Speakers:

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D. (keynote)
President and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology
"Systems Medicine and Proactive P4 Medicine: Medicine at a Tipping Point — Bipolar Disease and Scientific Wellness"

Lee Hood, MD, PhD, is among the most accomplished scientists world-wide in biomedical research. He is president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, WA, which aims to study human life in all its stages to predict, prevent, or diminish the effect of human disease. Dr. Hood led the teams that developed technology behind the automated methods for DNA sequencing and synthesis. He is the recipient of several prestigious international awards and in 2013 received the National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences.

Dr. Hood will speak from 2:00 - 3:00 pm.

Melvin McInnis, M.D.
Principal Investigator of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund
University of Michigan

The entire program is free and open to the public.

Questions? Please contact Kat Bergman at kbergman@umich.edu

The University of Michigan Depression Center is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative. Approved Provider Number: MICEC-0063. This program is approved for 2.5 Clock Hours.