ATLANTA, GA - In an effort to contribute to the comprehension of the complexities of brain health, Emory University has established Brain Health Personalized Medicine Institute (BHPMI).
The institute will include membership comprised of faculty throughout Emory University and the Emory Brain Health Center sharing an interest in improving brain health patient outcomes using personalized data science and medicine.
Through BHPMI, Emory plans to integrate existing research and clinical neuroscience strengths by integrating data acquired from Emory Healthcare with sophisticated research capabilities in the Georgia community.
BHPMI aims to elucidate the complexity of behavior and disease from molecular detail to gene, cell, and neural circuity through large-scale analysis and data collection.
Integrated data analysis has helped researchers uncover discoveries in the past. For example, data taken from the integrated research at Emory’s Brain Health Center show that dementia, depression, ALS, autism, stroke, and other brain diseases are more related than previously believed as unrelated conditions.
The institute will be supported by trusted talents and researchers in neurology, psychiatry and medicine.
Alan Levey, M.D, Ph.D. has been appointed as director of the BHPMI, leaving his previous role as chair of The School of Medicine Department of Neurology.
“One of our goals with the BHMPI is to accumulate data from a wide subset of those with brain disease and profile these individuals,” said Levey. “This data will help inform our understanding of the biological, medical and lifestyle factors impacting brain health and disease and promote new research approaches to improve patient care and ultimately prevent common brain diseases.”