Study focused on anhedonia opens for recruitment

Flyer. White text on blue background reads: "Participate in UCLA Depression research; 3 month study. Earn $374 and an apple watch for answering surveys, completing an MRI brain scan, only 1 visit to UCLA required. For more information, visit dgc.uclahealth.org/optima/home

September 28, 2022

The Depression Grand Challenge opened a new research study aimed to measure and track behavioral characteristics of depression and use these measures to predict brain activity, as measured by MRI scans. The name of the study is OPTIMA (Operationalizing Digital PhenoTyping In the Measurement of Anhedonia) and it is funded through the Wellcome Leap MCPsych program.

To learn more, please visit the OPTIMA recruitment page.

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