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November 17, 2022
Art Among the Prechter Program: Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition
Prechter Program Research Fellow Hanjoo Kim, Ph.D., receives honorable mention for his piece, Freedom , in the Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition.
November 15, 2022
Exploring Lunar Cycling in Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Helen Burgess discusses the Prechter "Sleep Across the Seasons Study”.
November 9, 2022
An Update: Predicting Individual Outcomes for Rapid Intervention (PRIORI)
Drs. Sarah Sperry and Emily Mower Provost provide an update on the PRIORI technology
November 3, 2022
16th Annual Prechter Lecture Recording Now Available
In case you missed the 16th Annual Prechter Lecture: watch the video today!
October 17, 2022
Paper by Prechter Program Selected as Transactions on Affective Computing Best Paper of 2021
The awards for the Best of T-AFFC will be presented at the hybrid 10th International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction that will be held online and in Nara, Japan.
October 10, 2022
2022 Newsletter & Impact Report
Download this year's Prechter Program Newsletter and Impact Report
October 10, 2022
Dr. Melvin McInnis featured in The Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology Podcast
Dr. McInnis discusses exposure to SARS-CoV-2, acute kidney injury, and lithium toxicity from his recent publication.
September 30, 2022
Prechter Program Researchers Awarded $50,000 for Circadian Rhythm Research
Prechter Program Researchers win third place at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center Psych Tank event.
September 27, 2022
"Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind"
Prechter Program Director, Dr. Melvin McInnis, to moderate the Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival with key speaker Andy Dunn, author of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
September 21, 2022
You Are Not Alone: New Book from NAMI Chief Medical Officer, Interviews from Prechter Program Members
You Are Not Alone: the NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health explores mental health journeys.
September 20, 2022
Prechter Program at the 2022 Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Conference
Prechter Program trainees win travel awards for best poster at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference.
September 12, 2022
Prechter Program Director a Scientific Steering Committee Member for Newly Launched Global Bipolar Disorder Platform
Global Platform Launches to Transform Bipolar Disorder Research and Care
August 25, 2022
Sarah Sperry, PH.D., awarded Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant
Prechter Program researcher, Dr. Sarah Sperry, was awarded a significant research award.
August 17, 2022
Prechter Program at 2022 ISAD Conference
Dr. Melvin Mcinnis, Prechter Program Director, will be a key speaker at the International Society for Affective Disorder conference this September.
August 9, 2022
New Research from the Prechter Program: Exposure to SARS-CoV-2, Acute Kidney Injury, and Lithium Toxicity
Prechter Program Director and Research Program Manager found instances of lithium toxicity among individuals with bipolar disorder who were diagnosed with COVID-19.
July 22, 2022
Mental Health Advocate, Dr. Santa Ono, Announced as the 15th President of the University of Michigan
Dr. Santa J. Ono, a researcher, mental health advocate, and person living with bipolar disorder will be joining the University of Michigan as the new President.
July 20, 2022
Unlocking Bipolar Disorder with Innovative Research Strategies
Many Prechter Program researchers are a part of the Global Bipolar Cohort (GBC) and were involved in the studies mentioned in this article. The GBC held its inaugural meeting in Ann Arbor in 2019, organized by Dr. McInnis, Director of the Prechter Program.
July 14, 2022
Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Show Similar Response Inhibition
People with bipolar I disorder (BD) and schizophrenia show similar difficulty with response inhibition according to a study published in Journal of Affective Disorders