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Conference Agenda

8:00am: Check-In and Breakfast

Check in at the kiosks and enjoy a continental breakfast!

9:00am - Welcome

9:00am

Introduction

Beatrice Aladin, MD, MPA

Director of Digital Health Initiative and Clinical Education Initiative, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

AIDS Institute Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joseph Kerwin, MAppPsych, MDiv 

Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

9:00am - Keynote/Overview

9:00am

Keynote/overview

Julie Cakici, PhD, RN

​Independent Consultant (Previous: Health Policy Analyst and National Institutes of Health)

9:30am - Empowering and Engaging Youth with Digital Health

9:30am

Youth Chatting with Chatbots – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Panelists:

  • Kelly Merrill, Jr., PhD

    • ​Assistant Professor of Health Communication and Technology in the School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, University of Cincinnati

  • Nicholas J. Pratt, MD, RN

    • Resident Physician, Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry​

  • Meetali Jain, JD

    • ​Founder and Director, Tech Justice Law Project; Non-Resident Research Fellow, Temple Institute for Law, Innovation, and Technology

10:00am

Youth Panel

Moderator: 

Panelists:

10:30am

Questions & Answers

10:50am - Unlocking the Secrets of Wellness in Your Middle Ages with Digital Health Solutions

10:50am

Talk

Michael Crawford

10:50am

Activity

Komal Bajaj

11:35am

Debrief​

12:00pm - Lunch, Networking, and Poster Walkthrough 

1:00pm - Stretching/Mindfulness Exercise 

1:00pm

Stretching/Mindfulness Exercise

Ghylian Bell

Founder & Director, Urban Yoga Foundation

1:15pm - Aging Gracefully with Digital Health in the Silver Years

1:15pm

Overview

Greg Olsen, MSW

​Director, New York State Office for the Aging

1:35pm

Research and Application

Ipsit Vahia, MD

​Corrigan-Minehan Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital

1:55pm

Isolation and Care Connection

Nima Roohi, PhD

Co-Founder and CEO, Blooming Health

2:15pm

Questions & Answers

2:35pm - The Future of Digital Health: Bridging Generations

2:35pm

Fireside Chat: The Impact of Digital Tools on Communities

Moderator: 

Panelists:

  • Myles Hollingsworth

  • Jerome Ernst, MD

3:20pm  - Closing Remarks

3:20pm

Closing Remarks

Beatrice Aladin, MD, MPA 

Director of Digital Health Initiative and Clinical Education Initiative, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

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