Training the Next Generation

2021 mHealth
Institute Program

Welcome e-Reception

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT
Welcome Reception
Overview of mHTI Activities

Vivek Shetty - UCLA
 

Scholar Introductions
Review of the Team Science Process

Bonnie Spring - Northwestern
 

Developing Impactful mHealth Solutions

Zen Chu - MIT Sloan
 

Didactic Core

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT
Understanding Health Behaviors

Donna Spruijt-Metz - USC
 

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT
Changing Health Behaviors

Bonnie Spring - Northwestern
 

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 - UMass Amherst
 

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT
Machine Learning Approaches in mHealth

Ben Marlin - UMass Amherst
 

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT
From Sensed Data to Digital Biomarkers

Santosh Kumar - University of Memphis
 

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT
Experimental Designs for Personalized Interventions

Inbal Nahum-Shani - University of Michigan
 

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT
Promises and Pitfalls of Platforms for mHealth Studies

Pedja Klasnja - University of Michigan
 

8:00 am - 8:45 am PT
mHealth Interventions in Vulnerable Populations

Antwi Akom - Streetwyze
 

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT
mHealth Interventions in Vulnerable Populations

Eric Hekler - UCSD
 

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 - 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
8:30 am - 11:00 am PT
Mentored Sandbox #2
8:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Sandboxes
8:30 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
 

Donna Spruijt-Metz - USC
 

8:30 am - 11:00 am PT
Sandboxes
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PT
Ask the Experts: Sensors/Sensing for mHealth Studies

David Kotz - Dartmouth
 

Deepak Ganesan - UMass 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 - University of Michigan
 

Walter Dempsey - 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 - UMass 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 - University of Michigan
 

Pedja Klasnja - 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 Mays - UCLA
 

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 Nebeker - UCSD
 

8:30 am - 9:00 am PT
Ask the Experts: Tech Transfer and Productizing Your mHealth Innovation

Zen Chu - MIT Sloan
 

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
Soft Skills / NIH Funding Talks
9:45 am - 10:30 am PT
How to Engage a Technologist or Health Professional in mHealth Research

Santosh Kumar - University of Memphis
 

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, Office of Disease Prevention / Tobacco Regulatory Science Program
 

Richard Conroy - NIH, Office of Strategic Coordination
 

Dave Clark - NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
 

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT
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