SDS 547: How Genes Influence Behavior with Prof. Jonathan Flint

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, noon

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.\nIn this episode you will learn:\u2022 Johnathan's background [2:53]\u2022 How we know that genetics plays a role in complex human behaviors including psychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia [8:00]\u2022 The role that data science and ML play in modern genetics research [15:08]\u2022 About Jonathan book "How Genes Influence Behavior" [19:45]\u2022 The day-to-day life of a world-class medical sciences researcher [32:24]\u2022 The open-source software libraries that Jonathan uses for data modeling [40:33]\u2022 A single question you can ask to prevent a severely depressed person from committing suicide [52:00]\u2022 LinkedIn Q&A [54:41]\u2022 The future of psychiatric treatments [1:05:35]\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/547