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Our podcast explores how immersive technology is used in healthcare, focusing primarily on psychiatry. We speak to the companies and people behind medical XR experiences and professional researchers examining the use of this technology for patient care. We also discuss how treatment options will vary as the technology progresses and XR becomes more widely embraced by the healthcare community.

 

Psychiatry XR's three hosts provide distinct perspectives of extended reality and the impact technology has on the healthcare ecosystem:

 

Kim Bullock, M.D. is a practicing clinician in Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, and Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

 

She is the Founder and Director of Stanford's Neurobehavioral Clinic and Virtual Reality & Immersive Technologies (VRIT) program and laboratory. She is also a leader and pioneer in telehealth services using XR. She's published numerous peer-reviewed articles and is a Cambridge and Oxford Press author about functional neurological disorders. 

 

She currently focuses on the use and dissemination of immersive technologies for telepsychiatry and its use in the augmentation of physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and skills acquisition. She treats a multitude of illness domains, including trauma, phobias, anxiety, pain, mood disorders, and somatic symptom-related disorders. 

 

Dr. Bullock also provides support and connects researchers, providers, and developers of immersive technology through the Stanford Psychiatry Immersive Technology Consortium (SPIT-C).

 

Jessica Hagen is the Executive Editor of HIMSS Media outlet MobiHealthNews. Her current work focuses on the digital health sector, including transformation and innovation in the industry, investments, and partnerships. Her current and previous work includes covering the evolution of medical XR.


She previously worked for the UK-based publication pharmaphorum, covering the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and general happenings within healthcare globally. She also reported on pharma’s use of medical XR, how immersive technology has progressed internationally, and what still needs to occur regarding developing widely accepted standards of evaluating virtual environments.

 

Faaizah Arshad graduated from University of California, Los Angeles. She is interested in psychology, health equity, and leveraging technological innovations to improve patient outcomes.

 

Thank you for choosing Psychiatry XR, and we hope you find each episode engaging and informative!


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In this episode, Psychiatry XR welcomes Jonah Bryan, a recent Stanford Clinical Informatics Management graduate and a rising leader at the intersection of immersive technology, behavioral health, and artificial intelligence. Jonah shares his journey from early digital phenotyping research at UC San Diego to his latest work designing software for smart glasses that aim to detect and predict relapse in patients recovering from substance use disorders.Jonah has been an intern with the Psychiatry XR team since early 2025 and will be joining as a co-host of the podcast! His unique perspective, combining clinical research, product design, and an understanding of venture capital, positions him to help advance conversations across stakeholders in this space. He is especially looking forward to bringing early-stage investors onto the show to explore how we can accelerate innovation in medical extended reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr. Jessica Stone joins Dr. Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen to discuss the process of developing extended reality technologies for mental healthcare and creating valuable resources for future developers in the space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cassie Eng, Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, joined Kim Bullock and Faaizah Arshad to discuss her research on developing active VR interventions to foster executive function with neurodiverse populations with a focus on the neural mechanisms underlying behavioral changes using advanced mobile, noninvasive neuroimaging, functional nerves, and her interdisciplinary research bridging cognitive neuroscience, learning sciences, developmental psychology, and human computer interaction to optimize immersive contexts to foster brain and cognitive functioning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr. Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen speak with Dr. Hadi Hosseini about how researchers are using immersive virtual reality environments to assess memory, navigation, and spatial skills—key cognitive functions often affected early in Alzheimer's disease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr. Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen speak with Dr. Imogen Bell about her work as Research Leader at Orygen, the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and its development of immersive technologies to advance the understanding and treatment of youth mental health disorders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock and Faaizah Arshad speak with Stanford University's Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez on using virtual reality to treat individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and hoarding disorder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen speak with Dr. Debra Safer and Dr. Cristin Runfola about their research and clinical use of extended reality to treat eating and weight disorders at Stanford University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock speaks with Allen Olson-Urtecho, Founder of Studio Bahia, about his journey towards creating affordable VR for youth populations and the motivation behind Studio Bahia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jessica Hagen speaks with Eran Orr, CEO and Founder of XRHealth, about the power of virtual reality technology, uses for patients and clinicians, and mental health care in space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen speak with Howard Gurr, psychologist who practices in Long Island, New York, about using virtual reality in private practice, the development of companies that are focused on VR for mental/behavioral health, usability of VR, the VR market, and the future of XR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock and Faaizah Arshad speak with Jehoshaphat Allenlyon, a seasoned XR professional with over eight years in software engineering and product design, about his unique journey into the XR space and revolutionary work developing an AI-powered suite called Thea to support remote worker mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Faaizah Arshad speaks with Ceylin Özgür Erzen, aspiring student at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, about her journey into medical school, exploration of extended reality (XR), and vision for how XR can be used to improve educational outcomes for children and adolescents, including students with neurodevelopmental disorders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris Brickler, CEO and Co-Founder of MyndVR, speaks with Jessica Hagen and Faaizah Arshad about virtual reality content and its therapeutic benefits for senior adults and Veterans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sam Glassenberg, Founder and CEO of Level Ex, joins Jessica Hagen and Faaizah Arshad to discuss video game technology for doctors, including psychiatrists and neurologists, the benefits and challenges of virtual reality, and Level Ex's ultrasound tool for astronauts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emmanuella Michel, Ph.D. candidate in Education Technology at Université Laval and Founder of Cogni XR Health, joins Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen to discuss her journey into the XR space, the need for diverse voices in innovation, and leadership skills that can break down stigma around mental health in the workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nanea Reeves, CEO and Co-Founder of TRIPP, speaks with Kim Bullock, Jessica Hagen, and Faaizah Arshad about the process of establishing TRIPP, as well as her company's design thinking, evolution, and advice for other up and coming XR companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock and Jessica Hagen discuss virtual reality therapies for PTSD, psychopharmacology and psychotherapy, Rothbaum's company called Virtually Better, and the purpose of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Maheen Mausoof Adamson discusses her varied career, how she first got involved in using virtual reality to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury in Veteran patients, and key leadership skills to push the field of behavioral health forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alexandre Dussaud, clinician psychologist working at C2Care, joins Kim Bullock, Jessica Hagen, and Faaizah Arshad to discuss C2Care's VR-based offerings, available environments that address body dysmorphia, the process of working with patients and physicians to build applications, and plans for 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kim Bullock, Jessica Hagen, and Faaizah Arshad chat with Brandon Birckhead, psychiatry resident physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, about his trajectory into psychiatry, interdisciplinary collaboration among XR stakeholders, and his hope for overcoming the challenges of XR implementation in medicine to improve patient care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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