Health And… Social Media: Preventing Harm and Promoting Health

The Department of Population Health will host its 9th Annual Health And…” conference, each year focusing on the interface between health and determinants beyond the walls of healthcare. The conference will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025, from 9:00-2:30 ET.

This year's theme is Health And… Social Media: Preventing Harm and Promoting Health. To kick off the day, we have James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media and critically acclaimed author, as our keynote speaker.

The conference will be held in Murphy Auditorium on the NYU Langone Health campus, 550 First Avenue, NYC. We will also livestream the event.

This page will be updated with a detailed agenda closer to the conference date.

Speakers include:

• Megan A. Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Co-Medical Director, American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
• Amanda Lenhart, Senior Fellow, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop; Affiliate, Data & Society Research Institute; Technical Expert Panel Member, American Academy of Pediatrics Center for Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
• Thomas Kamber, PhD, Executive Director, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP
• Annette Campbell Anderson, PhD, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools
• Terry Huang, PhD, MPH, MBA, Distinguished Professor and Chair, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, and Co-Director, NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center
• César Escobar-Viera, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Program for Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQIA+ Mental Health (PRIDE iM), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Jay Van Bavel, PhD, Professor, Psychology, and Director, Center for Conflict & Cooperation, NYU
• Jared Watson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern
• Anna Van Meter, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health
• Omni Cassidy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, and Director, Food, Culture, & Tech Lab, NYU Langone Health
• Brian Elbel, PhD, MPH, Professor of Population Health and Health Policy, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Associate Dean, Research Mission, NYU Langone Health
• Kellie Owens, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health
• Marie Bragg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health

Our annual Health And… conference is designed to advance health equity in bridging the fields of medicine and public health. This year, leading researchers and practitioners will explore the complex relationship between digital platforms and well-being. This interdisciplinary conference will examine the health risks posed by social media and discuss strategies for mitigation. Experts will also highlight how social media can be leveraged to improve health individually and at the population level through interventions that address social connectedness, the dissemination of health information, and community engagement.

For questions and inquiries, please contact the event coordinator, Rebecca Gevertz, at [email protected].

Host or Publisher The Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health