Talk: 

Using data to personalise treatment for depression

Ellen Driessen is Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology at Radboud University in the Netherlands, who has won numerous awards for her work, including from the Dutch Government.

Profile: https://www.ru.nl/en/people/driessen-e

Ellen is a clinical psychologist whose research is focused on improving treatment for people with depression, and understanding ‘what works for whom’. Ellen’s goal is to improve care, beyond questions about the efficacy of treatments and instead through methods to optimise treatment by identifying the best intervention for an individual based on their personal characteristics. She leads a large international project on personalised medicine approaches to the treatment of depression, developing a tool for selecting the right treatments for people.

In this talk, Ellen will present some of her research into identifying factors that might impact an individuals’ response to treatments for depression and how we can personalise treatment selection. This includes the…