In this session, Dr. Amir Rahmani, PhD, Professor at UC Irvine, explores how "Living Labs" and community-embedded innovation environments can bridge the gap between traditional clinical trials and real-world healthcare. Dr. Rahmani discusses advanced methodologies like SMART trial design and introduces openCHA, a new open platform for agentic conversational health agents. He highlights how integrating wearables, mobile computing, and multimodal data fusion can create personalized, data-driven interventions for better mental health outcomes.

About Dr. Amir Rahmani:

Dr. Amir Rahmani is a Professor of Nursing and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where he also holds the Samueli Endowed Chair of Integrative Health. He serves as the Co-Director of the UCI Institute for Future Health and leads the multidisciplinary HealthSciTech Group at UCI. His research spans mHealth, data science, wearable and mobile computing, machine learning and agentic AI, affective computing, and bio-signal processing. Dr. Rahmani's contributions have been recognized with the UCI Beall Applied Innovation’s inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellowship, the Nokia Foundation's Research Excellence Award, and the European Union’s Global Marie Curie Fellowship.

About the 2025 Society of Digital Psychiatry Symposium:

The 2025 Society of Digital Psychiatry Symposium is an event focused on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and mental healthcare. With this year’s theme, "Advancing Digital Mental Health Through AI," the symposium provides a unique platform for thought leaders and innovators to explore the latest AI advancements reshaping the mental health landscape.