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In our ongoing effort to improve the efficacy of our healthcare technologies, Evolution's Scientific Advisors, and our clients and partners continually analyze and assess cumulative data from our software applications. If you would like to receive notification of our presentations, or reprints of our publications please click here.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Selby, P., van Mierlo, T. Voci, S., Parent, D., & Cunningham, J.A. (2010). Online Social and Professional Support for Smokers Trying to Quit: An Exploration of First Time Posts from 2,562 Members. J Med Internet Res, 12(3):e34.

Binks, M., & van Mierlo, T. (2010). Utilization Pattersn and User Characteristics of an Ad Libitum Internet Weight Loss Program. J Med Internet Res, 12(1):e9.

Cunningham, J.A., Wild, C., Cordingley, J., van Mierlo, T., & Humphreys, K. (2010). Twelve month follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial of a brief personalized feedback intervention for problem drinkers. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 45: 247-251.

Cunningham, J. A. (2009). Internet Evidence-Based Treatments. In P. M. Miller (Ed.), Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment (pp. 379-397). Burlington: Academic Press.

Cunningham, J. A., & van Mierlo, T. (2009). The check your Cannabis Screener: A new online personalized feedback tool. The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 3, 39-43.

Cunningham, J.A., Wild, T.C., Cordingley, J., van Mierlo, T., & Humphreys, K. (2009). A randomized controlled trial of an internet-based intervention for alcohol abusers. Addiction, 104(12), 2023-2032.

Cunningham, J. A., & van Mierlo, T. (2009). Methodological issues in the evaluation of Internet-based interventions for problem drinking. Drug and Alcohol Review, 28, 12-17.

Farvolden, P., Cunningham, J.A., van Mierlo, T., & Selby P. (2009). Using E-health programs to overcome barriers to the effective treatment of mental health and addiction problems. Journal of Technology and Human Services, 27(1).

Cunningham, J.A., Hodgins, D.C., Toneatto, T., Rai, A. & Cordingley, J. (2009). Pilot study of a personalized feedback intervention for problem gamblers. Behavior Therapy, 40(3), 219-224.

Doumas, D. M., & Hannah, E. (2008). Preventing high-risk drinking in youth in the workplace: A web-based normative feedback program. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34(3): 263-371.

Cunningham, J. A., van Mierlo, T., & Fournier, R. (2008). An online support group for problem drinkers: AlcoholHelpCenter.net. Patient Education and Counseling, 70(2), 193-198.

Cunningham, J. A. (2007). Internet-Based Interventions for Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substances of Abuse. In P. M. Miller, Kavanagh, David J. (Ed.), Translation of Addictions Science into Practice (pp. 399-416). Oxford: Elsevier.

Davis, J. (2007). The Panic Center. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 12(1), 49-50.

Cunningham, J. A., Selby, P., & van Mierlo, T. (2006). Integrated online services for smokers and drinkers? Use of the Check Your Drinking assessment screener by participants of the Stop Smoking Center. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 8(Supplement 1), S21-S25.

Cunningham, J. A., Humpheys, K., Kypri, K., & van Mierlo, T. (2006). Formative evaluation and three-month follow-up of an online personalized assessment feedback intervention for problem drinkers. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2), e5.

Farvolden, P., Denisoff, E., Selby, P., Bagby, R. M., & Rudy, L. (2005). Usage and longitudinal effectiveness of a web-based self-help cognitive behavioral therapy program for panic disorder. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(1), e7.

Farvolden, P., McBride, C., Bagby, R. M., & Ravitz, P. (2003). A web-based screening instrument for depression and anxiety disorders in primary care. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 5(3), e23.


Presentations

Visiongain 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.bioportfolio.com/cgi-bin/acatalog/5th-Annual-Smoking-Cessation-Conference.html

21st Annual American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) Meeting and Symposium 
December 2-5, 2010 (Boca Raton, Florida)
Title: Are problem drinkers online? Demographic characteristics and utilization patterns of an anonymous evidence-based eHealth Program
For more information: http://www2.aaap.org/meetings-and-events/annual-meeting

Medicine 2.0: Social Media and Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research
November 29-30, 2010 (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Title: Inception, Maturation and Evolution: How to Build and Sustain an EHealth Program
For more information:http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs/index.php/med/med2010/schedConf/program

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 44th Annual Convention
November 18th-21st, 2010 (San Francisco, California)
Title: Look who's talking: Examining online support group use for a web-based CBT program for depression
For more information: http://eventful.com/sanfrancisco/events/44th-abct-association-behavioral-cognitive-/E0-001-018719098-4

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: E-Health 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 info: 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?
For more information:http://www.aesgp.be/Dubrovnik2010/Dubrovnik2010Programme.pdf

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/documents/EASNA2010InstituteAdvanceProgram_000.pdf

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, ML)
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/conferences/past/2010/pdf/2010_General_Information.pdf

2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Feb. 24-27 (Baltimore, ML)
Title: Physicians use of Facebook in the context of a Web Assisted Tobacco Intervention (WATI)
For more information: http://www.srnt.org/conferences/past/2010/pdf/2010_General_Information.pdf

2010 SRNT Annual Meeting
Feb. 24-27 (Baltimore, ML)
Title: Attributes of Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATIs): Emerging Best Practices for Engaging Quitters
For more information: http://www.srnt.org/conferences/past/2010/pdf/2010_General_Information.pdf

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (TVO)
January 21, 2010 (Toronto, Canada)
Title: "Booze" - The New Health Crusade?
For more information: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779697&ts=2010-01-21+20:00:00.0

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

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 Reserach 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