Training the Next Generation

2023 mHealth
Institute Program

Welcome e-Reception

8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Welcome
Scholar eIntros
Overview and Structure for mHTI/Team Activities

Vivek Shetty - UCLA
 

Prerecorded Core Lectures

Asynchronous Learning
Understanding Health Behaviors
Changing Health Behaviors
Sensing
Sensed Data to Digital Biomarkers
Machine Learning & Personalized Behavioral Interventions
Asynchronous Learning
Behavioral Economics to Personalize Behavioral Interventions
Design Thinking to Personalize Behavioral Interventions
Machine Learning, AI & Digital Health
Ethical & Regulatory Issues Related to Digital Research
ePlatforms for Implementing mHealth Studies
Asynchronous Learning
CERES Webinar - Open Science

Amy Orben - University of Cambridge
 

CERES Webinar - Basics of Early Childhood Development

Candice Odgers - UC Irvine
 

CERES Webinar - Accessibility and Assistive Technology

Gillian Hayes - UC Irvine
 

CERES Webinar - Design Thinking and Co-Design

Julie Kientz - University of Washington
 

CERES Webinar - Open Science

Anamara Ritt-Olson - UC Irvine
 

Webinars

8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Understanding Engagement Strategies in Digital Behavioral Interventions

Angela Pfammatter - Northwestern
 

Maintaining Behavior Change in Digital Interventions

Bonnie Spring - Northwestern
 

10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Deep Learning Approaches in mHealth

Jim Rehg - Georgia Tech
 

11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT
Passive Monitoring and Relapse Risk Prediction in Behavioral Health

Santosh Kumar - University of Memphis
 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Developing and Adopting Digital Biomarkers in mHealth Research

Nabil Alshurafa - Northwestern
 

8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Experimental Design and Analytic Strategies for Adaptive Behavioral Interventions

Walter Dempsey - University of Michigan
 

11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT
Design Considerations for Preparation, Optimization, and Evaluation of Digital Therapeutics

Pedja Klasnja University of Michigan
 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Learning Algorithms to Personalize Digital Interventions in Real Time

Susan Murphy Harvard University
 

Mentored Sandboxes

8:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Mentored Sandbox #1 (all 5 team meetings conducted concurrently)
8:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Mentored Sandbox #2 (all 5 team meetings conducted concurrently)

mHealth Training Institute

2023 mHealth Training Institute - Registration / Reception
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PT
Registration / Check-in

(Luskin Conference Center)

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PT
Dinner Reception

(Plateia Restaurant)

2023 mHealth Training Institute - Day 1
8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Methodology Session

Angela Phammatter - Northwestern University 
 

Walter Dempsey - University of Michigan
 

10:15 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Science Session (mentored)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT
Team Reports: Capstone Project Summaries (5 mins each)
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm PT
Team Science Session
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm PT
Social Dinner
2023 mHealth Training Institute - Day 2
8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Patient Engagement

Julie Kientz - University of Washington
 

Gillian Hayes - UC-Irvine
 

10:15 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Science Session (mentored)
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT
Team Science Session
2023 mHealth Training Institute - Day 3
8:00 am - 10:00 am PT
Sustaining Health Behaviors with Behavioral Science Insights

Craig Fox - UCLA
 

10:15 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Science Session (mentored)
2023 mHealth Training Institute - Day 4
8:00 am - 9:30 am PT
CAPSTONE Presentations by Teams
9:45am - 10:30 am PT
Navigating an Academic Career

Vivek Shetty - UCLA
 

10:30 am - 11:30 am PT
Securing NIH funding for mHealth Research

Richard Conroy - NIH, Office of Strategic Coordination
 

Adam Haim - NIH, National Institute of Mental Health
 

Audie Atienza - NIH, National Center for Advancing Translational Science
 

11:45 am - 1:00 pm PT
Graduation
12:00 pm PT
Deadline for Submitting Capstone Proposals
12:00 pm PT
Capstone Reviews Released to Teams
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