Call for papers - Internet-based mental health interventions

Vanessa Pinfold:  McPin Foundation, UK

Dr Vanessa Pinfold is co-founder and research director at the McPin Foundation, also a geographer with a PhD from the University of Nottingham and has worked in mental health research for 30 years. She held posts at Kings College London, and Rethink Mental Illness before developing a specialist mental health research charity that focuses upon enhancing research through bringing lived experience expertise into the research process at all stages from design to dissemination (www.mcpin.org). Dr Pinfold has published widely on topics including stigma and discrimination, carers and confidentiality, personal wellbeing networks, inequality and mental health, new models of mental health care, co-production methods and peer research. She co-chairs the UK Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders.

Leslie E. Roos:  University of Manitoba, Canada

Dr Leslie E. Roos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba, with appointments in Psychology and Pediatrics. She aims to prevent the intergenerational transmission of stress-linked health inequities by developing scalable programs that promote parent mental health and family relationships. In her basic science research, Dr Roos takes a multi-modal approach across neurobiology, cognitive function, and parent-child observation methods to identify opportunities to improve program efficacy. She consults on program evaluation with local agencies and international teams to advance community-sourced solutions for stress-exposed families, starting in the prenatal period. Dr Roos is a Research Scientist with the Children's Hospital Institute of Manitoba where she leads a research group focused on promoting mental health equity through eHealth Innovations.

Karin Waldherr: Ferdinand Porsche FernFH – Distance Learning University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Dr Karin Waldherr holds a doctorate in psychology and is a licensed clinical and health psychologist. She is heading the Health Sciences Department at the Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH – Distance Learning University of Applied Sciences, Austria. Her work focuses on digital mental health, evaluation and implementation research, health promotion, prevention and treatment of mental illness across the lifespan. Dr Waldherr was member of the consortium of the Horizon2020 project "ICare - Integrating Technology into Mental Health Care Delivery in Europe" and currently is Co-PI of the project "Prototyping a serious game intervention promoting mental health literacy children and adolescents".