On April 14th (Monday), 2025, at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, a lecture will be held by MSc Daniela Janeva on the topic “Solving the Schizophrenic Brain”, in which she will talk about her doctoral research at the Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Aix-Marseille University, France.
The lecture will take place in the Meeting Room at FEEIT at 16:00h.
The event is organized by FEEIT and the Macedonian section of IEEE through its chapters: the Joint Chapter for Signal Processing and Engineering in Medicine and Biology (SP/EMB), the Joint Chapter for Electronic Components, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Solid-State Circuits (ED/IM/SSC), as well as the IEEE Life Members affinity group (LM80077).
More information about the lecture:
Title: Solving the Schizophrenic Brain
Abstract: Schizophrenia is a complex, heterogeneous, and debilitating disorder with a high prevalence of suboptimal responses to antipsychotic medication. Optimizing treatment strategies is crucial for better patient outcomes, and by integrating different modalities, pharmacology, imaging, and clinical, we aim to identify reliable biomarkers to guide personalized treatment. A critical initial step is the precise definition of clinical subtypes through unsupervised learning methods, enabling patient stratification and the identification of significant correlations between corresponding imaging and pharmacological data. We observe two distinct subtypes that are robust to randomness and well differentiated by the independent items of the SUMD scale, clinically validated and theoretically interpretable. This stratification is crucial for understanding the diverse manifestations and treatment response in schizophrenia and is the first step towards tailoring individualized therapeutic strategies.
Bio: Phd Student at INS UMR 1106, MSc and BSc at FEEIT.
