2017 Speaking Programs
Keynote Speaker: The BUGL conference, Reykjavik, Iceland
Anticipated Topic: The impact of social media on emotional wellbeing of teenagers
2015/2016 Speaking Programs
Dec 2015/Jan 2016
Speaker and Blog Post writer, Flu Shot Testing for Roche Pharmaceuticals
2014 Speaking Programs
Jan. 2014
Speaker, Panel on Social Media and Information Technology
Improving the health, safety and well being of Youth Adults: a workshop on State Polices and Programs and Social Media and Information Technology, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
April 2014
Southborough Public Schools conference for students grades 6-8 and parents: Digital Citizenship & Mishaps
May 2014
Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
2012 Speaking Programs
Nov 2012
Hollison Public Schools, Holliston, MA
CyberSafety Awareness Day Event, Keynote Speaker and Book Signing
Keynote Speaker, Book Signing and Breakout Session Speaker
Mohsen Ziai Pediatric Conference
Washington, DC
Oct 2012
American Academy of Pediatrics NCE
Council on Communications and Media Council Program Speaker
May 2012
Keynote Address: Protecting and Empowering Digital Kids
Middlesex Partnership for Youth, Sponsored by the MA DA’s office
3 Rivers Pediatrics update course and Alumni Summit: Keynote Address, Bass Lecture
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA
Talks: Infants, IPhones and Angry Birds; CyberSafety 911
2011 Speaking Programs
Dec. 2011
Cincinatti Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Topic: Lyon Lecture on CyberSafety and Cyberbullying for Today’s Pediatrician
Nov. 2011
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Topics: CyberSafety for Today’s Educators and Parents; Texting, Gaming and Social Media
Oct. 2011
Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA
Topic: CyberSafety for Today’s Parents
April 2011
Invited Presenter
New York City Council Hearing, New York, NY
Hearing: Oversite: The Effects of Social Networking on Children
March 2011
Perspectives In Pediatrics Course
Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
Topic: Cybersafety for Pediatricians
Digital Media Literacy Conference, Long Beach, CA
Panel: Designing for Mobile Learning
Yahoo! Digital Citizenship Summit and CEU Book Signing , Palm Springs, CA
Panel: Digital Citizenship
January 2011
Grand Rounds
Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
Topic: CyberSafety for the Pediatrician
Nov. 2010
Family Online Safety Institute, Washington, DC
Panel Participant: Online Safety and Behavior
June 2010
FTC Round Table Discussion COPPA Act, Panel Member “Actual Knowledge”
Washington, DC (June 2, 2010)
April 2010
American Lung Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
Topic: “Twitter, Facebooks and Blogs, Oh, My”
Nov. 2009
Family Online Safety Institute, Washington, DC
Panel: Exploring Why Kids Behave The Way They Do Online Panel
Oct. 2009
American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC
Session Talk: “Calling Dr. Google”
Panel for Resident Section: “Working with the Media”
Sept. 2009
Newton Mother’s Forum, Newton, MA
Topic: Hot Topics in Pediatrics
July 2009
BlogHer Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Topic: HealthCare by Committee Panel: speaker and moderator
April 2009
National Association of Medical Communicators Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
Topics: “Dr. Google…the other doctor in the exam room”; “Ethics in Social Media”
Plymouth State University Eating Disorder Conference, Meredith, NH
“YouTube’s Thinspiration Videos: what they really mean”
Updated: 10/31/2016