Consultations, Programs and Services at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Summary

The Eisenberg Family Depression Center aims to support investigators across the University of Michigan to accelerate depression and bipolar research that will directly impact our communities and clinical practice. We are also home to a robust Outreach & Education program that empowers our communities to raise awareness, reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking. The following list provides direct links to Depression Center consultation request forms, program applications, and program information contacts.

 

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Data Consultation Request

Data & Design Core

The Data & Design team offers one-on-one consultation to help researchers advance their untapped ideas with data science expertise. Our team can assist if you are looking for a data source, are stuck on an analysis problem or have a study design question. 

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Grant Support Request

Research Innovation Core

Our Grant Finding Service connects our members to vetted grant opportunities specifically tailored to their interests.

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Mobile Study Research Consultation

Mobile Technologies Core

The Mobile Technologies Core provides investigators across the University of Michigan the support and guidance needed to utilize mobile technologies and digital mental health measures in their studies – regardless of specialty or research focus. Our mobile study infrastructure and mobile data services support investigators who are interested in harnessing the power of emerging mobile technology and wearables.

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Publication Support Request

Research Innovation Core

This service for Eisenberg Family Depression Center members is intended to support faculty in writing, editing, reviewing, and formatting articles for publication in academic journals. In addition, we can assist with finding supporting articles and citations and supporting bibliography development, such as creating reference lists.

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Request Information or Apply to a Program

Athletes Connected

Outreach & Education Team

Athletes Connected helps improve the well-being of student athletes at the University of Michigan and beyond. Through a comprehensive approach involving student engagement, targeted interventions, and scientific research, Athletes Connected equips student athletes with the evidence-based skills and support they need to increase their emotional health and be successful in athletics, academics, and all other aspects of their lives.

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Membership

Member Engagement & Events Team

The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center's membership bridges connections between disciplines, facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations that are central to our mission to lower the burden of depression and bipolar disorders.

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Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program

Outreach & Education Team

Student-led mental health education campaigns to raise awareness and encourage help-seeking within schools. P2P is an evidence-based collaboration between the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and middle school and high schools across the nation. The goal of the program is to reduce stigma, raise awareness, encourage help-seeking, and promote early detection of depression, anxiety and related illnesses.

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Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE)

Outreach & Education Team

A peer support program that connects incoming veterans on college campuses with trained peer advisors who can help them transition to life as a new student.

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Research Incubator Program Application

Data & Design Core

Our Research Incubator program offers hands-on support for research projects using existing data to accelerate depression research activity of early-career faculty and emerging scholars across the University of Michigan.

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Workplace Mental Health Solutions

Outreach & Education Team

Workplace Mental Health Solutions builds health into the workplace by giving organizations a road map and tools to tackle serious mental health issues in the workplace.

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Join Our Affinity Groups

DIGIT-MI

Mobile Technologies Core

DIGIT-MI is where faculty and staff across the University of Michigan meet to connect, learn and share resources that encourage the increased use of digital and mobile technologies and mental wellness measurements in health research across multiple disciplines. 

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Mobile Coordinator Network (MCN)

Mobile Technologies Core

The Mobile Coordinator Network (MCN) develops and shares resources to increase the efficiency, rigor and reproducibility of studies utilizing mobile devices at the University of Michigan. MCN is open to study coordinators across the University of Michigan who are working or planning studies using mobile technologies.

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Mobile Data Expert Network (MDEN)

Mobile Technologies Core

The Mobile Data Expert Network at the University of Michigan (MDEN) is a collaborative problem-solving network and IT community of practice comprised of staff and junior faculty who develop and share tools and documentation that enhance the reproducibility and rigor of U-M health studies using mobile devices. MDEN membership is open to current University of Michigan or Michigan Medicine staff or junior faculty members with experience exporting, processing, and/or analyzing mobile data in health research.

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Mobile Technologies Research Innovation Collaborative (MeTRIC)

Mobile Technologies Core

The Mobile Technologies Research Innovation Collaborative, or MeTRIC, is a campus-wide initiative designed to foster knowledge sharing and create a single access point for University of Michigan investigators who are looking to use wearables, apps or other mobile technologies in their health research.

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