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BBICen Programs & Events
BBICen Presents at the CU Innovations Showcase Expo Event. 10/4/2024
On October 4th, 2024, BBICen pillar leaders Allison Dempsey (Technology) and Tiffany Love (Care Re-Design) participated in the CU Innovations Showcase Expo to highlight BBICen's many exciting initiatives. They were joined by Clint Carlson (Director of Educational Technology) to demonstrate his Social-Emotional Avatar Simulations, which aim to promote better public health communication and education.
The showcase was part of the President’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative hosted by the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, which aimed to leverage systemwide innovation and entrepreneurship to generate substantial real-world impact. The showcase featured over 35 CU innovators and their groundbreaking work. The event also included in-depth presentations from each campus, a panel on how innovation shapes Colorado’s future, and breakout discussions on topics like quantum AI, community resilience, aging, health care, workforce development, and higher education.
During his keynote address, CU President Todd Saliman highlighted CU's role in Colorado’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, emphasizing the university's unique position to connect with labs, startups, and industries across the state. The event attracted hundreds of attendees from the CU and broader communities, including U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez and Colorado State Rep. Eliza Hamrick.
BBICen info showcased at the Expo.
An Example of Clint Carlson’s Social-Emotional Avatar Simulation.
Telehealth and Technology Advances for Mental Health Care | 08/17/2023
A Collaboration between BBICen, the Arizona Telemedicine Program, and the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center, the Telehealth and Technology Advances for Mental Health Care was held at the Anschutz Health Science Building (AHSB) on August 2023. This meeting included a number of local speakers as well as a keynote lecture by John Torous, MD, who is Director of Digital Psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at the Harvard School of Medicine.
This live activity is designed to inform Colorado healthcare professionals about innovations in telehealth technology and practice, including identification of settings and patient populations in which the technology is superior, equal or inferior to conventional practice and implementation approaches and tools for mental health treatment using telehealth. Specific topics include key telehealth policy issues for the state of Colorado, applications and remote mental health technology, XR simulations, AI in practice, and videoconferencing issues.
Presenters
- Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD, FATA
- John Torous, MD, MBI
- Neill Epperson, MD
- Michael Allen, MD
- Allison Dempsey, PhD
- Mat Mishkind, PhD
- Clint Carlson, MS
- Joel Stoddard, MD
- Jay Shore, MD
Sponsors
- Colorado University Department of Psychiatry Office of Innovations
- Southwest Telehealth Resource Center
- Arizona Telemedicine Program
The learning objectives for the meeting were 4-fold:
- Apply tele-mental health best practices in the clinical integration of telehealth services as applicable.
- Recognize how to implement tele-mental health in a way that promote equitable access to care.
- Utilize telemedicine technologies to provide mental healthcare services to a range of patients mixing different technologies and platforms.
- Differentiate strengths and limitations to applying telemental health in various clinical scenarios.
Brain and Behavior Innovation Center Contact
Tereza Guedes, PhD : BBICen Innovations Program Manager
Rosalia Lotspeich, MA : Program Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
University of Colorado
Anschutz Health and Sciences Building
1890 N Revere Ct. Suite 4003
Mail Stop F546
Aurora CO 80045