TIPS 2026 Symposia spotlight
Explore this year’s accepted symposia—highlighting cutting-edge advances in machine learning, digital biomarkers, and technology-enabled psychiatric care.
Leveraging Multimodal AI to Study Psychopathology From Naturalistic Behaviors
Einat Liebenthal, DSc, McLean Hospital (Chair & Presenter)
Phillip Wolff, PhD, Emory University (Co-chair, Moderator, & Presenter)
Satrajit Ghosh, Dartmouth College (Presenter)
Zarina Bilgrami, PhD, Emory University (Presenter)
Stephen Heisig, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai (Presenter)
Jennifer Bahrman, PhD, UTHealth (Chair & Presenter)
Jennifer Hughes, PhD, UTHealth (Presenter)
Dan Petrovitch, PhD, UTHealth (Presenter)
Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, UTHealth (Presenter)
Michelle Patriquin, PhD, UTHealth (Moderator)
Beyond Proof of Concept: Translating Immersive Virtual Reality Into Scalable Mental Health Care
Brian Bunnell, PhD, University of South Florida (Chair & Moderator)
Triton Ong, PhD, Doxy.me Inc. (Presenter)
Christina McCrae, MA, PhD, University of South Florida (Presenter)
Howard Cohen, MD, Mind + Body Medicine (Presenter)
Artificial Intelligence in Psychopathology Assessment: From Screening to Intake to Follow-Up
Roman Kotov, PhD, Stony Brook University (Chair & Presenter)
Camilo Ruggero, PhD, UT Dallas (Presenter)
Jenna Reinen, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai (Presenter)
Changing Course: Keeping Society Safe From Trajectory-Based Harms in Mental Health AI
Mark Kalinich, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Chair & Presenter)
Franklin Moss, PhD, Strategic Software Ventures LLC (Presenter)
Matthew Flathers, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Presenter)
John Torous, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Moderator)
Novel Eye-Tracking and Typing-Based Digital Biomarkers of Cognition in Mental Illness
Mindy Ross, PhD, Dartmouth College (Chair & Presenter)
Eden Shaveet, MS, Cornell Tech (Presenter)
Sukriti Ghosh, Dartmouth College (Presenter)
Madelyn Frumkin, PhD, Dartmouth College (Moderator)
Can Wearables Predict Symptoms? Cross-Diagnostic Evidence in Psychiatry
Elske Vrieze, MD, KU Leuven University in Belgium (Chair & Moderator)
Laura Van Heck, MSc, KU Leuven University in Belgium (Presenter)
Emily Presseller, PhD, Dartmouth College (Presenter)
Emma De Schuyteneer, MSc, KU Leuven University in Belgium (Presenter)
Elfi Vergaelen, PhD, KU Leuven University in Belgium (Presenter)
Karishini Ramamoorthi, MSc, University of Toronto and CAMH (Chair & Presenter)
Danielle (Hwayeon) Shin, PhD, RN, Dalhousie University (Presenter)
Iman Kassam, MHI, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Presenter)
Michelle Patriquin, PhD, UTHealth Houston (Presenter)
Gillian Strudwick, PhD, RN, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto (Moderator)
AI Chatbots and Mental Health: Use Rates, Risks, and Benefits
Samantha Connolly, PhD, VA Boston Healthcare System/Harvard Medical School (Chair & Presenter)
Rebekah Bodner, MS, BIDMC/Harvard Medical School (Presenter)
Spencer Roux, MBA, LabSetGo (Presenter)
John Torous, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Moderator)
Evaluating AI Tools for Mental Health and Crisis Support
Kelly Zuromski, PhD, Crisis Text Line (Chair & Presenter)
Gregory Kiar, PhD, Child Mind Institute (Presenter)
Robbie Torney, MA, Common Sense Media (Presenter)
Peter Franz, PhD, Yeshiva University (Presenter)
Matthew Nock, PhD, Harvard University (Moderator)
Implementing Technology Across the Continuum of Psychiatric Care
Jessica Badawi, PhD, UTHealth Dunn Behavioral Sciences Campus (Chair & Presenter)
Haruka Notsu, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Presenter)
Alia Warner, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Presenter)
Michelle Patriquin, PhD, UTHealth Houston (Presenter)
John Torous, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Moderator)