Researchers in CSE Department and the Kno.e.sis Center win a project titled "Modeling Social Behavior for Healthcare Utilization in Depression” in collaboration with Cornell and a number of other partners. The project deals with depression, which is one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S. and is the leading cause of disability affecting millions of Americans every year. This project will apply “big data” techniques and methods for identifying combinations of online socio-behavioral factors and neighborhood environmental conditions that can enable detection of depressive behavior in communities and studying access and utilization of healthcare services. Joint Principal Investigators of this nearly $2million project are Dr. Jyotishman Pathak (Weill Cornell Medicine) and Prof. Amit Sheth (Wright State University). Additional details are at the project page.
