1. JANUARY 20, 2015 SANDRA FOSTER, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Positive Psychology and Coaching Dr. Foster earned her doctorate in psychology at Stanford and was on the Stanford faculty and Adjunct faculty for seven years. She is currently the author of a positive psychology and coaching book and is on the faculty of the College of Executive Coaching where she teaches and co- directs a tele-class in positive psychology that is open to mental health professionals. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

2. FEBRUARY 3, 2015 FRED LUSKIN, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Forgiveness Skills for Mental Health Professionals Fred Luskin, Ph.D., is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford University, and a professor at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, as well as an affiliate faculty member of the Greater Good Science Center. He is the author of Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness (HarperSanFrancisco, 2001) and Stress Free for Good: Ten Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness(HarperSanFrancisco, 2005), with Kenneth Pelletier, Ph.D.Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

3. FEBRUARY 17, 2015 MARCELLA COX, MS A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Self-Compassion and Resilience I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified yoga instructor (RYT) and mindful self- compassion (MSC) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) instructor. I earned my MS in Clinical Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur, and received specialized training in eating disorders through the Association of Professional Treating Eating Disorders. I have worked in schools and community health organizations, and have experience working with adults, adolescents and children with eating disorders, weight and body image issues; anxiety and mood disorders; relationship issues; life transitions; stress-related issues; and other related mental health issues. To support clients in their healing, my focus is the dynamic connection between mind, body, and spirit. I use a holistic and integrative approach to help clients cultivate healthier relationships with themselves and other people. I assist clients in learning to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions, develop the capacity to accept themselves, nurture compassion for themselves and awaken inner strength and flexibility to make healthier choices in their lives. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

4. MARCH 3, 2015 TONI HEINEMAN, DMH A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Hope for Foster Children and Adolescents Toni Vaughn Heineman, DMH, is the founder and Executive Director of A Home Within. She is Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in Psychiatry and has been in private practice in San Francisco, working with adults, children, and families for over 30 years. Dr. Heineman consults with individuals and organizations. She is the author of several articles focused on psychotherapy with children and has made numerous presentations to lay and professional audiences about the mental health issues facing children and parents. She authored An Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment and co- edited Building A Home Within: Meeting the Emotional Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care. She has been awarded a Leadership Fellowship from Zero to Three, a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellowship, a Social Entrepreneur Award from the Manhattan Institute, the national Jefferson Award for outstanding public service, and the 2008 Civic Ventures Purpose Prize, given to social entrepreneurs over the age of 60. An Abused ChildBuilding A Home Within POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

5. MARCH 17, 2015 JOHN RETTGER, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Positive Psychology, Transcendence, and Art John is a clinical researcher and lab manager in the Stanford University Early Life Stress Research Program, where he is accruing post-doctoral research and clinical psychology training hours. John's current research is focused on developing mindfulness and yoga-based wellness programs for youth, teachers and mental health and wellness professionals. John received a PhD in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

6. APRIL 7, 2015 STEPHANIE EVANS, PHD JOHN RETTGER, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Windover Contemplative Center John is a clinical researcher and lab manager in the Stanford University Early Life Stress Research Program, where he is accruing post- doctoral research and clinical psychology training hours. John's current research is focused on developing mindfulness and yoga- based wellness programs for youth, teachers and mental health and wellness professionals. John received a PhD in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA. INSERT STEPH BIO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

7. APRIL 21, 2015 KRISTIN LAYOUS, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Recent Research in the Study of Happiness Broadly, I am interested in using psychology to improve people's lives. Thus far, this interest has led me to explore (in collaboration with my doctoral advisor, Sonja Lyubomirsky at the University of California, Riverside) the processes by which people can become happier through engaging in simple positive activities (e.g., expressing gratitude or performing kind acts). More recently, I have investigated (in collaboration with my postdoc advisors, Tom Robinson and Geoff Cohen at Stanford University) the ways in which simple psychological interventions (e.g., self-affirmation) can reduce negative stereotypes surrounding obesity and improve persistence in weight loss efforts. Starting fall quarter of 2015, I will be an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, East Bay. I am excited to start this new journey and continue my ongoing research projects. Currently, I am interested in exploring the complex nature of gratitude--how it may be simultaneously uplifting and slightly uncomfortable. In addition, I am interested in how and why positive activities boost happiness, as well as under what conditions they work. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

8. MAY 5, 2015 EMILIANA SIMON THOMAS, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu The Neurobiology of Relationships Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center, where she oversees the GGSC’s Expanding Gratitude project.Expanding Gratitude Emiliana earned her doctorate in Cognition Brain and Behavior at UC Berkeley. Her dissertation used behavioral and neuroscience methods to examined how negative states like fear and aversion influence thinking and decision-making. During her postdoc, Emiliana transitioned to studying pro-social states like love of humanity, compassion, and awe. From there, Emiliana served as Associate Director/Senior Scientist at CCARE (the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University), focusing on how compassion benefits health, well-being, and psychosocial functioning. Today, Emiliana’s work spotlights the science that connects health and happiness to social affiliation, caregiving, and collaborative relationships, as she continues to examine the potential for – as well as the benefits of – living a more meaningful life. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

9. JUNE 2, 2015 CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN EDUCATION A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, Ph.D. sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, M.D. Sanno Zack, Ph.D. elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Meditation in Schools San Francisco School District Programs Laurent Valosek is the Executive Director and co- founder of The Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education (CWAE). Mr. Valosek is responsible for developing the strategies used in CWAE programs as well as building the organization that implements these programs. Mr. Valosek comes to CWAE from a 25-year career in Silicon Valley as a high tech entrepreneur, CEO, and strategy consultant. He has a long-standing interest in the role of human development as it relates to health, education, organizational effectiveness, and social transformation. He has conducted NIH-funded research on meditation and heart health at the West Oakland Health Center and ADHD research with middle school students in the Albany Unified School District. Noah Schechtman is the Director of Programs for CWAE and is responsible for all the day-to-day operations in schools and community locations. Noah has been working with CWAE since 2007 in a variety of roles of increasing scope, and has used his experience in the field to help develop the CWAE Quiet Time program to where it is today. He was the site leader for Visitacion Valley Middle School from 2009 to 2011 and at Burton High School from 2011 to 2013, before becoming Program Director in 2014. Watch their great video: bit.ly/CWAEVideobit.ly/CWAEVideo Readings (click through to the pdf): bit.ly/DMNTranscendental bit.ly/AQuietTransformation bit.ly/MeditationCategories POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

10. JUNE 16, 2015 A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Greg Hicks Author: international best-sellers, How We Choose to Be Happy (1999) and Happiness & Health (2009) Mayo Clinic research program: “Resilience for Physicians” draws on early findings of nine choices proven to lead to good health, higher quality of life, and emotional health. The Foster-Hicks team works with Northern California School Districts Greg has dedicated the last 20 years of his life to studying people and organizations who thrive. As an internationally recognized pioneer in the fields of happiness and health, his acclaimed research has taken him to all seven continents and over 60 countries. He is on the faculties of the American Hospital Association’s Fellowship Programs and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. For over 20 years he has worked extensively with patients struggling with chronic disease and has run programs on empowerment with middle and high school students. Optional Pre-seminar Reading: review fosterhicks.comfosterhicks.com POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Happiness, Resiliency, and Self-Efficacy

11. JULY 7, 2015 CAROLE PERTOFSKY, M.ED A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Well-Being: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability Carole Pertofsky is the Director of Stanford’s Wellness and Health Promotion Services where she is responsible for overseeing programs and courses related to student health and prevention. Her areas of expertise are positive psychology, happiness and well- being, and resilience. She co-founded Stanford's first class on the Psychology of Happiness and teaches courses that include the art and science of compassion, emotional intelligence, work/life balance and stress management. She provides groups for individuals living with illness and other life challenges. Carole is a professional consultant, leadership coach, national speaker, and seminar leader. Pre-Seminar Activity: Complete the VIA signature strengths survey at authentichappiness.org (instructions in email). See optional video at bit.ly/salzmanbreathe authentichappiness.org bit.ly/salzmanbreathe POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

12. JULY 21, 2015 KARL DEISSEROTH MD, PH.D. A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday 8:30 am Meet in front of the Psychiatry Department. 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Optogenetics brain research: hope for mental health Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, Stanford Departments of Psychiatry and Bioengineering, is both a research neuroscientist and practicing clinician who has a strong interest in understanding brain science and mental health. A member of the Obama BRAIN Initiative, he is recognized for his innovative work in optogenetics, a method for genetically modifying and controlling neurons with light. The research and clinical work of Dr. Deisseroth have implications for the treatment of illnesses such as depression, addiction, schizophrenia, anxiety, Alzheimer’s Disease, and PTSD. Dr. Deiseroth works with optogenetics and CLARITY, a technology he developed for imaging the tangle of cells and nerve fibers of the brain – a neuroscience method that the Director of NIMH called one of the most important in decades. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

13. SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 JIM DOTY, MD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Tuesday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 1206 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Courage and Resilience: A Life Story Dr. Doty is the founding director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), as well as a neurosurgeon and Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford. Dr. Doty has collaborated on a number of research projects studying: 1) the CCARE-developed compassion cultivation training in individuals, 2)assessment of compassionate and altruistic judgment utilizing implanted brain electrodes, and 3) the use of optogenetic techniques to assess nurturing pathways in rodents. Presently, he is developing collaborative research projects to assess the effect of compassion training on immunologic and other physiologic determinates of health, mentoring as a method of instilling compassion in students, and compassion training to decrease pain. After growing up in challenging conditions, Jim Doty went on to a successful career as a doctor, inventor, and entrepreneur, eventually donating nearly $30 million to charity. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Interviewed by Dr. Victor Carrion

14. OCTOBER 5, 2015 ROBERT EMMONS, PH.D. A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 3200 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Sanno Zack, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Gratitude Research and Practice Robert Emmons is Professor of Psychology at UC Davis where he has taught since 1988. He is the author of nearly 200 original publications in peer ‑ reviewed journals or chapters and has written or edited five books, including The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns (Guilford Press), The Psychology of Gratitude (Oxford University Press), Thanks! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier (Houghton-Mifflin) and Gratitude Works! A Twenty-One Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity (Jossey-Bass). A leader in the positive psychology movement, Dr. Emmons is founding editor and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology. He is Past-President of the American Psychological Association’s Division 36, The Psychology of Religion. His research focuses on the psychology of gratitude and thankfulness in both adults and youth, and how they are related to human flourishing. His interests also include the psychology and spirituality of joy and grace as they relate to human flourishing. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

15. NOVEMBER 2, 2015 RICARDO F. MUÑOZ, PH.D. A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Of MOOCs and MOOIs: Let’s Use Massive Open Online Interventions to Prevent Depression Worldwide Ricardo F. Muñoz is a depression prevention and treatment researcher and professor and founding Director of the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health) at Palo Alto University. From 1977 to 2012, he was professor of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital, where he founded the Spanish/English Depression Clinic, which recently celebrated its 30 th anniversary. He was a founding member of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions and is a member of the Global Consortium for Depression Prevention. He has written extensively on the prevention of depression and argues that now that we have evidence that clinical depression can be prevented, we have an ethical obligation to develop, evaluate, and disseminate preventive interventions worldwide. His talk will describe the progression of his research program and the proof-of-concept studies that have led to his advocacy for using MOOIs to prevent depression. i4Health Website: i4health.paloaltou.edu/i4health.paloaltou.edu/ POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

16. DECEMBER 7, 2015 VICKI ZAKRZEWSKI, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Social-emotional Learning: Laying the Foundation for a Meaningful Life A conversation with Dr. Travis Bradley Vicki Zakrzewski is the education director of the Greater Good Science Center. Her articles (GGSC Magazine, Huffington Post, Edutopia, and ASCD’s Educational Leadership), talks, workshops, and GGSC Summer Institute for Educators around the world provide science- based ideas for promoting the social and emotional well-being of students, teachers, and administrators, as well as methods for creating positive school cultures. Recent consulting work for incorporating the life-enhancing science of compassion, empathy, gratitude, awe, and other social-emotional skills includes: Futures Without Violence, the Mind and Life Institute (of which she is a fellow), the Jim Henson Company on a new television show for preschoolers, the International School of Brussels on the Common Ground Collaborative character curriculum, and Pixar/Disney on The Emotions Survival Guide—a follow-up book for children based on the movie Inside Out. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

17. JANUARY 4, 2016 SANDRA FOSTER, PH.D. A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Extreme Self-Care for Those who Work Extremely Hard You know that you work very diligently in your role at Stanford. You may have little time for yourself and might wish you could find ways to relax or enjoy leisure activities more often. On January 5 you are invited to come hear about a novel approach to creating healthy practices aimed at enhancing your well-being and your capacity for ‘going off the grid’ more often. Dr. Foster will describe the empirical research that underpins this model for change and why it may be more effective than New Year’s resolutions in establishing habits you WANT to create. There will be an opportunity to practice the steps in this approach. Come prepared. Have in mind what behavior you desire to have happen more often in your life. A handout and reference list will be distributed. Primary sources are the popular book, The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg; 2014) and the more academically oriented volume, Will Power (Roy F. Baumeister, Ph.D., and John Tierney; 2011). Dr. Foster also recently co-authored Positive Psychology in Coaching: Applying Science to Executive and Personal Coaching. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

18. FEBRUARY 1, 2016 MATTHEW WILSON SMITH, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room 2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Connecting the Arts and Neuroscience Matthew Wilson Smith has previously held professorships at Boston University and Cornell University as well as visiting positions at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (Mainz) and Columbia University. His interests include modern theatre and performance, modernism and mass media, and relations among technology, science, and the arts. His book The Total Work of Art: From Bayreuth to Cyberspace (2007) presents a history and theory of the Gesamtkunstwerk in relation to technology and mass culture, placing such diverse figures as Wagner, Moholy-Nagy, Brecht, Riefenstahl, Disney, Warhol, and contemporary cyber-artists within a genealogy of totalizing performance. He is also the editor of Georg Büchner: The Major Works, which appeared as a Norton Critical Edition in 2011. His current book project explores historical intersections between the performing arts and the neurological sciences and examines the construction of a “neural subject” over the course of the nineteenth century. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

19. MARCH 7, 2016 ALISON DARCY, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room #2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: How technology is reshaping behavioral and mental health care As a scientist, I am interested in building an evidence base that informs the development, adoption and implementation of internet and mobile health behavior change applications in mental health care. Particularly exciting is the potential these technologies offer for individualized medicine and targeted prevention and/or treatment. To date I have pioneered the use of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms for clinical training in eating disorders and am testing it in an NIH funded trial. Early in my research career, I built the first Internet-delivered support group for people with Eating Disorders in Europe. Currently I am exploring the feasibility of offering internet-delivered guided self-help to parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa. The neurocognitive profile of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and bulimic spectrum eating disorders is a strong research interest. Our lab has pioneered this work with a view to elucidating the neurocognitive effect of length of illness on cognitive flexibility and central coherence. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

20. APRIL 4, 2016 STACY BARE, DIRECTOR OF SIERRA CLUB MISSION OUTDOORS A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room #2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Research issues in recovery and benefits of nature Stacy Bare is a climber, mountaineer, and skier. He consults with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley on evaluation of programs designed to increase the mental health benefits of experiences in nature for veterans and youth. Climbing helped Stacy recover from Post-Traumatic Stress and readjustment issues from a year in Baghdad as a Civil Affairs Team Leader in the US Army. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star for merit and a combat action badge in Baghdad as well as being named one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year for 2014. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

21. MAY 2, 2016 KAREN PARKER, PHD A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Room #2213 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Oxytocin and Socioemotional Health The core interest that guides the Parker Lab Social Neurosciences Research Program is to understand the biological underpinnings of typical and atypical social behavior. This interest is manifested in studies of biological signaling pathways (e.g., oxytocin, vasopressin) that support species-typical social functioning in animals, and how alterations in these systems produce social impairments in primate models and in patients with autism. Our research also tests the effectiveness of promising new medications to enhance social functioning in socially impaired monkeys and in children with autism. POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

22. JUNE 6, 2016 VIRTUAL HUMAN INTERACTION LAB A Seminar Series Related to Personal and Professional Life Monday, Noon (12:00-1:00pm) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford, CA 94305 Light lunch provided Course Contact: Stephanie Evans, PhD sevans@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Victor Carrion, MD Elizabeth Reichert, PhD elsrp.stanford.edu Topic: Avenues to health through virtual reality POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE