2nd Annual Digital Health Initiative Conference: Navigating Digital Health Across the Age Continuum

Conference Agenda

8:30am - Check-In

Check in at the kiosks and enjoy a continental breakfast!

9:00am - Welcome

Introduction

Beatrice Aladin, MD, MPA

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

New York State Department of Health Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joseph Kerwin, MAppPsych, MDiv

Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute

9:15am - Digital Health Overview

The Impact of Lived Experiences on the Acceptability of Digital Health Tools

Julie Cakici, PhD, RN

Consultant, Integritas Scientific Advising

Questions & Answers

9:45am - Empowering and Engaging Youth with Digital Health

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

Moderator: Kelly Merrill, Jr., PhD

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

Panelists:

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

Questions & Answers

Youth Panel: A Discussion around Digital Tools

Moderator: Dorian Johnson

Public Health Fellow II, Suffolk County Department of Health Services

Panelists:

Tori DaCosta
Lilly Martinez
Zaquanese Moore

Questions & Answers

11:10am - Unlocking the Secrets of Wellness in Middle Ages with Digital Health Solutions: Theory and Application

Presentation and Activity

Michael Crawford, MBA, MHL

Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, Office of Health Affairs, Howard University

Komal Bajaj, MD, MS-HPEd

Chief Quality Officer, New York City Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

Debrief

12:15pm - Lunch, Networking, and Poster Walkthrough

1:20pm - Stretching/Mindfulness Exercise

Stretching/Mindfulness Exercise

Ghylian Bell

Founder & Director, Urban Yoga Foundation

1:40pm - Aging Gracefully with Digital Health in the Silver Years

A Broad Overview of Digital Tools Utilized by Older Adults

Greg Olsen, MSW

Director, New York State Office for the Aging

Artificial Intelligence, Mental Health and Aging: New Paradigms in Care

Ipsit Vahia, MD

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

Scaling Compassion: How AI-Powered Technology is Transforming Aging in Place

Nima Roohi, PhD

Co-Founder and CEO, Blooming Health

Questions & Answers

2:45pm - The Future of Digital Health: Bridging Generations

The Future of Digital Health: Bridging Generations

Moderator: Deborah A. Levine, LCSW, ACSW

Community Engagement Officer, Harlem Health Initiative, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

Panelists:

Myles Hollingsworth
- Activist & President, NAACP New York State Conference Youth & College Division
Charles F. Johnson II, Esq
- Attorney/Educator, Labor and Employment Law Program, ILR School, Cornell University
Jerome Ernst, MD, MS
- Chief Population Health Officer, Amida Care