PRISM 2021 Highlights
All photos by Marco Sanchez from UCSF Documents and Media
On December 3, 2021, we safely gathered in-person for the first time in two years for the 6th annual PRISM Health Symposium. This year’s symposium was hosted at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. Over 55 attendees joined us throughout the day, representing a diverse group of academic researchers, industry partners, and learners.
Symposium co-chairs, Dr. Jon-Patrick Allem and Dr. Urmimala Sarkar, opened the event with a land acknowledgement.
Attendees engaged with each other throughout the event to learn from our speakers engaged in social media and health research.
Poster Session
The event program began with a poster session focused on research from trainees and junior faculty. In total, we learned from 16 poster presentations. The full list of presenters can be found here.
Social Media and Health Interventions
Dr. Erin Bonar described her work leveraging social media to intervene in emerging adults’ substance use.
Dr. Sean Young discussed how to use social data to predict future events.
Observational Social Media and Health Research
Dr. Jason Colditz discussed collecting data from Twitter and Reddit, including benefits and challenges.
Julia Vassey discussed social network analysis of influencers and tobacco marketing.
Dr. Erin Vogel presented findings on identifying emotions related to smoking abstinence using social media.
Ethical Dilemmas in Social Media and Health Research
Panelists shared ethical considerations in social media research.
Rapid-Fire Session
We learned from 5 rapid-fire presentations. Full list here.
Funding Panel
Panelists shared experiences securing funding and lessons learned.
Closing Remarks
Ben Lenail reflected on learnings from the event.
PRISM 2021 Awards
Best Rapid-Fire Presentation (non-trainee): Dr. Silvio Amir
Best Rapid-Fire Presentation (trainee): Michael Haupt
Best Poster Presentation (non-trainee): Dr. Meredith Meacham
Best Poster Presentation (trainee): Tarun Martheswaran
Thank You Sponsors
The PRISM Health Symposium would not be possible without our sponsors. A huge thank you to these organizations for their support!
