Webinar “Digital Psychiatry”
OUR SPEAKERS:
Steven Reidbord, M.D.: https://www.stevenreidbordmd.com/ has been active in clinical psychiatry and psychiatric education for 30 years. Early on, Dr. Reidbord published research papers on nonlinear dynamics and flow states during psychotherapy. Since then he has taught psychiatry residents and psychology trainees in courses ranging from outpatient evaluation to psychiatric ethics to dynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Reidbord is chair of Continuing Medical Education (CME) at California Pacific Medical Center, and sees adult patients in his private office in San Francisco. A computer hobbyist since the 1970s, he is also an avid student of Aikido.
Rebecca Short, DO, MPH: Associate Medical Director | Corte Madera & San Francisco Office Dr. Short is a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist who believes in using a whole-person approach to meet the mental health care needs of the individual. Dr. Short completed a Bachelor of Science degree in both Nutritional Sciences and Life Science at Kansas State University. After working as a nutrition consultant in southern California for a year, Dr. Short completed a Master of Public Health degree at Touro University. Dr. Short went on to pursue an osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences of the Pacific, where she ranked in the top 10% of her academic class. She completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and was Chief Resident her final year.
During her residency, Dr. Short worked with two attending psychiatrists to create a program focused on promoting resilience, education, and support for patients recovering from trauma. Dr. Short has extensive experience in practice areas related to trauma, women’s health, eating disorders, LGBTQ+ mental health, and in working with professionals in the high-tech industry of the Bay Area.
Samee Shahzada, M.D.: Psychiatrist at Adventist Health / Committed to excellence in patient wellness through comprehensive assessment while remaining flexible in emergency situations. Continued dedication to psychiatric information security as well as superiority of United States technology for equality of all of humankind.
Organizational Behavior in Digital Space with Robin Edelbroek
Robin’s Ph.D. research work at Nyenrode Business Universiteit aims to contribute to the leadership and innovation literature by investigating the influence of perceived leadership behavior, engagement, and flow in inter-organizational and virtual teams.
In the webinar, He is going to share with us his recent finding on leadership style and workflow management that foster innovations in digital space.
Human Wellness in Digital Space – Are NFTs and Crypto Ethical? with Mark Fidelman
Mark Fidelman is the founder of SmartBlocks.Agency, His experience includes more than two decades of technology sales, marketing and customer experience with organizations including NFT leader WAX.io
Mark has been named a 2017 Top 20 influencer of CMOs by Forbes Magazine, a Top 25 Social Media Keynote Speaker by Inc Magazine, and a Huffington Post Top 50 Most Social CEO. Mark hosts the popular Cryptonized! YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/fanaticsmedia on the hottest crypto trends
Mark is a globally recognized thought leader on the subject of cryptocurrency and ecommerce. He was a writer for Forbes and has interviewed hundreds of Global 3000 CXOs and speaks and writes regularly about how they are impacting today’s business. Follow Mark on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/markfidelman
Where to find him online
• Bitcoinist: http://bitcoinist.com/author/markfidelman/
• Instagram and Twitter: @markfidelman
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fidelman
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/fanaticsmedia
Human Brain & Olfactory. Interview with Olfactory Artist Susan Ankersen
Susan Ankersen is a multi-faceted Danish artist based in Los Angeles, who tells invisible, ephemeral stories through scent, creates accessories with precious metal by hand, and manages her jewelry and perfume businesses. As her friends refer to her – a perfume & gemstone junkie – she spends her travels in search of special, rare and unusual materials to integrate in her work. Creativity and healing powers are embodied in her creations, in hopes that the wearer will experience the positive energies imparted by the scent, sparkle, and sensuality of materials, imbuing new and unique memories.
Originally from Denmark, Susan attended Santa Monica College and in 2004, she introduced her first jewelry collection. These original pieces included many of the healing gemstones she had collected over the years. She is now known for her combinations of pure sterling silver and 14 karat goldfill with unusual bold stones, and rough unpolished gems.
She has exhibited her olfactory art at The London Design Museum, JPL NASA – Houston, Herman Miller, and the Torrance Art Museum.
Susan’s jewelry designs have been featured in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Siempre Mujer and Noi.Se.. It can also be seen on several episodes of ABC’s Golden-Globe-award-winning show Ugly Betty.
Interview with Amir Bozorgzadeh Co-founder & CEO at Virtuleap
Virtuleap combines neuroscience and virtual reality to help increase attention levels, and address cognitive illnesses, disorders, and learning challenges. We have created a library of VR games designed by neuroscientists in order to test and train a range of cognitive abilities and make that data accessible through our enterprise platform. We’re working with leading institutions like Roche, the VA Health Care System and MIT to validate our solution as an effective diagnostic and treatment for attention deficit and cognitive decline.
Combined oral contraceptives and mental health with Nafissa Ismail, PhD
Nafissa Ismail
Associate Professor
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Neuroendocrinology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2012
Ph.D., Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, 2009
M.A., Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, 2005
B.Sc., Neuroscience, Concordia University, Montreal, 2002
Research Interests :
Critical periods of development are marked by important physiological and neural changes. These changes shape behavior and set the stage for the vulnerability of diseases in adulthood. Exposure to stressors during these critical periods can have profound long-lasting effects on brain function and can increase the risk of psychopathology later in life. While it is possible to reduce exposure to certain environmental stressors, other stressors, such as sickness, are almost unavoidable. My research interests are to investigate the neurochemical mechanisms through which immune challenge and hormones during the prenatal and pubertal periods alter behavior. The behavioral outcomes that I am examining are social behaviors, depression and cognition. I use small rodents, such as laboratory mice and rats, to gain mechanistic insight into these questions.