Harnessing digital health game technology to help young people build stronger and healthier lives
Lab Highlights
On November 17, 2025, Tyra Boomer, Deputy Director of the Play2PREVENT Lab, and her husband, Cy, joyfully welcomed their second child, a son, Hunter Boomer, and are enjoying this special time as a growing family!
In October 2025, our Lab received funding from Young Futures to develop PlaySocial, an innovative digital health game to promote teen mental health and digital wellbeing by addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by social media. With support from Young Futures, PlaySocial aims to establish a scalable, evidence-based family mental health intervention that centers youth voice and prioritizes culturally responsive design.
In September 2025, our Lab announced a partnership with the nonprofit Proof Positive to develop digital health games with and for young people with autism (and their families) to enhance happiness and wellbeing. The project will integrate game-based learning into Proof Positive’s evidence-based curriculum through a three-phase development, evaluation, and implementation plan over two years.
