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On Monday, 1 June 2026, at 08:15-12:30 PDT (15:15-19:30 UTC), the Stanford AI4MH Initiative in collaboration with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) will host the 2026 AI4MH Symposium, with the theme ‘Foundations, Frontiers, and the Real World: Shaping AI’s Role in Mental Health‘.

HOST
Eric Roland Kuhn, PhD – Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)

8:15 AM – Opening Remarks
Lloyd B. Minor, MD – The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University, Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering, by courtesy
Laura Roberts, MD, MA – Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chair, Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Kilian M. Pohl, PhD – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering; AI4MH Co-Director

8:30 AM – Keynote Panel
Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine, AI4MH Co-Director
Ehsan Adeli, PhD – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Biomedical Data Science; AI4MH Co-Director
Brandon Staglin, MS – Co-Founder, Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer of One Mind and Chair of the One Mind Lived Experience Council
Vaile Wright, PhD – Senior Director for Health Care Innovation at the American Psychological Association

9:25 AM – Academic Research: Foundations & Frontiers
Leanne Williams, PhD – Vincent V.C. Woo Professor and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator)
Alexis Hiniker, PhD – Associate Professor, University of Washington Information School; Co-Director, Center for Digital Youth
H. Andrew Schwartz, PhD – Associate Professor of Computer Science & Psychology, Vanderbilt University
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD – Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, AI4MH Associate Director, Stanford CREATE Center Director

10:20 AM – Break

10:40 AM – Industry & Translation: What It Takes to Deploy
Russ B. Altman, MD, PhD – Kenneth Fong Professor and Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine, of Biomedical Data Science, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Sara Johansen, MD – Product Policy Lead for Mental Health and Well-Being, OpenAI
Jina Suh, PhD, MS, MA – Principal Researcher, University of Washington, SafeMind Institute

11:25 AM – Policy & Ethics: Governing AI in Mental Health
Michelle Mello, JD, PhD – Professor of Law and of Health Policy
Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD, PhD – Assistant Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Biomedical Ethics) and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development)
Jane P. Kim, PhD – Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, AI4MH Associate Director

12:20 PM – Closing Remarks
Ehsan Adeli, PhD – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Biomedical Data Science; AI4MH Co-Director

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