*** Please note: this Hubinar will take place 12-1:30pm (Pacific) ***
Join us on Wednesday, April 12th 12-1:30pm (Pacific) to hear from Dr. Daniel Freeman, PhD, DClinPsy, CPsychol (University of Oxford) and Dr. Mel Slater, DSc (University of Barcelona) as they discuss their innovative work in using Extended Reality (XR) to treat mental health conditions. The field of Extended Reality (XR) encompasses Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). Dr. Freeman will discuss how he is automating the delivery of psychological therapy with Virtual Reality (VR) in order to increase the availability of effective treatment for patients. He will describe examples of automated therapies and examine aspects such as design, outcome data, patient experience, and health economics. Afterwards, Dr. Slater will discuss his recent work using self-conversation in Virtual Reality (VR) as a therapeutic technique. He will describe how, using the illusion of body ownership, people are able to inhabit two different bodies sequentially - one representing themselves and the other a counselor with whom they can have a conversation. Join us as we explore the opportunities for treating mental health conditions using Extended Reality (XR) with Drs. Daniel Freeman and Mel Slater!
About Dr. Daniel Freeman:
Daniel Freeman is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and NIHR Senior Investigator at the University of Oxford and a consultant clinical psychologist in Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford, the British Academy, and the British Psychological Society. Dr. Freeman’s research has focused on using psychological theory to develop more powerful psychological treatments. He has been using virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health problems for over two decades. Dr Freeman is the scientific founder of Oxford VR, a University of Oxford spin-out company. He is the recipient of the 2020 British Psychological Society Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge and presented the BBC Radio 4 series ‘A History of Delusions’.
About Dr. Mel Slater:
Mel Slater is a Distinguished Investigator at the University of Barcelona in the Institute of Neurosciences, and co-Director of the Event Lab (Experimental Virtual Environments for Neuroscience and Technology). He was previously Professor of Virtual Environments at University College London in the Department of Computer Science. He has been involved in research in virtual reality since the early 1990s and has been first supervisor of 40 PhDs in graphics and virtual reality since 1989. He held a European Research Council Advanced Grant TRAVERSE 2009-2015 and has now a second Advanced Grant MoTIVE 2018-2023. He is a Research Award Winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2021, and was elected to the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy in 2022. He is Field Editor of Frontiers in Virtual Reality, and Chief Editor of the Human Behaviour in Virtual Reality section. His publications can be seen on http://publicationslist.org/melslater.
CME Credits: You may be eligible to receive CME credits for attending this Hubinar. More information will be provided at the start of the event. If you have questions, please reach out to Pippa Kennard (pippa@stanford.edu).
Zoom link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97350788832?pwd=Tm0xeUlOdjlsT2VQOXlCR2R1REM0dz09