Contact the Prechter Program

To learn more about participating in our research studies, please contact a Prechter Research Associate at:

Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
Rachel Upjohn Building
4250 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2700
1-877-UM GENES (1-877-864-3637) 
[email protected]


Our director and principal investigator is Melvin G. McInnis, M.D., Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder & Depression. Reach him at [email protected].

Our research manager is Holli Bertram, LMSW. For day-to-day research operation questions, you can reach her at [email protected]


For general questions, please contact:

Rachel Bresnahan
Communication Lead
Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
Rachel Upjohn Building
4250 Plymouth Road. Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2700
(734)-232-0456
[email protected]


For information about supporting the Prechter Program or to make a gift, please contact:

Michigan Medicine, Office of Development
ATTN: Prechter Program
777 Eisenhower, Suite 650
Ann Arbor, MI 48104  
[email protected]


To contact the founder of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program:

Waltraud “Wally” Prechter
(734) 675-2200
Please email Mrs. Prechter’s assistant, Leslye Martin:
[email protected]