Robin Williams, Ph.D., is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at University College, London, where he's researching the bio-chemistry of bipolar disorder and looking for improved treatments for this condition.

Dr. Williams spoke today with Etopia Media News Network about his research and its possible application in the development of treatments for bipolar disorder with fewer negative side effects.

You can watch and listen to this interview with Dr. Robin Williams, conducted remotely between London and Los Angeles, by clicking here.

For additional material about bipolar disorder, you can access three webcasts about this subject, recorded in February, 2005, by clicking here.