Christina Klein is a Project Director at University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. For the last ten years she has worked with children and adolescents living with bipolar spectrum disorders, most currently as Project Director for a PCORI study investigating the comparative effectiveness of metformin and metformin plus healthy lifestyle on mitigating potential second generation antipsychotic weight gain among youth with bipolar spectrum disorders (MOBILITY). In this leadership role, she has collaborated with investigators, clinicians, institutional administrators, payors, advocacy organizations, community and academic mental health centers across the nation, and most importantly, patients and families living with bipolar disorder. In her work, she seeks to emphasize the importance of the patient’s voice in improving health outcomes and patients’ and families’ quality of life through engagement of stakeholders across mental health systems. Prior to University of Cincinnati, she worked at the RAND Corporation, Department of Behavioral and Policy Sciences on coordination of mental health care research projects. She has her MPH and PhD in Health Promotion and Education from the University of Cincinnati.
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Monday, September 19, 2022
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM CT