Lynn Fiellin

Dr. Fiellin is a Yale Professor and founding director of the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games. She builds and tests videogame interventions targeting HIV prevention, promotion of HIV/STI testing, mental health and wellness, and drug and alcohol use prevention. Her team forges successful collaborations between teens, community-based organizations, scientists, educators, and videogame developers. They use principles of character education and social emotional learning to develop targeted digital health interventions that positively impact the well-being of teens.