MAY 29, 2024
CTBH Guest Lecture
Roger Vilardaga Viera, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Implementation Science
Wake Forest University
About the Presentation: The Hispanosphere is a vast region of the world that has received little attention in the digital health literature. The term ‘Hispanosphere’ refers to a vast geographical area in the world — which overlaps but is distinct from Latin America — where Spanish language serves as a ‘koine’ or common vessel that involves a shared sense of identity, cultural practices, and traditions. No study to date has examined the quality of publicly available apps for smoking cessation in this region. This talk will present the results of a narrative review of apps in Spanish using the American Psychiatry Association (APA) App Evaluation Model Screener.
About the Presenter: Roger Vilardaga Viera, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Department of Implementation Science at Wake Forest University. He is also Affiliate Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. Dr. Vilardaga Viera studied psychology at the Universitat de Barcelona and received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of Steven C. Hayes. He has contributed to the study and development of several digital interventions, including Mindful Daily, SmartQuit, Tummy Trials, Eyes Free Yoga, Mindful Powers, and Pain Tracker Self Management. He created and designed Learn to Quit, the first NIH-funded digital therapeutic to deliver smoking cessation treatment for individuals with serious mental illness. Dr. Vilardaga has served as ad-hoc reviewer for more than 25 scientific journals and 9 granting institutions and is currently a standing member of a study section for NIH’s Center for Scientific Review.