024
Course Development Lead
Personalized Population Health · Phenome Health, on Buck Academy
Led development of a free online course on personalized population health. I wrote the content, consulted with scientific advisors, made the figures and illustrations, and produced the videos.
- Led development of a free, two-hour online course on personalized population health
- Wrote the course content and consulted with scientific advisors
- Developed the course figures and illustrations and produced the course videos
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2022
What is a Phenome? (animated explainer)
Phenome Health · YouTube
Created the illustrations, animated the video, recorded the voice-over and consulted with scientific advisors on the content.
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2018
Adaptive Fitness Instructor (Volunteer)
IMPACT (Individualized Movement and Physical Activity for Children Today) · Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Taught children with disabilities exercise technique and home routines, adapting each activity to the participant's physical and cognitive needs.
Scientific Figures
I make scientific figures and illustrations that help scientists and the public understand research. Most of this work is for the Buck Institute's Healthspan Horizons and for journal publications. Open any piece to see the figures.
Healthspan Horizons · Buck Institute
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Figures from the final published white paper, Bridging Wellness & Clinical Science: A Federated Healthspan Data Framework (Healthspan Horizons, 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, The Healthspan Meta-Trait (Bartek Nogal, PhD, Healthspan Horizons, October 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, When Stress Starts to Stick (Kimberly M. Vincent, MS, Healthspan Horizons, September 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, Healthspan Before It's Over (Nathan Price, PhD, Healthspan Horizons, July 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, The Exposome & Healthspan: The Missing Layer of Precision Health (Cavin Ward-Caviness, PhD, Healthspan Horizons, June 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, Energy Span, Part II: What Actually Moves Energy Span (Natalie Kotova, MSc, and Yi Sherry Zhang, PhD, Healthspan Horizons, May 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Figures from the final published perspective, Energy Span: An Early Signal of Healthspan Decline (Noa Rappaport, PhD, Healthspan Horizons, April 2026). © 2026 Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
Publication figures
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Illustrated model figure from the published paper (Soundararajan et al., Gut, 2025), shown in two parts. © The authors 2025. Published by BMJ under a CC BY-NC license. Read the paper.
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A figure I created for the review (Yurkovich et al., Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023), This is my artwork, and the published version appears in the journal. Read the paper.