Advancing Science, Technology, & Medicine to Help Persons Living with Mental Illness & Addiction
In our 6th Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis we discuss how social withdrawal can effect psychosis in mental illness. Amara interviews Dr. Paul Lysaker, a clinical psychologist at the VA medical center in Indianapolis and a professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. We explore his…
In our 5th Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis we explore the application of machine learning in medicine utilizing genetics to better understand substance use patterns among individuals. Amara interviews Dr. Alexander Hatoum, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Bogdan & Dr. Agrawal and an analyst for the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Substance Use…
In this 3rd Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis, she interviews Dr. Erin Madden, professor at Wayne State University in the department of Family Medicine and Public Health Services, on her paper entitled Intervention Stigma Toward Medications for Opioid use Disorder: A Systemic Review. Dr. Madden cites her background in sociology and the personal toll…
In this Fresh Perspectives webinar with Amara Davis, she interviews Alex Clinton, a pre-doctoral graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, who authored the paper Using Positive Empathy Interventions to Reduce Stigma Toward People Who Inject drugs while at the University of West Virginia in the lab of Robin Pollini. As an early career…