The Role of Big Data & A.I. in Mental Health Research

Systems Conversation with Jyiotishman Pathak, Frances & John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, Professor of Healthcare Policy & Research, and the Chief of Division of Health Informatics at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University

We continue to use primitive ways to identify and measure mental illness, lack organizational capacity for building and maintaining large and longitudinal data repositories, and have yet to define a robust model for turning individual data into collective knowledge that can benefit patient care. Our research is an attempt to address these challenges by developing and applying novel big data analytics methods in understanding effective ways to diagnose, treat, and manage patients suffering from major depression.