As a psychiatrist and researcher at UCLA, my work aims to better understand and care for people with mental illness by developing personalized and predictive approaches to care, embracing the variety between individuals with the same illness, engaging others as equal co-partners in the research process, and attempting to understand and measure not only a person's illness but the context of their community, their story and life experience. We refer to this broadly as 'Participatory Informatics', blending the fields of neuroscience, computer science, participatory health services research, and design.




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UPDATES
Feb.2018
Armen Arevian finally updates this site after 4 years! ;) Check out the expanded Projects page...

Jan.2018
Armen Arevian speaks to UCSF Psychiatry Digital Health Core about "Participatory Informatics". Thanks to Co-Directors Drs. Danielle Ramo and Joaquin Anguera for the invite!

Jan.2018
Publication of "Opportunities for Flexible, On-Demand Care Delivery Through Telemedicine" in Psychiatric Services

Jan.2018
Armen Arevian gives grand rounds talk at Harbor UCLA Psychiatry Department about "Participatory Informatics". Thanks to Dr. Ira Lesser for the invite!

Nov.2017
Armen Arevian presents at the Harvard/McLean Institute for Technology and Psychiatry Summit as part of the "Digital Diagnostics: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Mental Health"

Oct.2017
B-RESILIENT team wins UCLA's Code for the Mission 2017 award!

Oct.2017
Armen Arevian presents Grand Rounds at UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science about "Participatory Informatics"

Oct.2017
Publication of B-RESILIENT pilot: "Participatory Technology Development to Enhance Community Resilience." in Ethnicity & Disease (in press)

Oct.2017
Publication of CPPRN project: "The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN): Application of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Promote Behavioral Health Equity." in Ethnicity & Disease (in press)

July.2017
Funding and kickoff of the C-LEARN project: Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network by National Academies of Science and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation!