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In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Flint, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles, joins us to discuss how he uses data science and machine learning to explore the link between genetics and depression.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\nJohnathan's background [2:53]\n\nHow we know that genetics plays a role in complex human behaviors including psychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia [8:00]\n\nThe role that data science and ML play in modern genetics research [15:08]\n\nAbout Jonathan book "How Genes Influence Behavior" [19:45]\n\nThe day-to-day life of a world-class medical sciences researcher [32:24]\n\nThe open-source software libraries that Jonathan uses for data modeling [40:33]\n\nA single question you can ask to prevent a severely depressed person from committing suicide [52:00]\n\nLinkedIn Q&A [54:41]\n\nThe future of psychiatric treatments [1:05:35]\n\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/547