Members of Psychiatry looking at posters in a hall space from above
After some great break-out seasons led by colleagues, lunch, and some unexpected singing, we have had some fantastic poster prize winners and inspiring good citizen awards. We’ll have more on those winners soon. #PsychAwayDay
Anutra Guru from the Race Equality working group
Verena Hinze from Academic Career Development Working Group
Nicola Hall representing the Professional Services career development working group
Andreia Costa from the Neurodiversity and Disability Working Group
People & Culture is a key priority in the Department. Some of the leads for our working groups - Race Equality, Career Development, and Neurodiversity & Disability - are outlining the work they are doing to make our dept inclusive & welcoming. #PsychAwayDay
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/about/people...
Dominic Oliver presenting his paper
Postdoctoral researcher Dominic Oliver presents on longitudinal evolution of the transdiagnostic prodrome to severe mental disorders: a dynamic temporal network analysis informed by natural language processing and electronic health records.
Paper here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PsychAwayDay
Boluwatife Cole presenting
DPhil student Boluwatife Cole on her research into predicting adversity and mental health from neural networks. #PsychAwayDay
More on Boluwatife’s work here 👇
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/boluwat...
Jasmine Blane presenting
The next talk is on cognitive assessments and diagnosis of dementia and the importance of patient and public involvement, by DPhil student Jasmine Blane. #PsychAwayDay
You can hear more from Jasmine on the latest @oxfordsparks.bsky.social podcast here:
www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/wha...
Amalie Schumann presenting
Now DPhil student @amalieschumann.bsky.social with a qualitative study on sibling understanding of Anorexia Nervosa in childhood. #PsychAwayDay
More on Amalie ⬇️
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/amalie-...
James Hong speaking at the lectern
Now onto our flash talks, starting with James Hong, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, on extracting gabapentinoid prescriptions from mental health records using large language models. #PsychAwayDay
More on James & his research
www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/james-h...
Belinda Lennox speaking to staff in the lecture theatre
“By every metric we are a flourishing department. I love the fact that we are so diverse & so balanced.”
Our Head of Department Professor Belinda Lennox @blennox4.bsky.social on why we are leading the world in mental health research, outlining the breadth of work & grant successes. #psychawayday
Irene Tracey addressing members of Psychiatry in the lecture theatre
Fantastic to have @ox.ac.uk Vice Chancellor Irene Tracey as our first keynote speaker at our #psychawayday - an inspiring speech on the importance of collaborating across disciplines to take on the big research challenges, being bold and leading the way in finding solutions.
External shot of Blavatnik School of Government
The foyer filled with staff at the Blavatnik School of Government
It is an exciting day at the Department of Paychiatry as we have our annual #psychawayday in the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social - everybody’s gathering ready to hear from a brilliant range of speakers today (follow the thread ⬇️) and take part in a range of talks and workshops
