Biography

Michael P. Milham, MD, PhD, is an internationally recognized neuroscience researcher, the Vice President of Research and the founding director of the Center for the Developing Brain at the Child Mind Institute. He is also a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist. Dr. Milham’s research interests include investigating how functional and structural connectivity in the brain may underlie differing forms of mental illness, and seeking to chart the course of brain development in healthy and affected children.

Dr. Milham is one of our nation’s most prolific neuroimaging researchers, with over 150 articles published since 2005 and recognition as one of Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (top 1 percent for Neuroscience and Behavior) every year since 2014. He was also the recipient of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping’s highly prestigious Wiley Young Investigator Award in 2014. He has published in the most scientifically respected journals, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and JAMA-Psychiatry. He has also received honors and funding support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Dr. Milham continues to treat a range of child, adolescent and adult patients for mental illness, both with medications and psychotherapy.

Website: https://childmind.org/bio/michael-p-milham-md-phd/
Twitter: @MilhamMichael

Dr. Zachrisson is a professor of quantitative methods at the Department of Special Needs Education at the University of Oslo. He is currently leading a research project studying causes of social inequality in language development and academic achievement, in the neighborhood and in the family; the consequences of Norway’s scale-up of infant and toddler care for these outcomes; and the benefits and costs of this scale-up. To do this, they have linked national administrative records for the Norwegian population, with a large and longitudinal health survey. In these data, they pursue integrations of research methods from developmental psychology and other social sciences (e.g., economics, sociology). The project is funded by the European Research Council, more information can be found at www.uio.no/eqop.

Website: https://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/people/aca/henrikdz/index.html
Twitter: @henrikdz

The Use of Publicly Available Big Data Sets in Developmental Science

Session Type: Invited Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is meant to introduce audience members to "Big Data" - open, freely available data sets to scientists. The session will include discussion about the benefits and considerations of using these data sets for research purposes.

Sub Unit

• Invited Program

Individual Presentations

• Opportunities and Limitations of Publicly Available Big Data for Biomarker Discovery in the Developing Brain - Presenting Author: Michael H. Milham, Child Mind Institute & Nathan Klein Institute

• “Big Data: Is it for me? What it is, how to use it” - Presenting Author: Henrik D. Zachrisson, University of Oslo

Moderator

• Moriah E. Thomason, New York University School of Medicine

Introducer

• Katherine Paschall, Child Trends -Maryland