BD² Updates
BD² Expands Foundational Effort to Understand Biology of Bipolar Disorder with $36 Million in New Grants
Washington, D.C. – BD²: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder today announced its second installment of Discovery Research grants, totaling nearly $18 million – broadening a comprehensive effort to examine the key mechanisms of bipolar disorder and marking a global expansion of BD². Multidisciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians whose leads are from the …
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Inside BD²’s Integrated Network: Coordinating Clinical & Biological Data from 4,000 Participants to Rapidly Improve Lives
When BD²’s Integrated Network set out to build its groundbreaking approach to shorten the time it takes for research to improve care for people with bipolar disorder, one of the most important aspects of that approach was designing a comprehensive, standardized data ecosystem. To build this unprecedented knowledge base, data are being collected from up …
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Inside BD²’s Integrated Network: How the Learning Health Network is Improving Clinical Care and Outcomes
A Learning Health Network is a relatively new, innovative concept that brings healthcare delivery together with the research ecosystem to develop and evaluate care improvement in real-world clinical settings. Networks, large and small, that have been organized as Learning Health Networks build the capacity of everyone who participates – from community members to researchers to …
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Inside BD²’s Integrated Network: Connecting Bipolar Disorder Research with Clinical Care in Unprecedented Ways
The BD² Integrated Network is a groundbreaking approach designed to shorten the time it takes for research insights to be applied to improvements in care for people with bipolar disorder. By engaging a network of collaborating investigators and clinicians, BD² is building an unprecedented data ecosystem for bipolar disorder, implementing and informing data-driven improvements in care …
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BD² Announces New Funding Opportunities to Join Landmark Bipolar Disorder Research and Clinical Care Network
Washington, D.C. – July 18, 2024 – BD²: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder today announced its second call for applications for clinic sites to join the BD² Integrated Network. In partnership with people living with bipolar disorder, clinicians, and researchers, BD² established the Integrated Network to accelerate research and dramatically improve systems of …
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An Interview with Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, for World Bipolar Day
BD² recognizes World Bipolar Day as a reminder of our shared vision: that all people with bipolar disorder thrive. In honor of World Bipolar Day and the first participants joining BD²’s Integrated Network longitudinal study this month, we spoke with Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, a BD² scientific steering committee member who has written eloquently and movingly …
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BD² Inaugural All-Investigator Meeting
Four years ago, philanthropic leaders united with the Milken Institute and embarked on a journey to launch a new research initiative focused on bipolar disorder. This month, we convened all of the inaugural funded scientists, researchers, and clinicians in that research initiative, BD²: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder. It was a proud moment …
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BD² Celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Women and girls play a critical role in unlocking answers to some of the world’s most pressing scientific questions, but inequalities and barriers continue to pose challenges to participation in STEM. Only through diversity in all areas of science—from study participants to clinicians, researchers, and leadership—can there be a truly inclusive, prosperous, and sustainable world. …
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