Flourish Science
The safety-first, RCT-validated AI mental health platform for prevention and early intervention.
Flourish Science is pioneering safety-first, outcomes-driven, human-in-the-loop AI for mental health prevention, early intervention, and post-crisis support. Through an award-winning mobile app that integrates AI-powered well-being coaching, evidence-based interventions, peer support, resource navigation, structured escalation pathways, and clinician oversight, Flourish delivers continuous, personalized, safe, and engaging support at scale. Across multiple randomized controlled trials, Flourish has been shown to improve well-being while reducing depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness. Today, Flourish serves both as an all-in-one support system for individual well-being and as scalable infrastructure for campus mental health.
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Dr. Xuan Zhao, PhD
Dr. Xuan Zhao is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flourish Science. She earned her PhD in Social Psychology and Human-Robot Interaction from Brown University and held research positions at Chicago Booth and Stanford before leaving academia to translate psychological science into scalable products at Flourish. Her work on social connection, well-being, and ethical AI has been featured in TIME, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, BBC, and NPR.
Julie Cachia, PhD
Julie Cachia, PhD is a Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Flourish Science, where she translates psychological research into practical tools for everyday well-being. At Flourish, she develops science-based content and leads large-scale, multi-institutional randomized controlled trials evaluating AI-powered well-being interventions in real-world settings. She earned her PhD in Affective Science at Stanford University, where her research focused on emotion, culture, and close relationships.
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