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