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Olusola Ajilore
Olusola Ajilore MD PhD
Dr. Ajilore's research goal is to understand the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder in the context of medical co-morbidities and late life using novel magnetic resonance imaging techniques. His group focuses on using structural and functional brain connectivity to study the brain as a n ...
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A Fitbit for Your Brain
The UI Center on Depression and Resilience-Digital Mental Health Initiative’s development of artificial intelligence apps are revolutionizing the digital mental health industry, empowering patients and addressing the nation’s mental health crisis. Read More
BiAffect featured in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal published a story on BiAffect, the phone app designed to predict and monitor manic and depressive episodes. Dr. Alex Leow and Dr. Read More
BiAffect featured in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal published a story on BiAffect, the phone app designed to predict and monitor manic and depressive episodes. Dr. Alex Leow and Dr. Read More
BiAffect featured in The Wall Journal
The Wall Street Journal published a story on BiAffect, the phone app designed to predict and monitor manic and depressive episodes. Dr. Alex Leow and Dr. Read More
Could This New ResearchKit App Help Develop The Fitness Tracker For The Brain?
In April 2016, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched the Mood Challenge, an open call to tech entrepreneurs, innovators and mental health practitioners to leverage Apple’s ResearchKit to create new technologies that would test, predict and treat mental health conditions. Throughout the process, selected teams would receive incremental funding at each stage, with the winner receiving $200,000 to further develop and test their technology. Read More
CAVE2
A 320-degree enclosure of glass, steel and electronics with tens of millions of pixels is the next generation of large-scale virtual reality environments. It's called the CAVE2 and it was developed by computer scientists in the Electronic Visualization Lab, or EVL, at the University of Illinois Chicago. Read More
Emotional Disorders May Have Similar Brain Abnormalities
Researchers from University of Illinois Chicago used MRI imaging to study disorders such as depression and social anxiety disorders. The study stems from the recognition that similar treatments help multiple disorders and that almost all emotional disorders involve persistent negative thinking. Read More
Brain disruptions similar across many emotional disorders
Researchers have long known that emotional disorders have a lot in common. Many often occur together, like depression and social anxiety disorder. Treatments also tend to work across multiple disorders, suggesting shared underlying elements. But perhaps the most common shared characteristic is that almost all emotional disorders involve persistent negative thinking. Read More