Join Us for Our Fourth Annual Virtual Conference!
Join us in advancing the future of mental health by partnering with us to showcase your organization’s impact and innovation. Gain unparalleled exposure to top researchers, clinicians, tech leaders, and policymakers in the field. Register for our 2025 Annual Conference, co-hosted by University of Virginia’s Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE).
The conference theme is Advancing Digital Mental Health in a Rapidly Changing World. With a youth mental health crisis, changing political landscape, complex effects of AI and social media, and many unknowns about the future of healthcare, we come together to discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing digital solutions to increase access to care during this unique time.
This interdisciplinary conference will bring together researchers, healthcare providers, payers, industry leaders, developers, patient advocates, regulatory organizations, and policy experts with the goal of sharing cutting edge research and discussing how best to advance equitable, evidence-based improvements in digital mental healthcare. We are also excited to offer networking opportunities, special events for students, and Ask Me Anything (AMA) Reddit-style opportunities to engage with experts.
Day 1 Schedule – Monday, June 9, 2025 (all times EDT)
11:00am: Welcome!
11:10am: Keynote address by Katie Drasser, CEO of Rock Health, moderated by David Mohr, President of SDMH
12:00pm: Break
12:10pm: Challenges and Opportunities to Address the Needs of Youth Using Digital Mental Health panel with Kathryn Boger, InStride Health; César Escobar-Viera, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret Anton, Two Chairs, Ali Ünlü, University of Virginia; moderated by Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia
1:00pm: Virtual Exhibit moderated by Acacia Parks / Lunch Break
2:00pm: Poster Sessions (parallel tracks). Click here to see the presenter lineup.
- Track 1: Evaluating the Effectiveness and/or Quality of Digital Tools
- Track 2: Intervention Development and Engagement
- Track 3: Enhancing Mental Health Among Marginalized or Underserved Communities
- Track 4: Artificial Intelligence and Conversational Agents
- Track 5: Understanding Anxiety and Other Mood Disorders
2:50pm: Break
3:00pm: Ask an Expert Sessions (parallel tracks)
- Data Donation with Munmun De Choudhury, Georgia Institute of Technology; Xiaoran Sun, University of Minnesota; Amy Orben, University of Cambridge; moderated by Benji Kaveladze, Northwestern University
- Digital Mental Health & Securing VC and Foundation Funding with Erin Sietstra, Hopelab; Andrew Barr, GreyMatter Capital; Julia Hoffman; moderated by Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia
- Digital Mental Health & Collaborative Care with Caitlin Stamatis, Bruin Health; Khatiya Moon, Northwell Health; Soo Jeong Youn; Reliant Medical Group, OptumCare; moderated by Emma Wilson-Lemoine, University of Virginia
- Digital Mental Health & Reaching Underserved Communities with Giovanni Ramos, University of California, Berkeley; Brenda Curtis, NIH; Kelly Shaffer, University of Virginia; moderated by César Escobar-Viera, University of Pittsburgh
3:50pm: Break
4:00pm: Flash Talks Sessions (parallel tracks). Click here to see the presenter lineup.
- Track 1: Evaluating the Effectiveness and/or Quality of Digital Tools
- Track 2: Artificial Intelligence and Conversational Agents
- Track 3: Integrating Digital Services in Healthcare, School or Other Systems
4:50pm: Break
5:00pm: Special Interest Groups (SIG) Events (parallel tracks)
- Health Equity SIG: “Navigating a Shifting Landscape: Advancing Health Equity in Digital Mental Health”
- Student and Trainee SIG: TBD
- Industry SIG: “Scaling Smart: The Challenge of Clinical Integrity in AI Mental Health Tools Description”
5:50pm: Break
6:00pm: Chance to network! Join a breakout room to meet people with similar interests. We have 4-5 topics/rooms to choose from, stay tuned!
6:45pm: Adjourn
Day 2 Schedule — Tuesday, June 10, 2025 (all times in EDT)
11:00am: Welcome back!
11:10am: Policy Spotlight with Aubrey Shick; Christina Strogis, The ERISA Industry Committee; Jeffery Abraham, Boston University; Michael Pace, PalmHealth Co; moderated by Trina Histon
12:00pm: Break
12:10pm: Poster Sessions (parallel tracks). Click here to see the presenter lineup.
- Track 6: Evaluating the Effectiveness and/or Quality of Digital Tools
- Track 7: Intervention Development and Engagement
- Track 8: Integrating Digital Services in Healthcare, School or Other Systems
- Track 9: User-Centered Design and Community Partnerships
- Track 10: Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
1:00pm: Break
1:10pm: Graduate School Open House / Virtual Exhibit Hall moderated by Lisa Palko, Society for Digital Mental Health / Lunch Break
2:00pm: Panel on Digital Mental Health in the Shifting Political and Healthcare Landscape with Chris Hemphill; Adimika Meadows Arthur, Health Tech for Medicaid (HT4M); Vaile Wright, American Psychological Association; Stephen Schueller, University of California, Irvine; moderated by Adrian Aguilera, University of California, Berkeley
2:50pm: Break
3:00pm: Flash Talk Sessions (parallel tracks). Click here to see the presenter lineup.
- Track 4: Enhancing Mental Health Among Marginalized or Underserved Groups
- Track 5: Intervention Development and Engagement
- Track 6: Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
3:50pm: Break
4:00pm: Ask an Expert Sessions (parallel tracks)
- Digital Mental Health & Healthcare Regulatory/Compliance Issues with Megan Coder, Digital Health Policy; Jessica Jackson, Therapy is for Everyone; Leanna Fortunato, American Psychological Association; moderated by Allie Silverman, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University
- Digital Mental Health & Scaling Measurement Based Care with Caitlin Shepherd, Within Health; Marisa Perera, Two Chairs; Simon Weisz, Greenspace Health; moderated by Emma Wilson-Lemoine, University of Virginia
- Opportunities, Safety & Ethics in Generative AI with Derrick Hull, Slingshot AI; Kay Nikiforova, Violet; Ashleigh Golden, Wayhaven; moderated by Arka Ghosh, Northwestern University
- Digital Accessibility with Andrea Graham, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Karen Fortuna, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Community and Family Medicine; Adam Goodkind, University of Maryland; moderated by TBD
4:50pm: Break
5:00pm: Member meeting
5:50pm: Break
6:00pm: Career Panel and Youth Voices panels (parallel tracks)
- The Student & Trainee SIG is thrilled to host a panel of talented industry professionals discussing common roles in the digital mental health world. Our panelists will discuss their shared and differing experience in domains of research, product, quality control, and operations. We are pleased to be joined by the following panelists: Sara Sagui-Henson, PhD (Modern Health); Edmund Neuhaus, PhD, ABPP (Blue Train Design Consulting, LLC); Trina Histon, PhD (Woebot Health).
6:45pm: Adjourn
