Bri­an Wallace

Pio­neer­ing the Future of Men­tal Health­care: Lever­ag­ing Research in Emerg­ing Dig­i­tal Tech­nolo­gies and Com­pu­ta­tion­al Psychiatry

Abstract

Inno­v­a­tive dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and AI-dri­ven solu­tions in Com­pu­ta­tion­al Psy­chi­a­try and relat­ed dis­ci­plines offer trans­for­ma­tive pos­si­bil­i­ties for rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing men­tal health­care access and deliv­ery. These emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies pro­vide per­son­al­ized men­tal health solu­tions, neces­si­tat­ing rig­or­ous research to estab­lish their safe­ty, effec­tive­ness, and engage­ment. To ful­ly har­ness the poten­tial of these advance­ments, robust mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary research sup­port­ing safe data man­age­ment, clin­i­cal effi­ca­cy, and health eco­nom­ic out­comes is para­mount. This lev­el of evi­dence instils con­fi­dence among health­care providers, dri­ving adop­tion and paving the way for reg­u­la­to­ry approval. Rec­og­niz­ing the indis­pens­able role of applied research in shap­ing the future of men­tal health­care, the talk will explore col­lab­o­ra­tive efforts and strate­gic research part­ner­ships to unlock the full poten­tial of com­pu­ta­tion­al Psy­chi­a­try and ush­er in a new era of per­son­al­ized val­ue-based care solutions.

Biog­ra­phy

Dr. Bri­an E. Wal­lace is Co-founder and Chief Med­ical Offi­cer at Calm­sie Ther­a­peu­tics, Inc., a Dig­i­tal Ther­a­peu­tics com­pa­ny spe­cial­is­ing in children’s men­tal health. Dr. Wal­lace is a licensed physi­cian, holds a PhD in addic­tion psy­chi­a­try, and an MBA in Health Care Man­age­ment. He has spent the last decade iden­ti­fy­ing needs in the glob­al health­care mar­ket­place to cre­ate val­ue-based health­care solu­tions. Dr. Wal­lace is cur­rent­ly work­ing to improve access to high qual­i­ty children’s men­tal health care through the use of fun and engag­ing ther­a­peu­tic video games and inter­ac­tive videobots. His team at Calm­sie will soon val­i­date their lat­est project, “Mis­sion Amyg­dala”, a DTx gam­ing plat­form for chil­dren with depres­sion and anxiety.