Nathan Tatro, M.A., is Deputy Director of Digital Health at APA, within its Division of Programs, Policy, and Partnerships. In this position, Nate staffs APA's Committee on Mental Health Information Technology and Committee on Telepsychiatry, and is responsible for responding to federal regulations around digital health. He works across departments at APA and with APA membership to develop many products related to electronic health records, telemedicine, and now mobile mental health (mHealth) with APA App Advisor. Nate received his BA in psychology from Lycoming College (2003) and his MA in psychology from George Mason University (2010). He has previously worked for the American Psychological Association; AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation; and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

John Torous, M.D., M.B.I., is director of the digital psychiatry division, in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliated teaching hospital, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and academic faculty. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences and received an undergraduate degree in the field from UC Berkeley before attending medical school at UC San Diego. He completed his psychiatry residency, fellowship in clinical informatics, and master's degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard. Dr. Torous is active in investigating the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and has published over 75 peer reviewed articles and 5 books chapters on the topic. He serves as editor-in-chief for an academic journal on technology and mental health, JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org/), currently leads American Psychiatric Association's work group on the evaluation of smartphone apps, and is an advisor to the smartphone mood study within the NIH's one million person All of Us research program.

Stephon Proctor, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist and Director of Behavioral Health Informatics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Proctor is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He is skilled in behavioral health informatics and population data analysis. His interest is in the intersection between behavioral health and technology including mobile applications, wearables, and electronic health records.

Darlene King, M.D. is a second-year psychiatry resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She was born and raised in Austin, TX. She first attended and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Biology. She then joined a start-up company developing medical imaging approaches for burn patients. Her roles encompassed designing and modifying optic systems, writing algorithms, obtaining FDA clearance and procuring grant funding. She came to UT Southwestern Medical School "to address both the biological and the sociological causes of poor health and illness." As a doctor with an engineering background, Darlene thinks in ways that link engineering, medicine and information technology. She earned a Biomedical Informatics Certificate from the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston in 2019. She also took the lead of founding and organizing the Psychiatry Residents Technology Interest Group at UT Southwestern. This group is geared towards sharing and discussing relevant psychiatric technologies that will benefit residents in their future practice. Darlene is glad to be a member of the APA App Expert Evaluation Panel.

Keris Jän Myrick is the Chief, Peer Services for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Ms Myrick was formerly the Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs for the Center for Mental Health Services of the United States Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Ms. Myrick was previously President and CEO of Project Return Peer Support Network, a Los Angeles-based, peer-run nonprofit, the Board President of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and served as a consultant to APA's Office of Minority and National Affairs. Ms. Myrick is a leading mental health advocate and executive, known for her innovative and inclusive approach to mental health reform and the public disclosure of her personal story. Ms. Myrick has over 15 years of experience in mental health services innovations, transformation, and peer workforce development. An early adopter, self-identified "geek" and interest in leveraging technology to aid in mental health Recovery and wellbeing, Ms. Myrick has recently been selected to serve on American Psychiatric Association's App Advisor Panel. Ms. Myrick is featured in the CalMHSA documentary A New State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness and her personal story was featured in the New York Times series: Lives Restored, which told the personal narratives of several professionals living with mental health issues. With her unique combination of executive skills, personal lived experience in the mental health system, Ms. Myrick is an in-demand national trainer and keynote speaker , and authored several peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is known for her collaborative style and innovative "whole person" approach to mental health care. Ms. Myrick has a Master of Science degree in organizational psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University. Her Master of Business Administration degree is from Case Western University's Weatherhead School of Management.

David Gratzer, M.D., is the associate chief of the General Adult and Health Systems Division for inpatient care and practice innovation. He trained at the University of Manitoba (MD), the University of Toronto (FRCPC) and is presently doing a fellowship through VA. He has published and presented nationally and internationally on digital psychiatry, and serves on the editorial board of JMIR Mental Health, and is an associate editor (social media and digital psychiatry) of The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Select publications:
Gratzer D, Goldbloom D. Open for Business: Chatbots, E-therapies, and the Future of Psychiatry. Can J Psychiatry. 2019 July;64(7):453-5. Gratzer D, Goldbloom D. Open for Business: Chatbots, E-therapies, and the Future of Psychiatry. Can J Psychiatry. 2019 July;64(7):453-5.
Gratzer D, Khalid-Khan F. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of psychiatric illness. CMAJ. 2016 Mar 1;188(4):263-72.

Margaret Emerson, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Emerson has been practicing as an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) for nearly ten years. Her current expertise is in providing psychiatric consultation to primary care providers in an integrated care setting. She is an Assistant Professor in College of Nursing at University of Nebraska Medicine (UNMC) and the Director of APRN workforce development within the UNMC Department of Psychiatry. She has served as a consultant for integrated projects, psychiatric curriculum development, and extramurally funded projects. Her current research pursuits involve exploring the feasibility in using mobile apps within integrated primary care settings with populations who experience higher rates of health disparities and/or are underserved.

Patrick R. Aquino, MD, is the Chair of the Division of Psychiatry for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. He is also the Medical Director for Ambulatory and Integrated Services for Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services where he oversees care delivery across a network of outpatient clinics and outreach programs for BILH BS. Dr. Aquino leads Beth Israel Lahey Health's initiative to integrate behavioral health across its network of primary care practices. Dr. Aquino is board certified in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at the University of Maryland and Sheppard Pratt, fellowship in psychosomatic medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and fellowship in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Aquino is an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. His research interests include evaluating care delivery models, integrating technology in health care, and investigating psychiatric illness in medical disease.

Steven Chan (@StevenChanMD, stevenchanMD.com), is a clinical informaticist and Medical Director for Addiction Consultation & Treatment at Palo Alto VA Health, and is on faculty as Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) with Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Chan is co-investigator on clinical research – at UC Davis, funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; and at UCSF, funded by the Stanford-UCSF Center for Excellence in Regulatory Sciences – in areas of telehealth and digital health. Dr. Chan is a sought-after national speaker whose ideas, thoughts, and research have been featured at Fortune 50 companies such as Google; publications such as JAMA, Telemedicine and e-Health, JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research), U.S. News & World Report, and Wired; and on media outlets including the Washington Post, Wired, PBS and NPR Ideastream. Dr. Chan served as Vice Chair for the Workgroup on Mental Health & Psychiatric Apps at American Psychiatric Association (APA), and serves on the Committees on Innovation, Telepsychiatry, and Mental Health Information Technology. Dr. Chan draws from his extensive medical, business, and informatics training at California's leading institutes – UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, as well as UCLA, UC San Francisco and Stanford University.

Dr. Fortuna holds a doctorate in Social Welfare and a master's degree in Social Work. Dr. Fortuna is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Her primary research interest is service delivery strategies for older adults with serious mental illnesses and chronic health conditions. Dr. Fortuna is using community-engaged research methods to develop and implement peer-supported mobile health intervention. Dr. Fortuna was awarded an NIMH K01 award (K01MH117496), a NARSAD Young Investigator Grants from the Brain and Behavior Foundation and the Alvin R. Tarlov & John E. Ware Jr. Award in Patient Reported Outcomes for her work, and Association of Gerontological Education's Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Fortuna served on the International Standards Advisory Committee to develop the first-ever international accreditation standards for behavioral health care for older adults. Dr. Fortuna's work can be seen in numerous book chapters on digital peer support and on older adult peer support services. She currently serves as editor of the Journal of Participatory Medicine. She is a board member of the International Association of Peer Supporters. She currently serves on the International Editorial Board for the British Journal of Social Work and Social Work Research.

Sonia Matwin completed her Ph.D. in Social Psychology, at the University of Utah in 2007, after which she worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In 2013, Dr. Matwin completed a clinical respecialization program at Suffolk University, and began working as an Associate Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital, integrating her research on patient provider communication with her clinical practice. During this time, Dr. Matwin became increasingly involved in teaching evidence-based psychotherapy, which is currently her primary focus as an Assistant Professor and the Director of Psychotherapy Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Matwin's primary clinical, teaching, and research interests focus on the provision and teaching of CBT and mindfulness-based therapies, as well as the use and integration of technology for both teaching and treatment. Additionally, she is involved in the development and testing of therapeutic interventions in relation to health promotion.

Nicole Benson, M.D., attended Haverford College where she majored in mathematics. Before medical school at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, she worked at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the University of Pennsylvania, where she developed her interest in health services research by studying outcomes and utilization of the Intensive Care Unit. After obtaining her medical degree, Dr. Benson completed a residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, both at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital. Dr. Benson's interests include research involving the integration of insurance claims datasets with data from the electronic health record to study the way children and young adults access and receive mental health care. She is also interested models to assess the use of technology as a way to engage patients in psychiatric care.

Julia Tartaglia, M.D., graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in human evolutionary biology and an honors track in mind, brain and behavior. While at Harvard she conducted sleep research at the Stickgold Lab at BIDMC and volunteered at Advocating Success for Kids at Boston Children's Hospital. Before medical school, Dr. Tartaglia co-founded the Scientista Foundation, a nonprofit organization for collegiate women in science. During this time she became passionate about the intersection between entrepreneurship, technology and mental health. While at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she completed a distinction track in Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship where she designed an app for medical student burnout. She also conducted research with Dr John Torous on mobile apps for persons with schizophrenia and served as a fellow for HealthVenture, where she worked with the psychiatry mobile platform MindNest. Dr. Tartaglia is currently a psychiatry resident at Zucker Hillside Hospital at Northwell Health. Julia's research interests include mobile apps for remote symptom monitoring, digital therapeutics, and the impact of design on mental health mobile app usability.