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Speakers
Imran Ahmed
CEO and Founder
Ran Barzilay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Erin L. Belfort, MD, DFAACP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Moderator
Matthew Bergman, JD
Founding Attorney
John Brand, PhD
Research Scientist
Daniel Buck, MA
Research Fellow
Brandon Cardet-Hernandez
President
Linda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Jing Chen, MA
PhD Student
Hyekyung Choo, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Chief Health Officer
Claire Christensen, PhD
Senior Education Researcher
Sarah M. Coyne, PhD
Professor of Human Development
Emma Cristini
PhD Candidate in Education
Madelyn Curle, MPH
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
Katie Davis, EdD
Associate Professor
Moderator
Leonna Davis, PhD
Developmental Psychologist and Assistant Professor
Michelle De Mooy
Director
Moderator
Sumita Deb
Senior Online Audience Analyst
Kyra Dingle
Medical Student
Matías Dodel, PhD
Associate Professor
Andrew N. Ferguson
Chairman
Caroline Fitzpatrick, PhD
Associate Professor
Ben Forman
Honors Mechanical Engineering Student
Alix Fraser
Vice President of Advocacy
Meredith Gansner, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor
Josh Golin
Executive Director
Mahmut Sami Gurdal
PhD Candidate
David L. Hill, MD, FAAP
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Moderator
Alexis Hiniker, PhD
Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
Elizabeth Hoffman, PhD
Associate Director, ABCD Study®
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD
Associate Professor
Lisa M. Jones, PhD
Research Professor
Heather Kirkorian, PhD
Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development, Professor and Chair
Moderator
Adelaide Delali Klutse, MS, CFLE
PhD Candidate
Daniel Labrousse
PhD Student
Amanda Lenhart, MA
Senior Fellow
Sunny Xun Liu, PhD
Director of Research
Moderator
Carlene MacMillan, MD
Co-Founder
Sheri Madigan, PhD, R.Psych
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development
Lucía Magis-Weinberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anne (Annie) Maheux, PhD
Assistant Professor and Winston Distinguished Fellow
Sumudu Mallawaarachchi, PhD
Research Fellow
AnneMarie McClain, PhD, MA, EdM, MS
Assistant Professor of Media Science
Brandon T. McDaniel, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Lilach Graff Nomkin, MA
Research Psychologist, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology
Vincent Paquin, MD
Psychiatrist
Rebecca Parlakian, MA, Ed
Senior Director of Programs
Moderator
Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW
Schwartz University Professor / PIK University Professor
Moderator
Teodora Pavkovic, MSc
Director of Wellbeing, Lead Online Safety, Digital Wellbeing Expert
Gretchen Peters, MA
Executive Director
Marisa Gerstein Pineau, PhD
Director of Research Application
Zamaan Qureshi
Co-Chair
Destinee Ramos
Undergraduate Student
Stephanie M. Reich, PhD
Professor, Education (primary), Psychological Science, Informatics
Moderator
Rebecca Robbins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
The Irving Schulman Endowed Professor in Child Health and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Mandy Sanchez, PhD
Director of Programming
Jane Shawcroft, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jennifer Silk, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Isabel Sunderland
Technology Reform Policy Associate
Medha Tare, PhD
Senior Director of Research
Luka Todorović, MSc
PhD Candidate, Developmental Psychology
Brendesha Tynes, PhD
Professor of Education and Psychology
S. Craig Watkins, PhD
Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor
Paul Weigle, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director
Moderator
Jessica Younger, PhD
Senior Manager, Research Projects
Yihong Zhao, PhD
Professor of Data Science
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