Presentations

San Mateo County Office of Education and the Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities in San Mateo have partnered with the Bay Area Urban Area Securities Initiative to host a day-long School Safety Symposium. The symposium will include various prevention strategies for schools, partner agencies, and families to help decrease bullying, increase student and school connectedness and help parents/families connect on and offline with their students. Dr. Rich will join our colleagues from NAMLE to discuss how young people can have positive experiences in online spaces and how families and educators can support kids’ online safety.

Dr. Michael Rich will give a talk to educators on how children are developing in concert with modern technology and media.

Dr. Mike Tsappis of the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID) will present on the clinics worth to families and social workers.

Dr. Rich will be presenting at Grand Rounds about Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU) and the work he and his colleagues do at the BCH Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID).

Dr. Rich will be presenting alongside Dr. Erica Lee and Dr. David Urion at this virtual session on pediatric mental health, sponsored by Reckitt and designed for pediatric resident.

Dr. Michael Rich will deliver a virtual presentation to parents & educators in NYC entitled Nurturing a Healthy, Smart, and Kind Child in a Sea of Screens.

Dr. Michael Rich will deliver a virtual presentation to parents & educators in NYC entitled Is This Screen Addiction or the “New Normal”?

Dr. Bickham will be presenting psychiatry grand rounds to faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students from across departments at Brookdale Medical Center on the topic of “From Instagram to Internet Addiction: Adolescent Mental Health in the Digital Age”.

Dr. Rich will be meeting with families and students in the Hampden-Wilbraham schools in person, leading a discussion about healthy, positive online behaviors and digital media use.

Dr. Michael Rich will discuss the complexities of screen media for you at the International Conference on the Promotion of Digital Wellbeing in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dr. Michael Rich will join a panel at Reckitt in Boston, MA.

Dr. Michael Rich will be discussing Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU) with grantees of the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

The Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine is holding its annual post-graduate course and Dr. Rich will be discussing Problematic Interactive Media Use in person with attendees here in Boston.

Dr. Michael Rich will discuss Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU) cases with clinicians from Boston Children’s Hospital’s Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine.

Drs. Michael Carter, David Bickham, and Michael Rich will present on their latest research at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication.

Lab team members Dr. Zhiying (Zoey) Yue, Dr. David Bickham, Libby Hunt, Sam Schwamm, and Dr. Michael Rich will present on their latest research at the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication.

Dr. Michael Rich will present to tech and marketing leaders at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

Dr. David Bickham will go through the latest research on how kids are interacting with the new AI technologies.

Dr. Michael Rich will give a talk on how online platforms are affecting youth wellbeing to tech leadership at TikTok.

Dr. Rich will be meeting with high school students engaged in the Waters Student Academy, a five-week STEM immersion program hosted by the Waters Corporation. They will be discussing the Lab’s research about digital wellness topics.

Dr. Rich will be presenting at an evening convening hosted by the Digital Citizenship Project and Keter, discussing healthy and respectful interactive media use.

Dr. Michael Rich will give a presentation at the Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea.

Ipswich Aware and the Gloucester Regional Youth Prevention Network are hosting an evening presentation for families to help them understand and guide their children about safe, healthy media and technology use. Dr. Rich will lead an interactive presentation addressing the issue in a balanced, evidence-based, and compassionate way.

Presented by Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Health Physicians are hosting this CME course designed to meet the healthcare clinical provider’s desire for enhanced knowledge and improved competence in caring for patients with common pediatric problems combined with updates on cutting edge technology. Dr. Rich will present a session on Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU). Learn more and register!

Join Drs. Michael Rich, Michael Tsappis, David Bickham, Erica Lee, and Jason Fogler, along with Social Worker Kathy Cooney, LICSW, from Boston Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Rebecca Robbins, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in a full-day discussion about various facets of PIMU, including sleep, neurodiversity, parenting, identification and treatment, and case discussions. This six-credit bearing course is ideal for all practitioners – including doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists, and counselors – seeking to add to their toolbox for addressing media and tech use with their patients and their families. Learn more and register!

Lab founder Dr. Michael Rich presents to parents and families on Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU).

Lab director Dr. Michael Rich presents to parents and families on how to think about digital wellness.

The Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich joins a panel discussing civility for Media Literacy Week from the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE).

Dr. Rich will be sharing about Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU) topics with staff from the Stamford Health Medical Home Initiative, whose work is focused on providing care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs.

Dr. Michael Rich presents about Problematic Interactive Media Use (PIMU) to clinicians from the Martha Eliot Health Center.

Lab founder and director Dr. Michael Rich presents to parents and families from the Dexter Southfield school in Brookline, MA on digital wellness topics.

Dr. Rich will be presenting virtually to a parents’ group addressing balanced and healthy use of interactive media.

Lab founder Dr. Michael Rich travels to Nashville, TN to talk about the Lab’s work to professionals from Meta.

Dr. Rich will be giving a live presentation titled Feed Your Head: Adolescents’ Screen Media Use and Positive/Negative Effects on Health at the 33rd Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference. Learn more

Lab Research Librarian Kaitlin Tiches takes part in a panel on addiction for Medfield High School.