All times are in Eastern Time
Day 1 - Monday 5/24/21
Contributors to Mental Health
9:00 am
Welcome and Overview
Pam Hurst-Della Pietra, D.O.
Founder and President
Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Public Health
Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Stony Brook Medicine
Keynote
James A. Griffin, PhD
Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch,
Early Learning and School Readiness Research Program,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Digital Media Usage
9:30 am
Digital Media Use from a Developmental Standpoint
Speaker
Julia Zehr, PhD
Branch Chief,
Developmental Mechanisms and Trajectories of Psychopathology Branch,
Division of Translational Research,
National Institute of Mental Health
Discussant
Paul Weigle, MD
Associate Medical Director, Natchaug Hospital Ambulatory Services; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Chair, Media Committee, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
10:00 am
Social Media
Speaker
Patti Valkenburg, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Communication,
University of Amsterdam
Speaker
Ine Beyens, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Center for Research on Children, Adolescents, and the Media,
Amsterdam School of Communication Research,
University of Amsterdam
Discussant
Katie Davis, EdD
Associate Professor and PhD Program Chair,
Information School,
University of Washington
10:30 am
Gaming
Speaker
Douglas Gentile, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Discussant
Ed Spector, PsyD
Psychologist,
Spector Therapy
Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction
11:05 am
Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction - Epidemiology
Speaker
Hans-Juergen Rumpf, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
University of Lübeck
Discussant
Marc Potenza, PhD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry,
Child Study Center and of Neuroscience,
Yale School of Medicine
11:30 am
Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction - Treatment
Speaker
Cliff Sussman, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Speaker
Doug Hyun Han, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University
Discussant
Michael Tsappis, MD
Director of Psychiatric Services, Pediatric Health Care Associates, Harvard Medical School
Breakout Groups
12:00 pm
Social Media
Breakout Group Leader
Linda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist,
Wellesley Centers for Women
Gaming
Breakout Group Leader
Doug Gentile, PhD
Professor of Psychology,
Iowa State University
Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction - Epidemiology
Breakout Group Leader
Marc Potenza, PhD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; Yale School of Medicine
Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction - Treatment
Breakout Group Leader
David Greenfield, PhD
Founder, Center for Internet and Technology Addiction;
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Problematic Usage/Environment
1:30 pm
Stressors of COVID
Speaker
Susan Tapert, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry,
University of California, San Diego
Speaker
Sheri Madigan, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology,
University of Calgary
2:00 pm
Risk and Resilience and Differential Susceptibility
Speaker
Brae McArthur, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute,
University of Calgary
Speaker
Jay Belsky, PhD
Robert M. and Natalie Reid Dorn Professor of Human Development,
University of California, Davis
2:30 pm
Cyberbullying and Peer Relationships
Speaker
Wendy Craig, PhD
Scientific Director of PREVNet;
Professor of Psychology,
Queen's University
Discussant
Robin Kowalski, PhD
Professor of Psychology,
Clemson University
3:00 pm
Pornography
Speaker
Gail Dines, PhD
President and CEO of Culture Reframed;
Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies,
Wheelock College
Discussant
Jo Robertson
Sex Therapist and Research Lead,
The Light Project, New Zealand
3:35 pm
Sexting/Cyberdating
Speaker
Bianca Klettke, PhD
Senior Lecturer,
School of Psychology,
Deakin University
Discussant
Joris Van Ouytsel, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication,
Arizona State University
4:00 pm
Media Violence
Speaker
Wayne Warburton, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Macquarie University
Speaker
Sarah Coyne, PhD
Professor, Associate Director, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
Discussant
Jeanne Brockmyer, PhD
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Emerita,
University of Toledo
Breakout Groups
4:30 pm
Stressors of COVID
Breakout Group Leader
Mary Rooney, PhD
Clinical Psychologist;
Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions Research Program,
National Institute of Mental Health
Risk and Resilience and Differential Susceptibility
Breakout Group Leader
Dillon Browne, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Child and Family Clinical Psychology,
Assistant Professor,
Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment,
University of Waterloo
Cyberbullying and Peer Relationships
Breakout Group Leader
Elizabeth Englander, PhD
Executive Director,
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center,
Bridgewater State University
Pornography
Breakout Group Leader
Neil Thurman, PhD
Professor,
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research,
Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Sexting/Cyberdating
Breakout Group Leader
Megan K. Maas, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Human Development and Family Studies,
Michigan State University
Media Violence
Breakout Group Leader
Craig Anderson, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Psychology,
Iowa State University
