IDRAAC, in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at the St Georges Hospital University Medical Center, the Faculty of Medicine at the Balamand University and the Lebanese Psychiatric Society would like to invite you to attend a conference titled:

“MHealth Monitoring of Acoustic and Behavioral Patterns in Bipolar Disorder”

on Friday January 26, 2018 at 6pm at the Batlouni Theater-Balamand University-Ashrafieh (FACING ST GEORGES HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER).

This conference will host  Professor Melvin G. McInnis, one of the most prominent researchers on bipolar disorder and depression in the world. He is internationally known as an expert in the diagnosis, genetics and clinical management of bipolar and depressive disorders in adolescents and adults.

Professor McInnis is the Thomas B and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression at the University of Michigan Depression Center and the scientific director of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund at the University of Michigan.

Professor McInnis’ research has focused on the genetics of bipolar disorder, its etiology and longitudinal patterns and outcomes of this disorder.

He will present an innovative approach to assist in the longitudinal management of bipolar patients. This method is based on the exploration of information in temporal patterns of speech and behavior captured on a daily basis by a cell phone-based system and analyzed using sophisticated algorithms. This method is the subject of a current research project involving the University of Michigan, IDRAAC, the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at the St Georges Hospital University Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine at the Balamand University.