2021 mHealth Institute Program
Welcome Reception

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT

Welcome Reception

Overview of mHTI Activities

Vivek ShettyUCLA

Scholar Introductions

Review of the Team Science Process

Bonnie Spring Northwestern

Developing Impactful mHealth Solutions

Zen Chu - MIT Sloan
Didactic Core

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

Understanding Health Behaviors

Donna Spruijt-MetzUSC

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

Changing Health Behaviors

Bonnie SpringNorthwestern

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

Sensing the Human Condition

Vivek Shetty - UCLA

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

Sensing the Human Condition: An Engineers Perspective

Deepak Ganesan - The University of Massachusetts Amherst

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

Machine Learning Approaches in mHealth

Ben Marlin - The University of Massachusetts Amherst

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

From Sensed Data to Digital Biomarkers

Santosh Kumar - The University of Memphis

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

Experimental Designs for Personalized Interventions

Inbal Nahum-Shani - The University of Michigan

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

Promises and Pitfalls of Platforms for mHealth Studies

Pedja Klasnja - The University of Michigan

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

mHealth Interventions in Vulnerable Populations

Antwi Akom - Streetwyze

mHealth Interventions in Vulnerable Populations

Eric Hekler - UCSD

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

An Ethics Framework for mHealth Studies

Tilda Cvrkel - UCLA

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT

Behavioral Economics to Personalize Behavioral Interventions

Craig Fox - UCLA

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT

User-Centered Design for mHealth Interventions

Mark Newman The University of Michigan
Sandboxes

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

8:00 am - 8:30 am PT

Virtual Coffee

8:30 am - 11:00 am PT

Mentored Sandbox #1

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Mentored Sandbox #2

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Mentored Sandbox #3

mHealth Training Institute

2021 mHealth Training Institute - Day 1

8:00 am - 8:30 am PT

Ask the Experts: Changing Health Behaviors

Bonnie Spring Northwestern

Ask the Experts: Changing Health Behaviors

8:30 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PT

Ask the Experts: Sensors/Sensing for mHealth Studies

David KotzDartmouth

Ask the Experts: Sensors/Sensing for mHealth Studies

Deepak Ganesan - The University of Massachusetts Amherst

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PT

Sandboxes

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm PT

Team Report-Backs

2021 mHealth Training Institute - Day 2

8:00 am - 8:30 am PT

Ask the Experts: Research Frameworks and Methods for Personalized Digital Behavioral Interventions

Inbal Nahum-Shani The University of Michigan

Ask the Experts: Research Frameworks and Methods for Personalized Digital Behavioral Interventions

Walter Dempsey The University of Michigan

8:30 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PT

Ask the Experts: AI/Machine Learning for mHealth Interventions

Benjamin Marlin - The University of Massachusetts Amherst

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm PT

Sandboxes

2021 mHealth Training Institute - Day 3

8:00 am - 8:30 am PT

Ask the Experts: U/X Approaches to Enhance Subject Engagement

Mark Newman - The University of Michigan

Ask the Experts: U/X Approaches to Enhance Subject Engagement

Pedja Klasnja - The University of Michigan

8:30 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PT

Ask the Experts: Engaging Vulnerable Populations in mHealth Studies

Vickie MaysUCLA

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm PT

Sandboxes

2021 mHealth Training Institute - Day 4

8:00 am - 8:30 am PT

Ask the Experts: IRB Approvals for mHealth Studies

Camille NebekerUCSD

8:30 am - 9:00 am PT

Ask the Experts: Tech Transfer and Productizing Your mHealth Innovation

Zen Chu - MIT Sloan

8:30 am - 9:00 am PT

Ask the Experts: Tech Transfer and Productizing Your mHealth Innovation

Scott Kamholz - Tessera Therapeutics

9:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Sandboxes

2021 mHealth Training Institute - Day 5

8:00 am - 9:30 am PT

CAPSTONE Presentations by Teams

9:45 am - 12:00 pm PT

Talks

9:45 am - 10:30 am PT

How to Engage a Technologist or Health Professional in mHealth Research

Santosh Kumar The University of Memphis

How to Engage a Technologist or Health Professional in mHealth Research

Donna Spruijt-Metz - USC

10:30 am - 11:15 am PT

Practical Strategies for Navigating an Academic Career

Vivek Shetty UCLA

11:15 am - 12:00 pm PT

NIH Funding Opportunities for mHealth Research

Kay Wanke NIH / TRSP

NIH Funding Opportunities for mHealth Research

Richard Conroy NIH

NIH Funding Opportunities for mHealth Research

Dave Clark NIH / NCCIH

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT

Virtual Graduation