Medicine 2.0 World Congress
September 15-16, 2012 (Boston, USA)
Looking Beyond Controlled Trials: The Economics of eHealth Commercialization
September 15-16, 2012 (Boston, USA)
For more information see: www.medicine20congress.com/
15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
March 20-24, 2012 (Singapore, Malaysia)
Title: SuperUsers of online social networks. Who are they and how can they promote cessation?
For more information: wctoh2012.org
ALISE Annual Conference
January 17-20, 2012 (Dallas, Texas)
Title: A Content Analysis of an Online Support Group for People Living with Depression
For more information www.alise.org
National Conference on Tobacco or Health
November 1-3, 2011 (Toronto, Ontario)
Title: A method for identifying the impact of key contributors in online social networks (support groups)
For more information: http://www.ncth.ca
The Obesity Society 2011
October 1-5, 2011 (Orlando, Florida)
Title: A comparison of binge and non-binge eaters participating in a free internet weight loss program.
For more information: http://www.obesity.org/meetings-and-events/general-information.htm
Medicine 2.0’11
September 16-18, 2011 (Stanford University, USA)
Title: Montre à la cigarette c’est qui le boss! Using highly tailored text messages to help young adults quit smoking
For more information: http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs/index.php/med/med2011
The 2nd National Obesity Summit
April 28- May 1, 2011 (Montreal, Quebec)
Title: The relationships of the psychological influence of food and perceived barriers to lifestyle change to body mass index and to utilization of online weight loss tools
For more information: http://www.con-obesitysummit.ca/
Kettil Bruun Society's 37th Annual Epidemiology Symposium
April 11-15, 2011 (Melbourne, Australia)
Title: Using Data Mining to Uncover Binge Drinking
2011 International Society for Research on Internet Interventions
April 6-8, 2011 (Sydney, Australia)
Title: Who actively participates in social networks for smoking cessation? A cross-sectional analysis from two large web-assisted tobacco interventions (WATIs)?
For more information: http://ehub.anu.edu.au/isrii_2011/
2011 International Society for Research on Internet Interventions
April 6-8, 2011 (Sydney, Australia)
Title: Online CBT and job performance: an observational study
For more information: http://ehub.anu.edu.au/isrii_2011/
3rd mHealth Networking Conference
March 30-31, 2011 (Chicago, IL)
Title: mHealth and the Wired Generation: quitting smoking with text messages
For more information: http://www.mobih.org/meetings/
2011 SRNT Annual Meeting
February 16-19, 2011 (Toronto, CA)
Title: What kind of smokers frequently use online social networks? Demographic characteristics from SmokersHelpline.ca and StopSmokingCenter.net
For more information: http://www.srnt.org
North American Quitline Consortium's Seminar series "Asking Tough Questions and Ensuring Quitlines are Part of the Answer"
February 9th, 2011 3:30-5 pm & February 11, 2011 12:30-2pm
Title: Are innovations in web and phone technology increasing our effectiveness with Tobacco users?
For more information: http://www.naquitline.org/
Visiongain’s 5th Annual Smoking Cessation Conference
January 27-28, 2011 (London, UK)
Title: Product information, tailored programmes, social support? What smokers want when they go online
For more information: http://www.visiongain.com/
Association of the European Self-medication Industry (AESCP) Organizing Committee
November 27, 2010 (Dublin, Ireland)
Title: What is eHealth – and why should I care?
44th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Convention
November 18-21, 2010 (San Francisco, California)
Title: Look Who's Talking! Examining Online Support Group Use for a Web-Based CBT Program for Depression
44th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Convention
November 18-21, 2010 (San Francisco, California)
Title: Capturing the Characteristics of Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression Users
mHealth Summit
8-10 November, 2010 (Washington, D.C.)
Title: From Web to Text: SmokersHelpline.ca and the Integration of mHealth
For more information: http://www.mhealthsummit.org/
It Healthcare Canada Conference & Exhibition
October 4-6, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario)
Title: Canadian Cancer Society in partnership with Evolution Health Systems Inc. support smokers' cessation attempts through 24 hour accessible online content, moderated social networks and text messaging
For more information: http://www.ithealthcare.ca/
Online Social Networks and Smoking Cessation: Strategic Research Opportunities. Hosted by the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies
September 30-October 1, 2010 (Washington, DC)
Title: Intervention Approaches
For more information: http://www.legacyforhealth.org/3396.aspx
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe 2010
September 6th-9th, 2010 (Bath, United Kingdom)
Title: Factors Increasing Adherence for Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATIs): A Systematic Review
For more information: http://www.srnteurope.org/
7th International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA) Conference
September 9th-10th, 2010 (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Title: User Demographics and Utilization Patterns of an Internet-Based Brief Intervention for Problem Drinkers Before and After a Major News Event
For more information: http://www.inebria.net/Du14/html/en/dir1339/doc17916.html
Evolution Health advisor Dr. Martin Binks will be presenting at the Duke University Grand Rounds meeting
July 22nd, 2010 (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)
Title: eHealth Interventions for Weight Loss: Issues in the Wide Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions via the World Wide Web
For more information: http://psychiatry.duke.edu/modules/psych_about/index.php?id=4
International Congress on Obesity
July 11th - 15th (Stockholm, Sweden)
Title: Comparison of users of a free direct-to-the-public online weight loss program according to geographic location: United States vs. Canada
For more information: http://www.ico2010.org/
UK National Smoking Cessation Conference (UKNSCC)
June 14-15, 2010 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Title: Internet-Based Social Networking for Quitters: Can Peer-Based Support Groups Promote Cessation and Help Prevent Relapse
For more information: http://www.uknscc.org/2010_UKNSCC/intro.html
46th Annual Meeting of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)
June 9, 2010 (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Title: What is ehealth - and why should I care?
2010 World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
June 2 - 5, 2010 (Boston, MA)
Title: Understanding Attrition in Web-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
For more information: http://www.wcbct2010.org/
2010 World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
June 2 - 5, 2010 (Boston, MA)
Title: The Utility of an Online Support Group for Treatment Adherence to a Web-Based CBT for Panic Disorder
For more information:http://www.wcbct2010.org/
36th Annual Meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society
May 31-June 4, 2010 (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Title: If you build it, they won't come. Internet-based Interventions for problem drinkers and the need for consistent promotion and public awareness
For more information: http://www.kbs2010.ch/
E-Health 2010 - From Investment to Impact
May 30 - June 2, 2010 (Vancouver, BC)
Title: Empowerment through Engagement: Improving Outcomes with Tailoring, Mentorship and Social Networking
For more information: http://e-healthconference.com/
EASNA - 2010 Institute Healthy Workplace, Healthy Returns: New Approaches to Mental Health and Wellness
May 5 -7 2010 (Montreal, Quebec)
Title: Emerging Approach: Delivering Anonymous Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Depressed Employees
For more information: http://www.easna.org
2010 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Conference
Apr. 9-10, 2010 (Banff, Alberta)
Title: Demographic characteristics and self-report behaviour from users of CheckYourGambling.net: a free access Internet-Based Intervention (IBI)
For more information: http://www.abgaminginstitute.ualberta.ca/2010_conference.cfm
2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Feb. 24-27 (Baltimore, MD)
Title: Web-assisted Tobacco interventions with social networks have potential to facilitate cessation: an example from Smokers' Helpline Online
For more information: http://www.srnt.org/
2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Feb. 24-27 (Baltimore, MD)
Title: Physicians use of Facebook in the context of a Web Assisted Tobacco Intervention (WATI)
For more information: http://www.srnt.org
2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Feb. 24-27 (Baltimore, MD)
Title: Attributes of Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATIs): Emerging Best Practices for Engaging Quitters
For more information: http://www.srnt.org/>
The Agenda with Steve Paikin (TVO)
January 21, 2010 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: "Booze" - The New Health Crusade?
For more information: http://www.tvo.org/
North American Quitline Consortium
December 9 and 11, 2009 (Webinar)
Title: Web Assisted Tobacco Interventions in 2009: A Review of the Current Research Findings
Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) Organizing Committee
November 27, 2009 (Dublin, Ireland)
Title: What is eHealth - and why should I care?
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
November 19-22, 2009 (New York City, USA)
Title: Tell me about it! Content analysis of support group discussion on a web-based panic disorder treatment program
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
November 19-22, 2009 (New York City, USA)
Title: Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: Patterns of Use and Effectiveness
Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo
November 18, 2009 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Thinking Global, Acting Local: Evolution Health Partners with the Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre (CONC)
Dalla Lana School of Public Health Research Day
November 6, 2009 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Internet-Based Social Networking for Smokers: Demographics, Response Times & Content Analysis from 2,562 Quitters
6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
November 1-4, 2009 (Montreal, Canada)
Title: Web-Based Social Networking: Demographics, Response Times & Content Analysis from 2,652 Quitters
First International E-Mental Health Summit 2009
October 14-16, 2009 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Title: Smoking cessation websites: the role of social support in the evolution of WATI (web assisted tobacco interventions)
6th Conference of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA)
October 8-9, 2009 (Gateshead, UK)
Title: Translating Internet-Based Interventions for Global Access: A Success Story from the 5th Conference of INEBRIA
Medicine 2.0: Social Networking and Web 2.0 Applications in Medicine and Health
September 17 - 18, 2009 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Good Intentions and Bad Investments: EHealth and the Reality of Market Forces
35th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society
June 1-5, 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Title: Anonymous Internet-Based Interventions for Problem Drinkers: Design, Development and Dissemination
32nd Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium
September 18, 2009 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Title: Determining the Validity of Self-Reported Alcohol Dependence and Treatment Data Collected via the World Wide Web: Legitimacy, Legality and Limitations
2009 European Joint Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)
April 27-30, 2009 (Dublin, Ireland)
Title: Community-Based Support and Social Networking on the Web: Content Analysis of First Posts from 2,562 Registered Members
Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
April 22-25, 2009 (Montreal, Canada)
Title: User characteristics and utilization patterns of an ‘ad libitum’ Internet weight loss program
Responsible Gambling Council – Discovery 2009
April 19-22, 2009 (Niagara Falls, Canada)
Title: Internet-Based Interventions for Problem Gamblers: Accessible, Anonymous, Customizable and Brief
Women and Mental Health in the Workplace Conference
April 1, 2009 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Self Help Meets Social Networking
Alberta Gaming Research Institutes 8th Annual Conference
March 26-28, 2009 (Banff, Canada)
Title: Online Treatment for Addictions
The Clifford Beers Foundation and The Mental Health Commission of Canada's International Conference "Expanding our Horizons: Moving Mental Health and Wellness Promotion into the Mainstream"
March 4-6, 2009 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Internet-based screening for depression and anxiety: accessible, anonymous and brief
14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
March 8-12, 2009 (Mumbai, India)
Title: Web-Based Social and Professional Support for Smokers Trying to Quit: content analysis of first posts from 2562 members
VisionGain 2nd Annual Smoking Cessation: examining strategies for development and implementing new and existing smoking cessation therapies
January 26-27, 2009 (London, UKP
Title: Leveraging Web 2.0 technologies in smoking cessation to prevent relapse, facilitate peer support and promote adherence
Global Healthcare Alliance for Treatment of Tobacco Dependence
November 15-16, 2008 (Lisbon, Portugal)
Title: Relapse Prevention, Peer Support and Adherence: Analysis of 2562 First Posts from a Social Network on a Web-Based Tobacco Intervention (WATI)
Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
November 6-8, 2008 (Washington DC, USA)
Title: Internet and New Media as Tools to Recovery
5th International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA)
October 8-10, 2008 (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)
Title: Internet-based Interventions: Accessible, Anonymous, Customizable and Brief
Regional Consultation on the Implementation of Brief Interventions in the Americas
October 8, 2008 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Title: Brief Interventions in Canada: Increasing Reach and Promoting Access via the Internet
Medicine 2.0 Conference: Web 2.0 in Health and Medicine
September 4-5, 2008 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Moderated online social networking for smokers: Content of first posts from 2,562 members
2008 Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) / International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) Joint Scientific Meeting
June 28-July 2, 2008 (Washington D.C., USA)
Title: CheckYourDrinking.net: Six-Month Follow-Up Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
34th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS)
June 2-6, 2008 (Victoria, Canada)
Title: Delivering Interventions for Problem Drinkers via the Internet: Six-Month Follow-Up Results from A Randomized Controlled Trial of http://www.checkyourdrinking.net/
20th Annual Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) Institute
April 18, 2008 (Vancouver, Canada)
Title: Casting a Wider Net: Delivering Anonymous Employee eHealth Programs; an Employee’s Perspective
2008 Alberta Gaming Research Institute
April 4-5, 2008 (Banff, Canada)
Title: http://www.checkyourgambling.net/ An online screener based on promising pilot results
4th Conference of International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA)
November 18-19, 2007 (Belgium, Brussels)
Title: Internet-based intervention for problem drinkers: Three-month follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial of http://www.checkyourdrinking.net/
2007 Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Symposium
November 16, 2007 (York, UK)
Title: Profiles from Web 2.0: Promoting Healthy Behaviour Change and Peer Support. Demographics and usage patterns from StopSmokingCenter.net version 5.0
5th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
October 1-3, 2007 (Edmonton, Canada)
Title: Increasing Cessation Options for Clients – Integrating Telephone and Online Cessation Support
International Life Sciences Partnering Forum
September 18, 2007 (Kobe, Japan)
Title: Collaboration, Expansion and Partnerships: an overview of V-CC Systems Inc.
8th Annual International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications (HUSITA)
August 26-29, 2007 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Promoting Access to, Engagement with, and Efficacy of the Treatment of Mental Health and Addiction Problems with Web-Based Disease Management Programs
33rd Annual Harvey Stancer Research Day
June 21, 2007 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: The STOP Study (Stop Smoking Therapy for Ontario Patients): Characteristics of Ontario Smokers Enrolling using an Online Assessment Tool
33rd Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS)
June 4-8, 2007 (Budapest, Hungary)
Title: Issues in the Evaluation of Internet-based interventions for Problem Drinkers
19th Annual Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) Institute
May 10, 2007 (Atlanta, USA)
Title: Integrated Online Employee-Based eHealth: Execution, Evaluation and Effectiveness
Alcohol Policy Network
February 28, 2007 10:00 am – 11 am EST (Teleconference)
Title: The Alcohol Help Centre: an online tool for problem drinkers and clinicians
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's (SRNT) 13th Annual Meeting
February 24, 2007 (Austin, USA)
Title: Urges To Smoke Reduced When Amount Of Drinking Is Reduced: Three-month Follow-up of http://www.stopsmokingcenter.net/
Ontario Tobacco Control Conference (OTCC) 2006 - Investing in Social Change
December 4-6, 2006 (Niagara Falls, Canada)
Title: Smokers' Helpline Online - Cessation Support via the Internet
2006 Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Symposium
November 2-3, 2006 (York, UK)
Title: Online Support Groups as Social Support Networks for Problem Drinkers: an Example from AlcoholHelpCentre.net
International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA)
October 26-27, 2006 (Lisbon, Portugal)
Title: Improving the Implementation of Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions
Mednet 2006: 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine
October 13-20, 2006 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Helping Quitters When and Where they Need it Most? Challenges and Learnings in Building and Growing the Canadian Cancer Society's Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention "Smokers Helpline Online"
13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
July 12-15 2006 (Washington, USA)
Title: Access Patterns and Demographic Characteristics from 418 Enrollees of an Employer Based Web-Assisted Smoking Cessation Program
13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
July 12-15 2006 (Washington, USA)
Title: Integrated Online Services for Smokers and Drinkers? Use of the Check Your Drinking Assessment Screener by Participants of StopSmokingCenter.net
32nd Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium
May 29 - June 2, 2006 (Maastricht, the Netherlands)
Title: Determining the Validity of Self-Reported Alcohol Dependence and Treatment Data Collected via the World Wide Web: Legitimacy, Legality and Limitations
2005 Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Symposium
17-18 November, 2005 (York, UK)
Title: Improved Online Personalized Assessment and Feedback for Problem Drinkers
Critical Issues in eHealth Research Conference
9 June, 2005 (Bethesda, USA)
Title: Co-Morbidity of Mood and Anxiety Disorders among 750 Registrants of an Online Smoking Cessation Program
Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada 2005 Conference
27-29 May, 2005 (Markham, Canada)
Title: Increasing the availability of effective treatments: Internet-based Treatment
2005 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
4-6 May, 2005 (Chicago, USA)
Title: Moderated Internet Support Groups: High Reach, Accessible & Cost Effective
7th Annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco European Conference
20-23 March, 2005 (Prague, Czech Republic)
Title: Perceived Barriers to Quitting Smoking by 759 Online Smokers
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting
18-21 February, 2004 (Scottsdale, USA)
Title: Smoking Cessation Support Groups: The Future of Self-Help?
Web Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI) Workshop
18-24 January, 2004 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Challenges in Collecting Data for Web-Based Smoking Cessation Research
37th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behaviour Therapy Annual Conference
20-23 December, 2003 (Boston, USA)
Title: Continuous Abstinence, Slips and Relapse for 1,238 Users of a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Program
2003 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
10-12 December, 2003 (Boston, USA)
Title: Web assisted smoking cessation: high reach, sustainable and effective
2003 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
10-12 December, 2003 (Boston, USA)
Title: Systems Approach to Clinical Interventions with Pregnant Smokers (PREGNETS)
29th Annual Harvey Stancer Research Day
19 June, 2003 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: Web-Based Smoking Cessation: A Population Based Approach to Behaviour Change
12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
3-8 August, 2003 (Helsinki, Finland)
Title: Web-Based Smoking Cessation: Reach and Quit Rates
Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada (ADAC) National Conference
29-31 March, 2003 (Toronto, Ontario)
Title: Web-Based Collaborative Disease Management for Anxiety Disorders
The Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education (CHIME)
24 March, 2003 (London, UK)
Title: Web-Based Collaborative Disease Management and Health Behaviour Change
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting
19-21 February, 2003 (New Orleans, USA)
Title: Web-Based smoking cessation: Quit Rates of 4644 smokers
3rd National Conference on Tobacco or Health
3 December, 2002 (Ottawa, Canada)
Title: Web-Based smoking cessation: Demographics and Cessation History of 4,644 Program Registrants
2002 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
19-21 November, 2002 (San Francisco, USA)
Title: Demographic Characteristics, Cessation History and Stages of Change Status among Users of a Web-based Smoking Cessation Program