XR Pediatrics

Last week, we had a blast hosting high school students from Yale Pathways to Science! Students explored the field of games for health, user-centered design, and VR experience guidelines. They worked in teams to research a community problem and concluded the week with impressive project presentations. Their creativity and enthusiasm were truly inspiring! Asher Marks, MD Kimberly Hieftje, PhD Veronica Weser Erin J.K. Truesdell Mona Sinha

We are going to #ComicCon2024 in San Diego! Excited to join these wonderful panelists for “Video Games: Gamer to Greatness.” Dr. Shamika Mitchell Eric Johnson Travis Williams Sharon Wood Kimberly Hieftje, PhD

Excited to announce that we will be speaking at the Serious Play Conference in Toronto this August! With close to 100 sessions and 130+ speakers, it promises to be an event for the ages. Check out the website to register, and we hope to see you there! #SeriousPlay24 https://lnkd.in/d6M72ey Kimberly Hieftje, PhD Asher Marks, MD Abigail Crocker Veronica Weser Justin Berry #seriousgames #gamebasedlearning #gbl #gamification #training #simulations #games #play #educationalgames #innovation #gamesforhealth

It was such a pleasure to welcome Dr. Thye Peng, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCSF, as a visiting scholar at XRPeds. We look forward to collaborating with you again, Thye! Thye Peng Ngo, PhD, RN, MSN, FNP, CNE, CHSE Kimberly Hieftje, PhD Kanu Priya Singh, Ph.D. Mona Sinha Erin J.K. Truesdell Asher Marks, MD

Thank you, Games for Change, for inviting us to share the progress we’ve made with this project. Year of the Cicadas: A VR Experience on Grief In the spring of 2004 in Indiana, billions of Great Eastern Cicadas, also known as “Brood X Cicadas,” emerged from their 17-year slumber. The loudest insect on earth, the cicadas spent the six short weeks of their lives chirping their shrill, relentless song for the sole purpose of finding a mate to reproduce and then die. That same spring, in a small southern Indiana town, a small boy died unexpectedly when his perfectly imperfect heart gave out. Seventeen years later, the cicadas – along with their painfully beautiful song – reemerged. Funded in part by the Unity for Humanity Grant, The Year of the Cicadas is a virtual reality experience about loss and meaning making over time. Kimberly Hieftje, PhD Asher Marks, MD Andrew Schartmann Unity PreviewLabs

Join us for AMXRA Grand Rounds coming up on July 29th!

This week, our team will attend Games for Change Festival 2024 in New York City. On Thursday 6/27, Justin Berry will co-host a panel discussion: How Tabletop RPGs Can Build and Support Communities. On Friday 6/28, Drs. Kimberly Hieftje, PhD and Asher Marks, MD will present ‘Year of the Cicadas’: From Grief to Game. Come find us!

Very excited about this! Looking at ways that roleplaying games can give agency and community to those struggling to find those things.

This week, our team will attend Games for Change Festival 2024 in New York City. On Thursday 6/27, Justin Berry will co-host a panel discussion: How Tabletop RPGs Can Build and Support Communities. On Friday 6/28, Drs. Kimberly Hieftje, PhD and Asher Marks, MD will present ‘Year of the Cicadas’: From Grief to Game. Come find us!

Last month, Dr. Kanu Priya Singh, Ph.D. and Dr. Deepa Camenga attended Society For Prevention Research (SPR) 32nd Annual Meeting: Advancing Partnerships and Collaborative Approaches in Prevention Science in Washington DC. We presented early findings from Invite Only VR (a vaping prevention videogame), which focused on teachers’ perceptions of students’ vaping behavior in Connecticut schools.