Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH focuses on designing solutions to help children and families improve their health. Dr. Robinson is the Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health and Professor of Pediatrics, of Medicine, and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, at Stanford University. He also directs the Stanford Solutions Science Lab and the Center for Healthy Weight at Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and co-directs the Stanford Screenomics Lab and the Human Screenome Project—studying life and promoting health and well-being through the screenome, everything people see and do on the screens of their digital devices. He originated the solution-oriented research paradigm, to promote study designs and methods to directly inform medical and public health practice and policy. He is known for his pioneering obesity prevention and treatment research, including the theory of stealth interventions. Dr. Robinson’s solution-oriented research is primarily experimental in design, conducting family-, school-, and community-based randomized controlled trials to test the efficacy and/or effectiveness of theory-driven behavioral, social, environmental, and technology-driven interventions to prevent and reduce obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity and decrease inactivity, reduce children’s screen time, prevent tobacco and alcohol use, reduce aggressive behavior, and promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Robinson’s research is grounded in social cognitive models of human behavior, uses rigorous methods, and is performed in real World settings with diverse populations, making the results of his research more relevant for clinical and public health practice and policy.

Mark Rosenfield, PhD, FAAO is a Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY), State College of Optometry. He also holds visiting professorships at Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel and Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. He was awarded a first class honours degree in Optometry from Aston University, U.K. and following a pre- registration year at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, obtained registration as an optometrist in the United Kingdom. He received a Ph.D. in Vision Science from Aston University, and subsequently obtained an appointment at SUNY/State College of Optometry. Professor Rosenfield conducts research into binocular vision, digital eye strain and the measurement and etiology of refractive error, and currently has over 110 peer-reviewed publications in these areas. In addition, he is the principal author of three textbooks: (i) Myopia and Nearwork, (ii) Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management and (iii) Clinical Cases in Eye Care. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry in 1990, and received Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in both teaching (1995) and scholarship and creative activities (2015) from the State University of New York. In 1996 he was awarded the first ever research diplomate in binocular vision from the American Academy of Optometry. In 2005 he received the Michael G. Harris Family Award for Excellence in Optometric Education from the American Optometric Foundation. In 2020 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the leading international research journal, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. He is currently listed among the top 100 in the Global Optometrist Research Rankings.

Clifford Sussman, MD has been in private practice in psychiatry for children, adolescents, and young adults in Washington, DC since 2008. He has been featured as an expert on internet and video game addiction in several well-known media sources, including the cover feature for the September-October issue of Bethesda Magazine, Parents Magazine, the New York Times, ABC News, HBO Real Sports, TIME Magazine for Kids, and the bestseller “Raising a Screen-Smart Kid” by Julianna Miner. His guides to healthy technology use for ADHD have been featured on the covers of 2 Attention Magazine issues. He was also the Technical Editor of “Overcoming Internet Addiction for Dummies” by David N. Greenfield. As an author of peer-reviewed literature and a frequent public speaker and clinical consultant, he is internationally known as a pioneer in treating gaming disorder. He also treats patients with comorbid conditions, such as ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is dedicated to helping people achieve a more balanced relationship with digital technology. Dr. Sussman completed an adult psychiatry residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA, and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.