Training the Next Generation

2017 mHealth
Institute Program

mHealth Training Institute

2017 mHealth Training Institute - Registration / Reception
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT
Registration / Check-in

(Luskin Conference Center)

5:30 pm - 9:30 pm PT
Dinner Reception / Participant Self-Introductions

(Plateia Restaurant)

2017 mHealth Training Institute - Day 1
8:00 am - 8:05 am PT
Welcome

UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research

8:05 am - 8:15 am PT
Overview and Goals of mHealth Institute

Vivek Shetty - UCLA
 

8:15 am - 9:00 am PT
Understanding Health Behaviors

Donna Spruijt-Metz - USC
 

9:00 am - 9:45 am PT
Changing Health Behaviors

Bonnie Spring - Northwestern
 

9:45 am - 10:00 am PT
Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm PT
The Humanist Engineer

Jayathi Murthy - UCLA
 

1:10 pm - 1:50 pm PT
Sensor Technologies: Human Behavior Sensing

Emre Ertin - The Ohio State University
 

1:50 pm - 2:30 pm PT
Sensor Driven Personalized Health

Majid Sarrafzadeh - UCLA
 

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm PT
Break
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm PT
Pitching Your mHealth Innovation

Monte Montgomery - University of Michigan
 

3:15 pm - 5:15 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PT
Group Dinner
2017 mHealth Training Institute - Day 2
8:00 am - 8:45 am PT
mHealth and Healthcare Settings: Designing mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations

Vickie Mays UCLA
 

8:45 am - 9:30 am PT
mHealth and Health Systems

Brennan Spiegel - UCLA
 

9:30 am - 9:45 am PT
Break
9:45 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm PT
mHealth & Biomarkers: Biomarkers & Point of Care Technologies

Aydogan Ozcan - UCLA
 

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm PT
Statistical Approaches for Biomarker Research

David Elashoff - UCLA
 

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm PT
Break
2:45 pm - 4:30 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm PT
Team Report-Backs (Small Groups)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PT
Group Dinner
2017 mHealth Training Institute - Day 3
8:00 am - 9:00 am PT
Methodology and Analytics: Experimental Design for Developing Multi-Component Behavioral Interventions

Inbal Nahum-Shani University of Michigan
 

9:00 am - 9:45 am PT
Machine Learning and Big Data to Facilitate Behavioral Interventions

Benjamin Marlin - UMass Amherst
 

9:45 am - 10:00 am PT
Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Special Lunch Lecture: Voice as a Conduit of Human Emotion

Michael Dean - UCLA
 

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm PT
User-Centered Design for Optimizing Patient Engagement

Pedja Klasnja - University of Michigan
 

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm PT
Behavioral Economics for Patient Engagement

Craig Fox - UCLA
 

3:00 pm - 5:15 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PT
Group Dinner
2017 mHealth Training Institute - Day 4
8:00 am - 8:30 am PT
Digital Ethnography and Vulnerable Populations

Phillipe Bourgois UCLA
 

8:30 am - 9:00 am PT
Ethics in the Mobile Era - Privacy and Data Concerns

Tiffany Cvrkel UCLA
 

9:00 am - 9:30 am PT
mHealth Research Ethics: Navigating Consent, Risk Assessment and Data Management

Camille Nebeker - UCSD
 

9:30 am - 9:45 am PT
Break
9:45 am - 12:00 pm PT
Team Discussions (Small Groups)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm PT
An Intellectual Property Primer for Academic Researchers

Amir Naiberg - UCLA
 

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm PT
Mental Health Apps: Lessons from the Trenches

Julia Hoffman - VA / Stanford
 

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm PT
Developing and Productizing mHealth Technologies: Tales from the Crypt

Noam Ziv - Kesembe, Inc.
 

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm PT
Break
2:45 pm - 5:15 pm PT
Small Group Wrap-ups
2017 mHealth Training Institute - Day 5
8:00 am - 8:20 am PT
Team 1

Capstone Presentation

8:20 am - 8:40 am PT
Team 2

Capstone Presentation

8:40 am - 9:00 am PT
Team 3

Capstone Presentation

9:00 am - 9:20 am PT
Team 4

Capstone Presentation

9:20 am - 9:40 am PT
Team 5

Capstone Presentation

9:40 am - 10:00 am PT
Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am PT
How to Engage a Technologist or Health Professional in mHealth

Donna Spruijt-Metz - USC
 

10:30 am - 11:00 am PT
Survive & Thrive in Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Vivek Shetty - UCLA
 

11:00 am - 11:30 am PT
Getting Recognition for Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Michael Levine - UCLA
 

11:30 am - 12:00 pm PT
Getting Funding for mHealth Projects

Melissa Riddle - NIH, National Institute on Aging
 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT
Graduation Certificates / Closing Remarks
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