Speakers
- David Ahern, PhD
- Cheryl B. Aspy, MEd, PhD
- Ron Brooks
- Michael Campo
- Michael Cohen
- Helen Evans
- Laurie Fitzpatrick
- Pam Johnson, PhD
- Leland Kaiser, PhD
- Leanne Kaiser Carlson
- Kim Kelly
- Penelope J. Klein, PT, EdD
- Christine R. Klotz, MHA
- Kate Lorig, RN, DrPH.
- Patrick McCabe
- Doriane Miller
- Larry E. Morrissey, Jr. MD
- Robert Morrow, MD
- Michael Parkinson MD, MPH
- George Rapier, MD
- Mark Redding, MD
- Deborah Rose, PhD
- Christine Rutan
- Dennis P. Scanlon, PhD
- Sarah Shih
- Gurdev Singh, MScEng, PhD
- Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, FACPM
- Howard R. Underwood, MD/MBA, FSA, MAAA
- Patricia Watson
David Ahern, PhD
Health e-Technologies Initiative - Brigham & Women's Hospital
David K. Ahern, Ph.D., is the National Program Director of the Health e-Technologies Initiative, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program office based at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston (Partners Health Care System). Dr. Ahern also is Assistant Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry) at Harvard Medical School. From 1992-2000, Dr. Ahern was the founder and director of the Behavioral Medicine Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) wherein he provided clinical care, mentoring of interns and residents, clinical research, and consultative services. Dr. Ahern transferred his primary hospital appointment from MGH to the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2000 to continue his collaborative research program with Arthur Barsky, MD within the Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Ahern has had a distinguished career in clinical research in behavioral medicine and the development of behaviorally based, eHealth applications for health promotion and chronic disease management. He has published over 75 original articles in the areas of chronic pain, psychosocial aspects of musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular behavioral medicine, and eHealth research. He has held investigator roles on numerous research grants and contracts funded by multiple agencies including the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Ahern also holds the position of Senior Scientist Consultant for Abacus Management Technologies based in Rhode Island.