Research

Recent Conference Presentations

2024 American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference
2024 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
2024 International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Annual Conference
2024 SC Psychiatric Association Annual Conference
2024 Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference
2023 American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference
2023 Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference
2023 American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Conference
2023, 2022 and 2021 Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference, SC Department of Education (Mark Weist, Director)
2023 SC Foster Parent Association Annual Conference
2022, 2021 Attachment and Trauma Network Annual Conference
2022 Zero Suicide Summit, OK Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
2022 New Mexico Department of Public Health & Public Education Department

Resiliency Technologies, Inc. has collaborated with over 250 researchers to create, evaluate and disseminate our award-winning mental health literacy programs. Click on the boxes below to see a sampling of our work.

SHARPEN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Sharpen Athlete and CAT-MH

boosting athlete resilience using computerized adaptive testing and peer focused resiliency

Forging Youth Resilience (FYR)

Improving mental health literacy of coaches and athletes

Sharpen 3 year MOU with University of Georgia

Boosting child and adolescent resiliency and social media literacy

SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith 3 year grant award

Sharpen suicide prevention for medical students

Sharpen eating disorder prevention training for physicians

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation awards VCOM grant to implement Sharpen

HealthMPowers United Healthcare Community Health Education Grant

Sharpen Mental Health Literacy and resiliency training for Girls Empowering Movement participants

RE-AIM Analysis of Sharpen Mental Health App

Undergraduate and Medical Student Implementation Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic Usage of Sharpen

Sharpen for VNS Safe Pathways Suicide Prevention

Serving New York City youth and young adults who are at risk or who have attempted suicide.

mBridge DBT intervention to
support adolescent youth

A collaboration between Sharpen,
Stanford Medical School and NYU
Langone Medical Center

Wellstar Community
Transformation Grant

Serving student parents involved at Kennesaw State University’s Wellstar College.

Behavioral Health Screening and SMHL for College Athletes

Conference presentation on providing screening and Sharpen mental health literacy content for student-athletes.

Teaching Mindfulness in Schools

Conference presentation on strategies for deploying 5 Minute Mindfulness in the school setting

Medical Student Resilience

Conference presentation on development of Mindful MEDS app for medical student mental health

Eating Disorder Best Practices for Medical Professionals

Training hospital residents and medical students best practices in screening and early identification of eating disorders.

Stigma, Resilience and Connectedness in Medical School

A pilot study examining Sharpen for medical student resilience

Supporting frontline health workers during COVID

A grant funded through South Carolina Research Authority

Sharpen Near-Peer Mental Health Literacy

Evaluation of a Mental Health Literacy Training Program for College Females

Division II Athlete Perceptions of Mental Health

A qualitative investigation of video sessions conducted with college student athletes

Sylvia The Wood Nymph

A documentary film exploring Dissociative Identity Disorder and Childhood Sexual Abuse

Mindfulness Training for Adolescents

Conference presentation on the effects of mindfulness training on adolescent volleyball athletes

After School Resiliency for Children aged 4-7

Title 1 educators to deploy the "5 Minute Mindfulness" online curriculum through Sharpen.

MBSR for Foster Parents

Conference presentation on Sharpen mental health literacy and MBSR course to support foster parent self-care.

Sharpen MHL and MBSR Curriculum for College Students

Deploying mental health literacy and mindfulness curriculum for college students

Foster Parent Resilience

Sharpen mental health literacy and MBSR course to support foster parent self-care.

SUDS support for Youth and Parents

Sharpen mental health literacy and MBSR courses to support children coping with SUDS and their Parents

Increasing Best-Practices on Eating Disorders

Trained pediatricians and pediatric residents using Sharpen's online modular content on the topics of disordered eating prevention

Screening and Early Intervention

Collaboration with HCU screening instrument to provide self-report screening and protective content

5 Minute Mindfulness

Collaboration with South Carolina Resilient Schools Initiative to Train Educators and Community Members

Trauma Informed Community Engagement

Presentation on Sharpen Family and its integration into the Spartanburg Community