{"id":333,"date":"2026-08-06T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/?p=333"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:11:44","slug":"seminar-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/2026\/08\/06\/seminar-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPHERE joined forces with PHRT (the Public Health Review Team) to host&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus.list-manage.com%2FYuw9m09_Cbu%3Fe%3D3871ffcab6%26c2id%3Dcc3ee89b78942d43120308fafa3f9f17&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cc.e.m.bardell%40exeter.ac.uk%7C772e1f09ac6c4e73836008deee351384%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C639210108922108497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ab1ijyQkG8gNOsSauuw2sYEN2eTyYg15VtxeXYhVSUM%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>Dr<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>David Villarreal-Zegarra<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;from the University of Utah who specialises in building trustworthy AI systems to help close the global mental health treatment gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegara.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegara.png 598w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegara-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David was visiting Exeter to attend the graduation ceremony for his PhD in Public Health, which he recently completed, and he kindly agreed to present this seminar titled&nbsp;<strong>From public mental health needs to AI-supported solutions<\/strong>. David discussed how digital and AI-supported tools can be developed in response to major public health needs, particularly in contexts where access to mental health care is limited. The hybrid seminar was open to all, and for those who were able to attend in person there was a chance to chat with David afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegaras-photo-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegaras-photo-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegaras-photo-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegaras-photo-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/David-Villarreal-Zegaras-photo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read David&#8217;s presentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/From-Public-Mental-Health-Needs-to-AI-Supported-Solutions.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of From Public Mental Health Needs to AI-Supported Solutions.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-25c9ecfc-afa2-44e3-a520-e532cabb83e3\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/From-Public-Mental-Health-Needs-to-AI-Supported-Solutions.pdf\">From Public Mental Health Needs to AI-Supported Solutions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sphere-newsandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/753\/2026\/08\/From-Public-Mental-Health-Needs-to-AI-Supported-Solutions.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-25c9ecfc-afa2-44e3-a520-e532cabb83e3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPHERE joined forces with PHRT (the Public Health Review Team) to host&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;David Villarreal-Zegarra&nbsp;from the University of Utah who specialises in building trustworthy AI systems to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3079,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seminar success - SPHERE News &amp; 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