Smartphone-based Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health
Jukka-Pekka Onnela, D.Sc., Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Thurs. May 26, 2022
9:20 – 9:45 a.m.
Washington Room, Hotel Roanoke
Abstract: Assessment of psychiatric symptoms relies primarily on self-report, which is subjective and typically collected infrequently. Smartphone-based digital phenotyping can provide low-burden, high-throughput real-world data about social, behavioral, and cognitive markers. I will discuss some opportunities and challenges in this line of research. Among others, I will discuss the importance of working with raw data and the challenges posed by missing data. I will also highlight the importance of reproducibility and will discuss the importance of methods for future work.