Amy Louise Cochran

Amy Louise Cochran is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a joint appointment in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Population Health Sciences. Her research focuses on computational psychiatry, applied mathematics, and causal inference, with a particular emphasis on bipolar disorder dynamics and mobile health interventions. She serves as a Statistical Editor at the American Journal of Psychiatry and has received a K01 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Cochran's research integrates mathematical models to study human learning, mood dynamics, and psychiatric disorders. Her work on bipolar disorder has developed frameworks to model mood fluctuations, while her mobile therapy projects include the digiBP survey for mood tracking. She also pioneers causal inference methods for healthcare systems, addressing bias and equity in treatment effect estimation.

Key research themes include computational models of reinforcement learning, personalized bipolar disorder frameworks, and evaluating mobile health interventions. Her work on causal inference emphasizes applications in emergency department decision-making and stochastic systems.

• Key Projects: digiBP mood survey, mobile ACT trials, computational psychiatry models
• Awards: K01 Career Development Award (NIMH), Springer Series co-editor