Opening General Session – Resilience & Navigating Uncertainty

Friday, April 24, 2026

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

Location: Seaport Ballroom, Level 2

Presenter(s)

Michael Ungar, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience
Dalhousie University
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia

Slides Handouts

Moderator(s)

Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM

Chief Medical Officer
Pathway Healthcare Services, LLC
Jonesboro, Georgia

This presentation explores how those who help others can cope with extreme amounts of stress and maintain their own mental and physical wellbeing both at work and at home. Twelve factors that can make healthcare professionals more resilient will be discussed, along with practical tools to find the resources needed to cope successfully in culturally and contextually relevant ways.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Understand that resilience involves being both rugged and resourced.
Become familiar with 12 factors associated with resilience.
Identify strategies individuals can use to make themselves more resilient, even during times of extreme stress.

Disclosure(s):

Michael Ungar, PhD: American Society for Nephrology: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, November 20, 2025); Harvard University LILA Institute: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated, September 12, 2025); Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM: No financial relationships to disclose