Using Data, Analytics, and Technology to Address Equity in Mental Health Care and Treatment

Held annually each April, the Carlson School’s Convene Conference is a thought-leadership conference focused on the intersection of healthcare, technology, and data analytics as major solutions to healthcare issues.

I was lucky enough to chair the panel of these fantastic American experts in digital health and mental health, following a keynote by Tom Insel.

The lovely Dr Valerie Hoffman spoke of the innovative work she was part of at Meru Health; Professor Tanzeem Choudhury about the latest innovations from Cornell Tech (check out some of them here) and Dr Marvin Seppala on lessons from their telehealth pivot at a large drug and alcohol service. Marvin recently retired and you can catch some of his broader reflections here.

A big shoutout to the remarkable Dr Wendy Ingram who dobbed me into this gig. She runs the global non-profit Dragonfly Mental Health, tackling the epidemic of mental illness in higher education.

I hope you enjoy the links as I try to forget about the many technology disasters that occurred during the event - the irony was strong that night.