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DGC joins DiMe-led consortium, submits proposal to Wellcome to conduct scoping project on use of digital sensing for mental health research
The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge collaborated with a consortium led by The Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) to submit a proposal to Wellcome, a global charitable organization that funds discovery research, for the opportunity to conduct scoping research to assess how digital sensing technologies may be leveraged to detect and treat mental health conditions.
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UCLA and global experts seek colleague input for digital sensing in mental health research standards
Leading mental health and computer science researchers, industry experts, advocates and funders who participated in the Digital Sensing Workshop held at UCLA in the winter of 2023 are seeking additional review and input from colleagues and other stakeholders for a shared vision, common standards and recommendations they created to facilitate the use of digital sensing technologies in mental health research.
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BD2: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with bipolar disorder
UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics tapped as collaborator in BD² genetics research

BD2, an organization funding large-scale bipolar research, unveiled a new research collaboration on March 30, 2023, to further understanding of the genetic basis of bipolar disorder. The collaboration is headed by The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and includes the New York Genome Center and the UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, led by UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Director Nelson Freimer, MD. 

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