News

July 2016

Tom Ficklin Show on WNHH 103.5 FM

play2PREVENT Team Interviewed on the Tom Ficklin Radio Talk Show

play2PREVENT Lab team members, Lynn Fiellin, Kimberly Hieftje, and Tyra Pendergrass discuss their work and the future of the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games on the Tom Ficklin Radio Show (WNHH).

July 2016

Yale Scientific

A New Way to Play: The Yale play2PREVENT Lab

Lynn Fiellin works through the play2PREVENT Lab to develop videogames aimed to prevent health problems such as smoking and HIV.

June 2016

Women's Health Research at Yale Council Meeting

One Night Stan: A Social Card Game for HIV/STI Prevention Intervention in Young Black Women

"One Night Stan: A Social Card Game for HIV/STI Prevention Intervention in Young Black Women", Women's Health Research at Yale Council Meeting on June 6, 2016 in New Haven, CT.

May 2016

Yale Center for Clinical Investigations Monthly Meeting

Let’s Play!: Videogames, Health and Community Partnerships

"Let's Play!: Videogames, Health and Community Partnerships" oral presentation for the Yale Center for Clinical Investigations monthly meeting on May 12, 2017, in New Haven, CT.

May 2016

Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine (SAHM) Annual Meeting

If We Build It, Will They Come? A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholder Opinions on the Implementation of a Videogame Intervention for Risk Reduction in Adolescents

"If We Build It, Will They Come? A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholder Opinions on the Implementation of a Videogame Intervention for Risk Reduction in Adolescents", Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine (SAHM) Annual Meeting on March 11, 2016, in Washington, DC.

April 2016

ASU GSV Summit

Mind Over Matter: The Rise of the Sciences – Neuro, Cognitive and Others – In Learning and What It Means for the Future of Education

"Mind Over Matter: The Rise of the Sciences – Neuro, Cognitive and Others – In Learning and What It Means for the Future of Education", ASU GSV Summit on April 18, 2016 in San Diego, CA.

April 2016

Technology Demonstration at the 67th Annual SOPHE Meeting

PlayForward: Elm City Stories: An Evidence-Based Videogame for Reducing Sexual Behaviors in Young Adolescents

"PlayForward: Elm City Stories: An Evidence-Based Videogame for Reducing Sexual Behaviors in Young Adolescents", Technology Demonstration at the 67th Annual SOPHE Meeting on April 1, 2016, in Charlotte, NC.

March 2016

Pediatric Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Bridgeport Hospital

Videogames, Here for Good: Development and Evaluation of a Videogame Intervention for Risk Reduction and HIV Prevention

"Videogames, Here for Good: Development and Evaluation of a Videogame Intervention for Risk Reduction and HIV Prevention", Pediatric Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Bridgeport Hospital on March 20, 2016, Bridgeport, CT.

March 2016

Public Health Symposium: How Technology is Advancing Public Health

Health Promotion and Behavior Change Through the Use of Electronic Media

"Health Promotion and Behavior Change Through the Use of Electronic Media", Public Health Symposium: How Technology is Advancing Public Health, on April 5, 2016, at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

January 2016

Yale Medicine

Better health through video games

Yale launches the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games under the leadership of Dr. Lynn Fiellin.