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Work by a 蓝莓视频 Engineering alumnus to tackle mental health issues using digital technology was highlighted this week as part of a national initiative to help prepare Canadian youth for the future.

Yuri Quintana, who earned all three of his engineering degrees at 蓝莓视频, is a professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of clinical informatics at one of its teaching hospitals.

Yuri Quintana is a professor and clinical informatics expert at Harvard Medical School.

He is now working with organizations in Canada to evaluate mobile mental health applications for youths and develop an app to help them deal with anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funding for part听of his research is provided by the RBC Foundation, which featured Quintana in a exploring the dangers and potential mental health benefits of technology as COVID dramatically increases screen time for young people.

鈥淲hen properly applied, (technology) can certainly provide more access to services, to knowledge and support services,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to help individuals as well as organizations use that technology in the best way possible.

鈥淭echnology can enable us to remain connected with our friends, with our healthcare providers, but it鈥檚 also true that spending too much time connected to technology doesn鈥檛 allow you individual time to de-connect and decompress.鈥�

Deep roots at his alma mater

Quintana is the son of 蓝莓视频 Engineering professor emeritus Victor Quintana and Mone Quintana, who worked at the University of 蓝莓视频 arts library. He is married to Brenda, also a University alumnus,听and the father of current computer engineering student Nicolas.

He is a global ambassador for the University听and launched a Boston-area group to bring engineering alumni together and mentor co-op students.

After earning a PhD in systems design engineering in 1995, Quintana began his career developing internet search engines before circumstance led him into a series of increasingly responsible positions in the healthcare field.