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Past Events
Joshua Rigsby Presented at UCONN’s 7th Annual mHealth Conference
XR Pediatrics Postgraduate Associate Joshua Rigsby presented at UCONN mHealth's 7th Annual Conference. His video poster focuses on our project, No Time Wasted, an Alcohol Harm Reduction game. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/p4Iw2Yjq8Lw
Justin Berry Spoke at U Michigan’s XR Initiative Summit
XR Pediatrics Project Director and Creative Producer Justin Berry presented with Maya Georgeiva on empowering the next generation through XR education at U Michigan’s XR Initiative Summit.
Drs. Hieftje and Marks Presented at GDC in San Francisco
Drs. Hieftje and Marks presented on XR use and Children at 2023's GDC in March at the Future Realities Summit. The XR Pediatrics team also attended the conference.
Dr. Marks presented at Health 2.0 in Las Vegas
XRPeds Director Dr. Asher Marks presented at the 2022 Health 2.0 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was also a recipient of a Health 2.0 Leadership Award!
Drs. Hieftje and Marks have presented at Columbia’s Innovations in Simulation Summit in November
On November 11th, 2022 Drs. Hieftje and Marks were presenters at Columbia's annual Innovations in Simulation Summit in New York City.
XRPeds at the Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers
Visit the team at our booth in the 2022 showcase for the CT Association of School Based Health Centers on November 8, 2022 in Southbury CT.
Dr. Marks presented at AWE EU 2022
Dr. Marks was joined by James Watson from the Glimpse Group, the team behind the platform XRPeds uses in our VR support group projects, called Foretell Reality. In his talk, he presented how pediatric cancer patients benefit from VR-based support group therapy.
Dr. Hieftje chaired a lecture track at AWE EU 2022
Dr. Hieftje chaired the Remote Collaboration, Training & Education Track at the 2022 AWE EU conference in Lisbon. Many in attendance joined her for five exciting talks!
Drs. Hieftje and Marks presented at the 4th Annual IVRHA Symposium
On October 19th 2022 Drs. Hieftje and Marks presented "An Overview of the XR in Pediatrics Initiative at the Yale School of Medicine" at the 4th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Europe Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr. Hieftje presented on Invite Only VR in a Webinar Hosted by SRNT
Dr. Hieftje was the first speaker of a new webinar series called "Meet the Author," hosted by the Adolescent Network for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). She discussed past and current work on Invite Only VR.