2026 Annual Meeting | June 15-16, 2026
Conference Program
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11:00am Welcome Address SDMH President: Stephen Schueller, PhD SDMH 2026 Conference Chair: César Escobar-Viera, PhD SDMH 2026 Co-Chair: Caitlin Stamatis, PhD 11:10am Keynote Address: David C. Mohr, PhD |
12:00pm Break 12:10pm In the Spotlight: David C. Mohr's Mentees Panelists: Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD, Emily Lattie, PhD, Stephen Schueller, PhD, David C. Mohr (moderator) |
1:00pm Lunch and Learn: Graduate School Open House |
2:00pm Poster Session 1 2:50pm Break |
3:00pm Ask an Expert Track 1: Regulatory Considerations Panelists: Acacia Parks, PhD, MBA, RIC, Aubrey Shick, Michael Pace Track 2: DMH and Substance Use Panelists: Jason Colditz, PhD, MEd, David Gastfriend, MD, LaTrice Montgomery, PhD Track 3: DMH for Suicide Prevention Panelists: Candice Biernesser, PhD, LCSW, Tia Dole, PhD Track 4: Women's DMH Panelists: Arielle Pulverman, PhD, Kristine Cecchetti, MPH 3:50pm Break |
4:00pm Flash Talks Track 1: AI and Conversational Agents Group Parent Management Training Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence: Understanding Real World Data Eduardo Bunge, PhD (Palo Alto University, ParenteAI), Carlos Felipe Rivera-Cepeda, Mgr (Universidad Santo Tomás)
Beyond Single-Turn Benchmarks: Trajectory-Based Safety Evaluation for Mental Health AI Using Hybrid Human-LLM Assessment Kanmani Rani Kumar Rajah, BE (SecuraAI)
Design and Feasibility of a Passive Smartphone-Based Eye-Tracking Sensor for AI Chatbot–Delivered Mental Health Interventions Sukriti Ghosh, BS (Dartmouth College), Nicholas Jacobson, PhD (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth)
How Safe Is Personalized AI Psychoeducation? A Large-Scale Simulation Study of Sycophancy, Cultural Bias, and Crisis Detection in LLM-Delivered Mental Health Content Sean Kelley PhD (Trinity College Dublin) Track 2: Integrating Digital Services into Healthcare, Schools or Other Systems From Information to Trust: Cross-Regional Lessons for Digital Mental Health Engagement in Underserved Populations Tatyana El-Kour, PhD, MA, MS, RDN, FAND (Media Psychology Research Center)
A Community-Driven Implementation Model for Advancing Wellbeing Through Technology in Rural Communities Jessica Lake, PhD (Sourcewell), Steph Peters, PhD (Sourcewell), Mallory Dobias, PhD (Northwestern University), Erica Szkody, PhD (Northwestern University), Jessica Schleider, PhD (Northwestern University)
Therapist in the Loop: Clinician-Supervised AI With Safety Validation and DMHT Billing for College Populations Jess Jessop, BS (Clinician Assist Inc.), Jeanine "Nini" Martin, FHIMSS, FACHE (Clinician Assist Inc.) Track 3: Enhancing Mental Health among Marginalized or Underserved Groups The Development of Rainbow STAIR Coach: Using the Contextualized Co-Design Framework to Adapt a VA Mobile App for Queer Veterans with PTSD Eve Rosenfeld PhD (Dissemination & Training Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University), Marylene Cloitre PhD (Silver School of Social Work, New York University), Nicholas Livingston PhD (Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University), Daniel Blonigen PhD (Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University), Carmen McLean PhD (Dissemination & Training Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University)
NURTURE: A Digital Single-Session Intervention to Reduce Depression and Strengthen Relationships in Rural Teens Erica Szkody PhD (Northwestern University), Ian Sotomayor BA (Northwestern University), Amanda Smock BA (Northwestern University), Atina Manvelian PhD (Santa Clara University), Jessica Schleider PhD (Northwestern University)
From Prescription to Practice: Scaling Digital Mental Health in Collaborative Care Through Culturally Responsive Navigation Donovan Ellis PhD (Emory University School of Medicine), Marissa Dogan LMSW (Emory University School of Medicine), Ally Mandell BS (Emory University School of Medicine), Jordan Cattie PhD (Emory University School of Medicine), Brandon Kitay MD PhD (Emory University School of Medicine)
Who Stays Engaged With Digital Mental Health Interventions? Evidence From Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Users Yasmín Landa BA (University of California, Berkeley), Yinyin Wen BA (University of California, Los Angeles), Michelle Liu MPH (Loyola University Chicago), Yazleen Reyes BA (University of Southern California), Giovanni Ramos PhD (University of California, Berkeley) Track 4: Intervention Development and Engagement When Lived Experience Designs the Intervention: Co-Developing a Digital Resilience Tool with Displaced Ukrainians Trevor van Mierlo MScCH, DBA (Evolution Health)
Design of a Protocol to Evaluate an LLM Coaching Agent for Dyadic Veteran-Caregiver Chronic Health Self-Management Support Joseph Wielgosz PhD (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System), Sophia Tong MS (Stanford University), Zen Marshall MS (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University), Lauren Ibarra MS (Stanford University), Shannon Wiltsey Stirman PhD (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University), Ranak Trivedi PhD (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University)
Effects of an Internet-delivered Behavioral Self-Monitoring Intervention on Depressive Symptoms in Older Widowed Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Sarah Stahl PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
Giving Voice to the Deaf community: Co-designing a Bangla Mental Health Sign Language Bank in Bangladesh M Tasdik Hasan MBBS, MPH, PGDDM, MSC, PhD (Candidate) (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) |
5:00pm Special Interest Group Meetings |
6:00pm Adjourn |
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11:00am Welcome Back SDMH President: Stephen Schueller, PhD 11:10am Panel Discussion: Digital Mental Health and Integration of Care Panelists: TBA |
12:00pm Break 12:10pm Poster Session 2 |
1:00pm Break 1:10pm Lunch and Learn: Student SIG |
2:00pm Panel Discussion: AI Safety in Digital Mental Health Panelists: Joe Braidwood, Nick Jacobson, Derrick Hull, Darja Djordjevic (moderator) 2:50pm Break |
3:00pm Flash Talks Track 1: Evaluating The Effectiveness and/or Quality of Digital Tools Effective Engagement with Clinician-Supported PTSD Coach in VA Primary Care Joseph Wielgosz PhD (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System), Kyle Possemato PhD (VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse University, SUNY Upstate Medical University), Michael Wade PhD (VA Center for Integrated Healthcare), Eric Kuhn PhD (VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University) Accuracy, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Novel Self-Monitoring Ring Device for Handwashing Compulsions Kiran Kaur MS (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, University of Utah), Anu Asnaani PhD (University of Utah), Michael Wasser BS (University of Utah), Gary Havey MS (AUDynamics), Dan Hedin MS (AUDynamics), Brian Baucom PhD (University of Utah), Nalaka Gooneratne MD (University of Pennsylvania) Beta Testing Reaching Calm: A Digital intervention to Prevent Perinatal Anxiety Martha Zimmermann PhD (UMass Chan Medical School), Xihan Yang PhD (UMass Chan Medical School), Carolyn Friedhoff Alvarez MBE (UMass Chan Medical School), Michelle Yang MS (UMass Chan Medical School), Ciara Venter MA (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Lorenc Vangjeli BS (UMass Chan Medical School), Elana Kotler BS (UMass Chan Medical School), Anna Whelan MD, FACOG (UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Health), Edwin Boudreaux PhD (UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Health), Nancy Byatt DO, MBA, MS, DFAPA, FACLP (UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Health) Empowering Flourishing: A Six-Week, Multi-Institutional Randomized Controlled Trial of an AI-Powered Digital Well-Being Intervention Julie Cachia PhD (Flourish Science), Xuan Zhao PhD (Flourish Science), John Hunter PhD (Chapman University), Delancey Wu PhD (University of Washington), Eta Lin PhD (Foothill College), Julian De Freitas PhD (Harvard Business School) Track 2: Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Breaking Barriers: Scalable and Equitable Solutions to Address Child Anxiety Disorders in Financially Insecure Families Jenna Sung PhD (Boston University) User-Centered, Design Justice Approach to Develop Multilingual Artificial Intelligence (AI) Parenting Intervention for Low-Income, Diverse Caregivers of Young Children With Behavioral Challenges Morgan Darabi MEd, EdS (University of Miami, Penn State University), Kevin Malave (University of Miami), Jason Jent PhD (University of Miami)
Sensing (and Making Sense of) Anomalous Digital Social Activity in Adolescents Bianca Caproni BA (Northeastern University), Katie Oshins BS (Northeastern University), Akshat Choube MS (Northeastern University), Varun Mishra PhD (Northeastern University), Alexandra Rodman PhD (Northeastern University)
Overcoming Uncertain Times in Community Partnered Digital Mental Research: Lessons from an Open Pilot of an Adapted Digital Safety Planning Tool for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Alyssa Gorkin BA (Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), Juan Pablo Zapata PhD (Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IMPACT Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) Track 3: Ecological Momentary Assessment and Passive Sensing Introducing openESM: A Database of Openly Available Experience Sampling Datasets Björn S. Siepe MSc (Department of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany), Dr. Jonas M.B. Haslbeck (Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), Dr. Matthias Kloft (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg, Germany), Anabel Büchner MSc (Institute of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Yong Zhang MSc (Department of Psychometrics and Statistics, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands), Dr. Eiko I. Fried (Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Netherlands, Department of Methodology & Statistics, Leiden University, Netherlands)
Real-World Substance Use in Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Motives, Contexts, and Suicidal Ideation Geneva Jonathan PhD (Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital), Sabine Wilhelm PhD (Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital), Hilary Weingarden PhD (Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital)
Natural Language Processing of Behavioral Activation Predicts Real-World Clinical Outcomes with AI Mental Health Support Caitlin Stamatis PhD (Slingshot AI), Matteo Malgaroli PhD (New York University School of Medicine), Thomas Hull PhD (Slingshot AI) Track 4: User-Centered Design and Community Partnerships Digital Mental Health Tools for Emotion Regulation During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review and Needs Assessment Irene Tung PhD (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Lizbeth Benson PhD (University of Michigan), Xuhai Xu PhD (Columbia University), Paloma Vega Martinez HS (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Tiffany Sudijono HS (University of Michigan), Amanda Kubitz HS (University of Michigan), Arianna Peredia HS (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Marilyn Felix BA (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Elizabeth Guzman BA (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Jennifer Baker BA, Vanessa Pedroza HS (California State University, Dominguez Hills), Emily Capellari MLIS (University of Michigan)
Developing a Digital Single Session Intervention Platform to Promote Montana Youth Mental Health Amanda Smock BS (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), Mallory Dobias PhD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), Chani Knight PMP (Montana Pediatrics), Jessica Schleider PhD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Promoting Positive Youth Development in the Digital Age: Insights into youth preferences for technology policies and safeguards Katherine Grill PhD (Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago, Katherine Grill Consulting, Youth-Adult Partnership Committee, Office of School and Adolescent Health, New Mexico Department of Health), Andres Valle HSD (Youth-Adult Partnership Committee, Office of School and Adolescent Health, New Mexico Department of Health)
How AI Companionship Develops: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang PhD (University of Southern California), Fiona Li MSC (University of Southern California), Jacy Anthis MA (University of Chicago), Hayoun Noh MSc (University of Oxford) 3:50pm Break |
4:00pm Ask an Expert Track 1: Solutions for Reducing Barriers to Care Panelist: Sam Nordberg, Jenn Boggs, Ana Radovic Track 2: Sustainability of DMH Solutions Panelists: Leanna Fortunato, Jenna Carl, Ateev Mehrotra Track 3: Crash Q&A Session on generative AI Panelists: Caitlin Stamatis, Chris Hemphill Track 4: DMH and People of Lived Experience Panelists: Jon Nelson, Shuranjeet Takhar, Kibby McMahon 4:50pm Break |
5:00pm Member Meeting 6:00pm Adjourn |