Keynote Speaker on Mental Health, AI & Habit Change
Mental Health, AI, and the Science of Daily Habits
Dr. Krysti Vo is a dual board-certified psychiatrist, digital health advisor, and founder of the YouHabits behavior change framework. As a keynote speaker for corporate events, virtual conferences, and podcasts, she covers the science behind mental wellness, sustainable habits, and AI in healthcare — and makes it immediately useful to the people in the room.
Most keynote speakers on mental health tell you what to do. Dr. Vo explains what is actually happening in your brain — and builds the session around that.
The Clinician Behind the Framework
Meet Dr. Krysti Vo
She is dual board-certified in psychiatry, licensed across multiple states, and has worked across clinical practice, digital health startups, and healthcare innovation. She currently advises AI and digital health companies on how technology intersects with human behavior and mental wellness.
That combination — practicing clinician, startup advisor, and behavioral scientist — is rare on a speaking circuit that tends to separate clinical expertise from business application.
Her presentations explain what actually happens in the brain when routines break down, when technology overwhelms, or when burnout sets in. Then she gives audiences a concrete system to do something about it. Attendees leave with a working framework, not a list of tips.
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Key Speaking Themes and Signature Frameworks
AI is reshaping how mental healthcare is delivered — from diagnostic tools to therapy apps to personalized treatment platforms. Most audiences, including the professionals building these tools, have no clinical framework for evaluating what that means for human wellbeing.
This session provides one. Dr. Vo explains the neurological effects of constant connectivity, what peer-reviewed research shows about AI-assisted care, and how individuals and organizations can maintain cognitive boundaries without stepping away from the tools that make them effective.
- Format(s): Keynote · Executive Briefing · Panel
- Delivery: In-Person or Virtual — a popular pick for planners seeking a speaker for a virtual conference
- Best for: Technology companies, digital health organizations, healthcare innovation panels, executive teams navigating AI adoption
- Key takeaways:
- A clinical framework for evaluating AI mental health tools
- What the research actually shows about AI-assisted care
- How to set cognitive boundaries without abandoning useful technology
Most habit frameworks ask people to overhaul their routines. YouHabits starts with where a person actually is — their current cognitive load, existing behavioral patterns, and the specific friction points keeping a habit from sticking. Developed from Dr. Vo’s own experience training for the NYC Marathon and refined through years of clinical practice, it’s built on one insight: lasting habits form when they work with the brain’s existing neural architecture, not against it.
- Format(s): Keynote · Workshop (90 min–half day) · Masterclass
- Delivery: In-Person or Virtual
- Best for: A frequent request from planners booking a speaker for corporate events — corporate wellness programs, HR leadership events, professional development conferences, organizations investing in employee performance and retention
- Key takeaways:
- Identify the one friction point that’s blocked a habit for years
- Design micro-habits that attach to existing neural pathways
- Build consistency without relying on motivation or willpower
Burnout is not a scheduling problem or a character flaw. It is a physiological response to sustained stress without adequate recovery — and it follows a predictable progression that most organizations miss until performance has already declined.
- Format(s): Keynote · Executive Briefing · Leadership Workshop
- Delivery: In-Person or Virtual
- Best for: Executive leadership teams, people operations and HR leaders, high-performance organizations, leadership development conferences
- Key takeaways:
- Early neurological warning signs of burnout
- How chronic stress affects the prefrontal cortex — and performance
- Structural changes that support sustainable high performance
Bring Dr. Krysti Vo to Your Next Event
For keynote bookings, workshop availability, podcast appearances, or media collaborations, there are two ways to get started.
Prefer email? Reach out directly at ask@vo.care — or fill out the form below with the same details.
Academic & Conference Presentations
“The International Psychoanalytical Association at the United Nations: A Project For Collaborative Care in Low-Income Communities.” In Conjunction with Vivian Pender, MD, Elizabeth Chapman, MD, Houssam Raai, MD, Wasami Shinwari, John Barnhill, MD. American Psychoanalytic Association National Meeting, New York City, NY.
“Integrated Behavioral Health Care: A Global Approach.” In Conjunction with Vivian Pender, MD, Elizabeth Chapman, MD, Houssam Raai, MD, Pamela Montano, M.D. American Psychiatric Association 171th Annual Conference, New York City, NY.
“Launching a Telebehavioral Health Strategy: Addressing Gaps in Care and Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services”, World Congress, 11th Annual mHealth & Telehealth World Summit, Boston, MA
“Development of telepsychiatry in primary care: Case illustration and implications for dissemination”, Developing and Researching Advanced Models of Integrated Primary Care Conference, Wilmington, DE
“How telehealth is changing behavioral healthcare”, Big Data World West Conference, San Diego, CA
“Networking for Career Development”, Resource Center Meet & Greet, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
“ATA COVID-19 Response Webinar Series: Telemental Health 101,” American Telemedicine Association
“Screentime: Learning to Teach Pediatric Telepsychiatry (PTP) Using a National Curriculum”, Webinar for American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, P
“Conversational Agents and Telehealth Virtual Visits: Improving Experiences, Efficiency and Outcomes,” Live Panel Discussion, American Telemedicine Association, Annual Virtual Conference
“Delivery of Telepsychiatry to Children and Adolescents in Integrated Care Settings,” Poster Presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 10th Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Philadelphia, PA
“Strategies on how to Sustain Telemental Health After COVID19,” Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Conference, Cognific, Virtual Conference
Telepsychiatry Extended Workgroup, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference
How CHOP Ramped up Telehealth and Strategies to Sustain Telehealth, Kedren Lecture Series, Virtual Conference
How to Adapt the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint on Ramping Up Telehealth Services Considerations for Sustaining Telehealth, Tripler Army Medical Center Hawaii Grand rounds-Department of Behavioral Health, Virtual Grand Rounds
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and a Career in Telepsychiatry, Nassau University Medical Centre-Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Virtual Didactics
Digital Health Solution on Suicide Screening and Care Coordination and Starting a Telepsychiatry Private Practice, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Starting a Telemedicine Private Practice, Delaware Psychiatric Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Telehealth Education, Adena Health System Psychiatry, Virtual Didactics
Telehealth 101 to CAP fellows, Georgetown University Medical Center, Virtual Didactics
Digital Health Innovation on Psychiatry: Suicide Screening as a Case, Lehigh Valley Health Network-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
Digital Innovations in Psychiatry, Prisma Health-Greer Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
Blueprint for Rapid Adoption of Telehealth Services & Strategies to Sustain Telehealth, Tufts Medical Center-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telepsychiatry after Covid 19, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telehealth using the CHOP Blueprint, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Strategies of Sustaining Telehealth Using the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint, Virginia Commonwealth University-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telehealth Using The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint (Virtual Grand Rounds) How to Start a Telepsychiatry Private Practice and Cultural Competence Series: Anti-Asian Sentiment During COVID-19 (Virtual Didactics), Texas Tech University-Health Sciences Center
Telepsychiatry 101 and Starting a Telepsychiatry Private Practice, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
How to Sustain Telehealth Sustain Telehealth using The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint, Richmond University Medical Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telepsychiatry after COVID19 (Grand Rounds) using CHOP Blueprint, NASSAU University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
IG Live discussion on Mental Health Diagnosis (schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression & anxiety) and decreasing the stigma,The Collective View (TCV-)Mental Health Dx
Asian American Mental Health: Survival in the dual pandemics of 2020, American Psychiatric Association (APA), Annual Meeting
Digital Health Adoption: Barriers And Regulatory Challenges, Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab (HITLAB) Symposium
Action News Anchor Tamala Edwards hosts an in-depth discussion on Mental Health Awareness.
Several doctors and therapists discuss a wide array of topics, including general mental health awareness during COVID-19, stressors from work/family/relationships, increasing suicide rates, and re-entry anxiety. Dr. Krysti Vo is included in the panel.
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Digital Health,University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
Integrating Digital Health to Psychiatry, Geisinger Medical Center, Grand Rounds
Telepsychiatry: Laws, Regulations, Advocacy, and Education, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Member Services Forum, Virtual Presentation
Anti-Asian Racism & Hate Crime Supportive Forum,Multicultural Professionals Network (MPN) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Telehealth Enabled Primary Care – Behavioral Health Integration Models: Integrating Telepsychiatry with Collaborative Care, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC), 2022 Summit
How Digital Health Can Integrate Physical and Mental Health,Co-speaker Patrick Carroll, MD,Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Summit 2022
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Digital Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
Pediatric Telepsychiatry Curriculum with new Download-and Go Modules Co-speakers Deborah Brooks,MD, Sandra De Jong, MD, Suni Jani,MD, Dan Alicata, MD, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) Annual Meeting