Please join us for the Change Seminar next week on Tuesday 5/1/2018 in EEB 037.
Who: Dr. Dror Ben-Zeev, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UW What: Mobile Health (mHealth) and the re-imagining of treatment for Serious Mental Illness. When: Tuesday, May 1st, 12-1pm Where: EEB 037 Abstract: Dr. Dror Ben-Zeev will provide an overview of recent advancements in the field of mHealth and examine how mobile devices and telecommunication infrastructure can be harnessed to support illness detection, prevention, and care of people with severe psychopathology in outpatient and inpatient settings. He will present findings from several of his group's studies which involve the use of both cutting edge technologies (e.g., multi-modal smartphone sensing for relapse detection, multi-media intervention apps for illness management) as well as novel uses of existing but simpler technologies (e.g. texting between clinicians and patients) in an effort to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Ben-Zeev will describe the lessons his team learned from conducting multiple mHealth initiatives with complex patients in real-world settings. He will outline his vision for effective, realistic, and sustainable mHealth for mental health in the years ahead. Bio: Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in development and evaluation of technology-based approaches in the study, assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental illness. Dr. Ben-Zeev serves as the Co-Director of UW's Behavioral Research in Technology and Engineering (BRiTE) Center (https://www.brite.uw.edu/) and Director of the mHealth for Mental Health Program (www.mh4mh.org<http://www.mh4mh.org>), a multidisciplinary effort to harness mobile technology to improve the outcomes and support the recovery of people with psychiatric conditions. His research has been supported by grants and awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Myrtlewood Foundation, VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D), and John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. Dr. Ben-Zeev's editorials and commentaries on the use of technology-based interventions have been published in Psychiatric Services, Nature Human Behaviour, the BMJ, and the New York Times. His research has been covered by National Public Radio, Nature, Wired Magazine, Slate, and The Economist. He is a regular speaker at national and international scientific meetings including invited presentations at the National Institute of Mental Health Director's Innovation Speaker series and the White House.
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