Innovators

The Tech Hub is proud to co-sponsor an annual cohort of Department Innovator Award Winners in support of projects that develop, test and translate innovative technologies in the mental health space. These projects draw from a broad array of emerging disciplines, including virtual reality, behavioral and affective sensing, telehealth, machine learning, and data science, together shaping the future of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as an academic leader in technological innovation.

FY 2020-2021 Innovator Award Cohort

Pablo Paredes, PhD | Project: “Calm Me Now: Experimental sensing and intervention platform to explore optimal times to deliver just-in-time stress management interventions to increase adherence”

Mari Kurahashi, MD, MPH and Elizabeth Reichert, PhD | Project: “Empowering Parents to Protect Children from Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 through the Stanford Parenting Center”

Janani Venugopalakrishnan, MD, MPH | Project: “Virtual reality-based telehealth therapeutic intervention in first onset psychosis”

Scott Hall, PhD | Project: “Evaluating a Telehealth System for the Treatment of Gaze Avoidance in Children with ASD using Google Glass Enterprise Edition”

FY 2019-2020 Innovator Award Cohort

Huiqiong “Joan” Deng, MD, PhD | Project: “An electronic chart intervention to improve safety for patients on chronic opioid therapy”

Eric Stice, PhD | Project: “Pilot Testing Virtual Delivery of the Body Project Eating Disorder Prevention Program”

Sepideh Bajestan, PhD | Project: “The Stanford Psychiatry Initiative for Innovative Neuroimaging Education (SPINE): Investigating 3-D Virtual Reality Technology”

James Lock, MD, PhD | Project: “Acceptability and Feasibility of Utilizing TeleHealth to Deliver Evidence-based Treatments for Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents”