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Neurodiversity takes centre stage at Oxford’s first conference
2 October 2025
Oxford’s first Neurodiversity Conference brought together clinicians, researchers, local organisations members of the public and the neurodivergent community to discuss current and future research and areas for potential collaboration.
Armin Raznahan appointed to prestigious W.A. Handley Chair
2 October 2025
The W.A. Handley Professor of Psychiatry was the first Chair post to be created in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford on its founding in 1969.
Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia - new study
25 September 2025
Led by the University of Oxford, Yale University, and the University of Cambridge, the research challenges previous suggestions that light-to-moderate drinking may have a protective effect against dementia.
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Monday, 20 October 2025, 10am to 11am
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