CTN Youth SIG Webinar: The Power of Play: Using Digital Health Games to Target Adolescent Substance Use and Mental Health (March 15, 11am ET)
The CTN Youth SIG is pleased to invite you to an upcoming presentation/webinar:
The Power of Play: Using Digital Health Games to Target Adolescent Substance Use and Mental Health
Presenter: Lynn Fiellin, M.D.
Friday, March 15th, 2024 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET)
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Meeting ID: 977 1685 1154
Passcode: 832521
This presentation will highlight the work of the play2PREVENT Lab, an academic games research program, and the use of serious videogame interventions to impact health outcomes, particularly substance use and mental health, in adolescents. This talk will outline the process and outcomes involved with the past 15 years of this NIH-funded research.
About the presenter
Dr. Lynn Fiellin is a Professor of Biomedical Data Science and the Center for Technology & Behavioral Health at Dartmouth College, Professor Adjunct at Yale, and the Founding Director of the play2PREVENT (p2P) Lab where she and her team focus on developing and evaluating digital health games. These games, as “serious videogames,” impact the health and well-being of adolescents, including opioid misuse, smoking/vaping, mental health, and sexual health. Most recently, she founded a new company, Playbl, that focuses on the broad-scale marketing and distribution of the 5 videogames developed and evaluated by the Lab.
Upcoming Youth SIG Seminar Speakers in 2024
(all times are at 11am-12pm ET):
May 17 – Dr. Kammarauche Aneni
Sept 20 – Dr. Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy
Nov 15 – Dr. Velma Murry