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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · Jan 3

An exciting year ahead for EP...

We look forward to moving into the new Life and Mind Building with Biology! 🎉

#HappyNewYear #LifeandMindBuilding

Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · Jan 3

Happy new year🎉

2025 marks an exciting chapter for Oxford Biology as we move into our new home - the Life and Mind Building.

While its design earns global recognition, it’s the research inside that will leave a lasting impact well beyond this year.

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11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2025 | CNN

From innovative timber buildings to one of Asia’s largest new airports, here are 11 projects opening in the next 12 months.

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Researchers and practitioners may assume that their priorities are the same as patient priorities for research; nevertheless, these priorities are often somewhat mismatched.”

DPhil student David Sher has identified the research priorities for people with severe paranoia for the first time.

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Hjördis Lorenz @hjordislorenz.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Our systematic review, led by Bomikazi Lupindo, is out in BJPsych International!

We examined how school and community violence affect adolescents’ mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

#YouthMentalHealth @topicgroup.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social

📄Read full article here ➡️ bit.ly/424I4tT

Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review | BJPsych International | Cambridge Core

Impact of exposure to community and school violence during adolescence in the African context: systematic review

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣A milestone for child mental health research

Prof Cathy Creswell, OH BRC Theme Lead, will co-lead Oxford’s new Centre for Emerging Minds advancing research to support youth mental health, thanks to a £27m gift from The Paul Foundation.

🌐 tinyurl.com/yvrb3tn4

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Deng Pan @dengpan.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨We believe this is a major step forward in how we study hippocampus function in healthy humans.

Using novel behavioral tasks, fMRI, RL & RNN modeling, and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), we demonstrate the causal role of hippocampus in relational structure learning.

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Johannes Algermissen @johalgermissen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)

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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢📢 We are hiring 3 postdocs to join us in our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research on an exciting new project to develop a strengths-based assessment toolkit to support neurodivergent children and young people:

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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation @cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

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£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people’s mental health

Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families with £27 million from The Paul Foundation.

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Oxford Medical Sciences Division @medsci.ox.ac.uk · Jul 31

NEWS: Identifying research priorities for severe paranoia

David Sher talks about his latest paper looking at the top 15 research priorities of people with persecutory delusions (severe paranoia) and their carers. @oxexppsy.bsky.social‬ and @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social‬

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Identifying research priorities for severe paranoia

We talk to lead author David Sher about his paper, which aimed to establish potential research priorities for understanding and treating severe paranoia for the first time.

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Hjördis Lorenz @hjordislorenz.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔍 Practitioner Psychologists (incl. 2nd/3rd yr Trainees): Have you experienced indirect trauma exposure through work?

We're running a short survey to understand its impact.

📝 psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Jan Tünnermann @tuennermann.bsky.social · Jul 23

Today we have Sage Boettcher @dynacog-lab.bluesky.social & Dejan Draschkow @abclab.bsky.social (@oxexppsy.bsky.social) in our #psychology dept. colloquium @unimarburg.bsky.social with talks on how International dynamics drive behavior & immersive memory! Join us in Gutenbergstraße18 (Dekanatssaal)

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Zoe Ryan @ladyzoia.bsky.social · Jul 10

📣 Schools wanted!
Is your school passionate about mental health? Join the WISDOM Research Network to get involved in research + access carefully curated mental health resources.
🎥 Watch our video:
youtu.be/7Z5y6CvNcH8
It is free to join and take part! Let’s make a difference, together!

Introducing the WISDOM Research Network for Schools

YouTube video by Mental Health in Development

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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · Jul 4

We're pleased to announce that Michael Barry has been awarded the Valeria Frighi Intellectual Disabilities Research Award. Michael is a trainee on the Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology.

Read more about how he will use the funding: tinyurl.com/mvvh646d

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Daniel Freeman @profdfreeman.bsky.social · Jun 30

Delighted that first clinical testing results of Feeling Safer are now published. Our new six-month supported online programme for persecutory delusions maintained the large effects of the face-to-face therapy. @oxexppsy.bsky.social
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A 6-month supported online program for the treatment of persecutory delusions: Feeling Safer | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core

A 6-month supported online program for the treatment of persecutory delusions: Feeling Safer - Volume 55

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today, the University formally took over the new Life & Mind Building to house @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social from autumn 2025. Quite a journey over the years since the dark days of the Tinbergen closure: less hair (though greyer) & a few more lines, but excited for the future

Front entrance of the Life and Mind Building Oxford, June 2025

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · Jun 24

From Oxford to Chile
OH BRC and @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Prof Cathy Creswell is leading a new global project to adapt Oxford research on #childanxiety.

The OSI programme, supported by our BRC & NIHR ARC OxTV, is now being tailored for Chilean families.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ProfCCChile

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Xianhui He @xianhuihe.bsky.social · Jun 16

How does our brain learn that thunder follows lightning? We don't just remember two separate events; we build a predictive model to anticipate the world. My research dives into this very question: how we learn and predict the order of events. 🧵👇 1/9 #neuroscience #memory #sleep

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NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025

Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia
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Short talks explore the impact of music therapy, singing & dancing interventions for people with dementia & using creative arts to involve people with dementia in research.

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research
#ARCseminar
(Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library)

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Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

@oxengsci.bsky.social, in collaboration with @oxexppsy.bsky.social & St Catherine's college, is hiring an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Technologies for Mental Health and Cognition).

To view the job particulars and apply, click the link below. Feel free to share! 👇

Job Details

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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to Professor Cathy Creswell and team on this well-deserved recognition! 👏

@cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social
#MadeWithPatientsAwards #PFMD #PatientEngagement #AutismResearch

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Cathy Creswell's ChAAMPS Study selected as a finalist for the 2025 Made With Patients Awards

This recognition celebrates the meaningful co-production approach that shaped the development of an anxiety intervention for autistic children and their families.

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Dr Simona Skripkauskaite @drskripka.bsky.social · May 30

🚨 New from the #CoSPACE Consortium: How do we overcome international barriers in #Youth #MentalHealth research during crises? #COVID19

🌍 14sites | 10countries | 1 #GlobalResearch blueprint

📖 Read: rdcu.be/eoDpU

@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @topicgroup.bsky.social @jennymcmahon.bsky.social

Addressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium

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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · May 28

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We are recruiting a part-time Research Assistant to join TOPIC & work on a feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of a brief online parent-led CBT intervention for children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

📅 Deadline: 9 June 2025

Apply here:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Oxford Sparks @oxfordsparks.bsky.social · May 28

🎙️ PODCAST | The tinny sound of music blaring from a nearby phone is enough to irritate anybody, but for #misophonia sufferers it's more than a mere annoyance. Find out more with ‪@drjanegregory.bsky.social‬‬ from @oxexppsy.bsky.social in our brand new #podcast episode 👇‬

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Dongyu Gong @dongyugong.bsky.social · May 20

First post on Bluesky! Check out our new paper (w/ @abclab.bsky.social @brognition.bsky.social) in Nature Communications @natcomms.bsky.social (featured in Editors' Highlights🌟)!

We investigated how attention operates differently within WM and LTM:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hjördis Lorenz @hjordislorenz.bsky.social · May 16

🌟 A joy supervising this project by DClinPsych student John Kerr – just published in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist!

We explore the challenges junior mental health workers face when assessing trauma ➡️ bit.ly/4mgQfvA

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‘You never know who you’re gonna speak to’: exploring Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners’ experiences of assessing traumatic events | the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Cambridge Core

‘You never know who you’re gonna speak to’: exploring Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners’ experiences of assessing traumatic events - Volume 18

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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · May 14

In this NIHR video, released by The Mental Elf, Professor Cathy Creswell discusses practical solutions for inclusivity in mental health research 📹 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @cathycreswell.bsky.social @topicgroup.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social

The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · May 13

We need to involve people from all communities in mental health research.

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY.

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Involving people from all communities in mental health research

We need to involve people from all communities in mental health research. It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is COMMUNITY.In the past, m...

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