Sixth Annual Workplace Mental Health Conference

Detailed Agenda

Times listed below are EDT. All sessions take place virtually using Zoom.

August 6, 2025


12:30 - 12:45 p.m

Welcome and opening remarks

  • Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC, co-lead, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Danielle Taubman, M.P.H., project manager, Workplace Mental Health Solutions, Eisenberg Family Depression Center 
12:45 - 1:30 p.m.

Keynote address

Fostering Psychological Safety in Turbulent Times

Michaela Kerrissey, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor of management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

1:30 - 1:35 p.m.Break (5 minutes)
1:35 - 2:20 p.m.

Panel discussion #1

Innovative Policies and Practices Around Workplace Mental Health

  • Megan Delp, Psy.D., LCSW, director, Workplace Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • Elizabeth Harry, M.D., chief well-being officer, Michigan Medicine Office of Well-being, associate professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Amy Lopez, Ph.D., LCSW, assistant professor and director, Colorado Educator Support Program, University of Colorado

Moderated by Sean Egan, J.D., deputy director of labor, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

2:20 - 2:30 p.m.Break (10 minutes)
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent sessions #1 and #2

Total Worker Health®: Moving from Awareness into Action


Supporting the Mental Health of Your Family Caregiver Employees

3:15 - 3:20 p.m.Break (5 minutes)
3:20 - 4:05 p.m.

Concurrent sessions #3 and #4

Embedding Micropractices & Positive Psychology into a Workplace Well-being Campaign

  • Madison Nitzkin (Sabbath), B.S.N., R.N., MM, well-being program manager, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Hustle or Burnout? How Social Media and Workplace Tech Fuel Toxic Productivity

4:05 - 4:10 p.m.Break (5 minutes)
4:10 - 4:50 p.m.

Interactive fireside chat

Rethinking Employee Assistance Programs: Where Do They Fit in the Evolving Mental Health Landscape? 

4:50 - 5 p.m.

Closing remarks

5 p.m.Conference ends