📢 Milestone for bipolar disorder research! The BD² Integrated Network Longitudinal Cohort Protocol is now live: laying the foundation for the largest, most comprehensive prospective study in bipolar disorder and a new model for linking research directly to care. 📄🧪 🔗 bit.ly/451Bg1R

Great to be part of the @acnporg.bsky.social Annual Meeting last week! BD² team members and researchers joined scientists to discuss advances in precision psychiatry and neuroimaging-guided brain targeting. Proud to connect with partners advancing bipolar disorder research. 📈🧠 #ACNP2026

As we close 2025, we’re reflecting on a pivotal year built on years of research, collaboration, and commitment. We’re thankful to the global BD² community, researchers, clinicians, and participants, whose work continues to drive discovery forward 💙 #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealthResearch

What did BD² achieve in 2025? New data. Deeper partnerships. Global collaboration 🧪 Dive into our 2025 Milestone Report today! 🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7 #BipolarDisorder #Neuroscience #OpenScience #Research

We're closing out 2025 with momentum: Our milestone report captures major scientific advances across BD² programs—and the growing global community driving the work 🧪 Explore the progress shaping the future of #BipolarDisorder research. 🔗 bit.ly/496yqL7 #MentalHealth #OpenScience

🧪 Research Spotlight: @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will study brain activity in people with #BipolarDisorder during manic & depressive shifts 👉 Goal: Identify patterns that could guide new treatments with targeted brain stimulation. 🔗 bit.ly/4gTbBwU

On An Hour To Give, @dr-altimusprime.bsky.social and Jess Fiedorowicz, MD, PhD, join host Sam Laprade to share how BD² and @ottawahospital.on.ca are advancing scientific understanding so that all people with bipolar disorder can lead thriving lives. 📺: bit.ly/4o6dwQE Read highlights👇

🧪 Research Spotlight: Ziad Nahas, MD, MSCR, is studying how brain networks regulate mood in #BipolarDisorder & how instability drives shifts between depression & mania with PACE 👉 Goal: Test if targeting networks can improve mood & reveal mechanisms behind switches. 🔗 bit.ly/4gTbBwU

🚨 Last call! Letters of intent for BD²’s Discovery Research RFA are due this Thursday, Nov 21. 🔬 Up to $1.5M/year over 3 years 💡 Research focused on the biology of #BipolarDisorder 🔗 Apply today: bit.ly/4mtZ6tC Join a network driving discovery in bipolar science

🧪 Research Spotlight: Charles Lynch, PhD of @weillcornell.bsky.social, with @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, is mapping mood-related brain circuits & testing how they shift in people with #Bipolar 👉 Goal: Linking brain activity to mood could open the door to precision treatments. 🔗 bit.ly/4gTbBwU

⏰ Just 2 weeks left to apply! BD² is investing up to $18M in Discovery Research to uncover the biological mechanisms of #BipolarDisorder. 🔬 Up to $1.5M/year for 3 years 📅 LOIs due Nov 21 🧠 Join a growing network driving progress in bipolar science. Apply: bit.ly/4mtZ6tC

🧪 Research Spotlight: Michael Fox, MD, PhD (@foxmdphd.bsky.social) of Mass General Brigham (@mgbresearch.bsky.social) will map brain circuits driving symptoms in #BipolarDisorder 👉 Goal: Go beyond imaging correlations to identify the circuits causing symptoms. 🔗 bit.ly/4gTbBwU

We are proud to award $18M to four new Discovery Research teams exploring neuromodulation and brain circuits in #Bipolar 🧠📈 🔗bit.ly/48M1TKP 🎙️ Hear from Daniel Pham, PhD, and the teams about their innovative projects 👇

📺 “The best antidote to stigma is people sharing their own stories.” Major General Gregg Martin, PhD, joins BD²’s Emily Baxi, PhD, Program Director, to discuss resilience, recovery, and how science and lived experience can change care for #BipolarDisorder. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4nWlnkw

🧠📈 TOMORROW: Join BD²’s Daniel Pham, PhD, and Kelsey Barcomb, PhD, for a webinar answering questions on the Cycle 4 Discovery Research RFA—investing up to $18M in #BipolarDisorder research. 💡 Up to $1.5M/yr for 3 years (with possible renewal) 📅 LOIs due Nov 21 🔗 forms.office.com/r/MvBUnTUCbK

🚨 REMINDER: Next Wednesday, BD²'s Daniel Pham, PhD & Kelsey Barcomb, PhD, are hosting a webinar on the Cycle 4 Discovery Research RFA. They'll review the key information and requirements for your application. 🔗 Register: forms.office.com/r/MvBUnTUCbK

📢 Next Wednesday (October 8, 12 PM ET), BD² will host a webinar on the Cycle 4 Discovery Research RFA. Daniel Pham, PhD, & Kelsey Barcomb, PhD, will review eligibility, scope, LOI requirements, Open Science expectations, & key dates. Register now 👉 forms.office.com/r/MvBUnTUCbK

📢 Exciting update: BD² and CareEvolution have partnered to launch BD² Connect. This new digital tool supports BD² Integrated Network study participants manage EHRs, sync wearables, and engage in research that aims to improve care for #bipolardisorder. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/46lil2Y

🌎🧪 Apply for our open Discovery Research grants and join a network of scientists across the world who are dedicated to improving the lives of people with #bipolardisorder. 🔗 Read the RFA: bit.ly/4mtZ6tC

🚨We’re investing up to $18M in Discovery Research, dedicated to uncovering the biological mechanisms of #BipolarDisorder. 🔬 Up to $1.5M/year for 3 years per team 🧑‍💻 Applicant webinar Oct 8 📅 LOIs due Nov 21 Hear from Daniel Pham, Program Director, on what’s ahead + how to apply: bit.ly/4mtZ6tC 🧠📈

BD² is transforming science, care & outcomes for people with #bipolardisorder. 🧪 Our 2025 Progress Report shows how we’re expanding our network, advancing research & building resources to improve care. Check out the update: www.bipolardiscoveries.org/2025/08/2025...

What if #BipolarDisorder care was shaped by those living it—and powered by real-time data? 🧪 Read about how BD² Integrated Network is doing that with insights from Mark Frye, MD, Sam Savitz, PhD, and @ahvinson.bsky.social bit.ly/477P5xr

BD² leaders @dr-altimusprime.bsky.social, Katherine Burdick, PhD, and Mark Frye, MD, sat down with @morra.bsky.social on the Anxious Achiever Podcast for a conversation about the future of #bipolardisorder research. Tune in ▶️ tinyurl.com/58fxkmxt

🔬 BD² Integrated Network Program Director @emilybaxi.bsky.social recently joined @biorender.bsky.social ‬ on a panel about the state of science funding. Watch as she discusses how BD²’s funding strategically supports its priorities in #bipolardisorder research.

🔍 New in @thelancet.com: A Comprehensive Update on #BipolarDisorder Led by BD² investigator Balwinder Singh, MD, this is a must-read for those working to improve outcomes for individuals with #bipolardisorder. 📖 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lTurV-4XS... ▶️ Hear from Balwinder Singh, MD:

A huge congratulations to BD² Investigators Balwinder Singh, MD, [email protected], and SSC Chairs Katherine Burdick, PhD, and Mark Frye, MD, on their new Seminar in @thelancet.com—a global review of bipolar disorder diagnosis, treatment, and future directions. Take a look ⬇️

🚨 Happening TODAY at 2:00 PM ET (7/23): BD² Integrated Network Program Director @emilybaxi.bsky.social joins fellow scientific leaders for a timely discussion on the state of U.S. science funding. 🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/3p96dypp

ICYMI: We announced our first international Integrated Network site! We are joining forces with @braincanada.bsky.social to support our newest site at @ottawahospital.on.ca. Learn more about this milestone: tinyurl.com/cppm65hj

Brain Canada is investing in cutting-edge mental health research. Learn how our support is helping transform care for bipolar disorder in Ottawa and beyond: shorturl.at/CNRZ7 @bipolardiscoveries.org @ottawahospital.on.ca via @ottawacitizen.com

We just announced our partnership with @braincanada.bsky.social to launch the first international BD² Integrated Network site at @ottawahospital.on.ca. Watch as Lead PI Jess Fiedorowicz discusses the opportunity to accelerate research and improve the lives of those with #bipolardisorder ▶️

Brain Canada is proud to partner with @bipolardiscoveries.org to improve care for people with bipolar disorder. As part of this effort, @ottawahospital.on.ca will receive $2.3M USD to join the BD² Integrated Network. Learn more: bit.ly/3GoGfR5

Exciting news! Our very own Dr. Jess Fiedorowicz is leading Canada’s first site in a network to improve research and care for bipolar disorder! Learn more about this partnership with @bipolardiscoveries.org and Brain Canada: www.ohri.ca/newsroom/sto...

🌍 We’re excited to announce our partnership with @braincanada.bsky.social to welcome @ottawahospital.on.ca ‬ as the first international site into the BD² Integrated Network, an integral step to ensure research reaches those living with #bipolar disorder globally. Learn more: tinyurl.com/cppm65hj

In an interview on Short Wave from NPR, BD² SSC Member Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, discusses her life as a researcher living with and studying #bipolardisorder. Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/05/28/1...

On a recent episode of the On Point podcast, Will Walkey visited BD² Discovery Research Investigator @jennymtam.bsky.social in her lab. Listen at the link below to learn more about how her team is using brain organoids to find new treatments for bipolar disorder. tinyurl.com/5a7n22n2

▶️ Watch BD²'s Managing Director @dr-altimusprime.bsky.social discuss the factors influencing innovation in the current scientific landscape with the National Academies. tinyurl.com/y5ud6x6j

“There is so much potential for dramatic breakthroughs in brain science."" - @dr-altimusprime.bsky.social on how science, tech, and lived experience will shape the future of brain health. Read more about our work in this new article from Worth: tinyurl.com/mphajnnj

🧠"We need both perspectives, clinician and lived experience, working together in real time to guide meaningful outcomes in a collaborative, compassionate way." - Mark Frye on #MIGlobal panel moderated by @dr-altimusprime.bsky.social about advancing precision brain health. 👉Watch: bit.ly/4matcCU

We believe that accelerating scientific discoveries is essential to generating impact in #science and #research. Our flagship initiatives are doing just that 🔬 Learn more about our initiatives: bit.ly/3YPNDtI @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org @bipolardiscoveries.org @wastewaterscan.bsky.social

Congratulations to BD² Scientific Steering Committee Chair, @ericjnestler.bsky.social, for this well-deserved honor!

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Congratulations to BD² grantees Hilary Blumberg, MD and @drsarahsperry.bsky.social, who received DBSA Gerald L. Klerman Awards, the organization’s highest honor for scientific contributions to depression and bipolar disorder. We’re proud to have them in our network. 🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/229bhawe

@jennymtam.bsky.social and her team at @wyssinstitute.bsky.social are doing important work to identify treatments that can help people #bipolar disorder thrive. We’re proud to support this team and their exciting progress. Learn more ⬇️

🌍 It’s #WorldBipolarDay 🌍 #Bipolardisorder affects millions and often takes years to diagnose. Today, we come together to raise awareness, eliminate stigma, and support those living with bipolar disorder. #BipolarStrong💈💈

🚨 ICYMI: Last week, BD² welcomed four new sites to our Integrated Network. Learn how these new sites will help shape the future of #bipolardisorder research and care: tinyurl.com/mvr6dd3y

💈💈 We're working towards a future where precision medicine can improve treatment and care for those with #bipolardisorder. Our article in Biological Psychiatry outlines this vision and the role of philanthropy in filling the gaps. Read it here: tinyurl.com/bdfvb4e8

📢 A milestone in #bipolardisorder research and clinical care >> $9.2M in grants to expand the BD² Integrated Network. Four new sites join our collaborative effort to accelerate discovery and improve care. Read the announcement: www.bipolardiscoveries.org/2025/03/bd2-...

ICYMI: Women in neuroscience are redefining what’s possible in mental health research. This #WomensHistoryMonth, hear from four trailblazing scientists on the mentors who shaped them, the lessons they’ve learned, and their advice for the next generation. 👩‍🔬 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4aVVJXu

Achieving health equity, in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve the best possible health, requires ongoing, broad-scale efforts to counteract prevailing disparities. Read more: milkeninstitute.org/content-hub/...

In this insightful conversation, Major General Gregg Martin shares his life experiences and the impacts of having #bipolardisorder along his journey. Stories like this provide perspective and hope to those living with bipolar. Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXt...