There are several practicalities of using emerging technologies to address elderly loneliness and its implications and adaptations to the outbreak of coronavirus. In this webinar, we discuss literature and examples from the experts we have to work on understanding the psychology and combatting loneliness among the elderly communities.
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If it took under a week to deploy COVID-19 contact tracing software deployment at each of the sites being highlighted — including at Los Angeles County Fire, with 6000+ personnel under coverage — could other workplaces benefit from such an exposure tracking approach?
Humankind has never had a more urgent task than creating broad immunity for COVID 19. Harvard in Tech Seattle presents COVID-19 Vaccine & Treatment with Dr Sebastian Sorsaburu, Dr Lorence Kim, Dr Aysu Uygur, Dr Tarun Gupta, Libby Page, Dr Rhiju Das, Roger Hackett, Mahenoor Yusuf.
Join the video discussion with Dr. Amy Mezulis, a Harvard Alum, Co-Founder & Chief Psychologist at UpLift, which is a mobile app-based model for mental health care, designed specifically for youth and young adults. Dr. Mezulis is also Professor and Department Chair of Clinical Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. In this video we will explore how to maintain mental health during COVID 19 pandemic.
The unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe has resulted in increased demand for telemedicine solutions. Social distancing and lockdown implementation by several countries as a preventive measure to curb the pandemic. The impact of COVID 19 led us to explore with six distinguished panelists – is telemedicine is the future of healthcare?
Where do we get the moral strength to deal with an ambiguous and isolating crisis? How can the world’s religious, spiritual, and ethical traditions help us at this time ― not only in terms of mental health, but how can we also bring out the best, bravest, most loving and helpful parts of ourselves in the midst of fear, exhaustion, anger, and grief?
Join the COVID Foundation and Harvard in Tech for a webinar featuring prominent religious and nonreligious leaders in the Harvard community, including a diverse group of Harvard Chaplains, an inspiring mindfulness teacher, and the current President of Harvard College’s Interfaith student fellowship.
COVID-19: Alone and Afraid
May 05, 2020
In this webinar, Dr. Eduardo Vadia, Dr. Saurin Patel, and Dr. Padmaja Reddy addresses the challenges of isolation during hospitalization for COVID-19 patients.
oin the video discussion with Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix, a fellow Harvard Alum on reopening the economy during COVID 19 pandemic. We explore what are the precautions needed to re-open the economy, what kind of support needed in city, state and fed. level, and also with the changes how do we prepare ahead for technology infrastructure and services needed.
What’s Next?: Technology & Social Changes Post-Pandemic
April 29, 2020
Experts predict that COVID-19 will change the way we live – some moderately, others dramatically. Many of those changes are intrinsically related to the use of technology and tech leadership. But what are those changes and how can we stay ahead?
In this webinar, we discuss the impact of the coronavirus in technology, markets, business, and culture. Looking at current events such as Zoom’s security issues, Apple & Google’s partnership on contact tracing, corporate responses and the paradigms of working from home, we deep dive into growing technologies that were booming before the crisis such as AI and review potential shifts. Finally, we discuss how to be prepared for the months ahead and predict the needs of consumers and companies with the growing demand for technology infrastructure and services.
Genoa Telepsychiatry’s EVP & GM, Samir Malik, joins us to shed light on the power that telepsychiatry wields in closing access gaps for underserved patient populations during times of crisis like these, and within our broader healthcare system.