Join the Tech Impact and Policy Center on May 26th from 12PM–1PM Pacific for a seminar with Caroline Figueroa.

Stanford affiliates are invited to join us at 11:40 AM for lunch, prior to the seminar.  The Spring Seminar Series continues through May; see our Spring Seminar Series page for speakers and topics. Sign up for our newsletter for announcements. 

About the Seminar:

Adolescents worldwide turn to general-purpose generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for mental health support, despite these tools not having been designed for youth well-being. Industry, policy and research trail far behind this rapid, largely unregulated adoption. Simultaneously, most responsible AI frameworks lack consensus, accountability, and meaningful implementation – particularly regarding adolescent health. Drawing on a policy and AI framework scan, multi-stakeholder workshops, and interviews with adolescents, we identify urgent, actionable priorities to prevent harm and ensure AI responsibly supports adolescent mental health.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Caroline Figueroa is an MD–PhD scientist and expert in artificial intelligence, digital health, and youth mental well-being. She is currently a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow at Stanford University and Hopelab, where she is co-developing responsible AI frameworks for youth mental health with youth, policymakers and industry partners. She is also a tenured Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology and leads a Digital Health research group, advancing evidence-based, responsible design for AI-mediated mental health tools. Dr. Figueroa trained as a medical doctor and holds a PhD in the neuroscience of depression from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Oxford and has clinical experience in psychiatry. She was previously a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.