Department of Psychiatry

Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity Analysis Group

Developing new machine learning tools for understanding human brain activity

Neuroscience, Ethics and Society

We conduct independent ethics research and we deliver ethical guidance for a range of scientific and clinical studies in the Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. We also work with a variety of international institutions and researchers. Our core research interests involve young people, mental health and neuroscience innovations in a global context.

Computational Psychiatry

Using computer models of behaviour, we aim to better understand anxiety and depression, and to guide the development of novel treatments.

Computational and Molecular Neuroscience

The Computational and Molecular Neuroscience Research Group is a multidisciplinary laboratory specialized on the intersection of computational and molecular methods to study neurodegenerative diseases. The computational methods entail mainly Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics, while the molecular side brings state of the art multi-culture iPSC models of disease and high throughput screening. We are especially interested in Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s disease, and how we can use the computational and molecular methods mentioned above to find new drug targets and therapies. We have three main areas of activity: better understanding disease to identify new therapies; discovering biomarkers to enable preventative trials; and validating findings in advanced cell models of disease.

Translational Neuroimaging

Neuroimaging provides a window into the living brain, and is an increasingly vital experimental medicine tool for neuro-psychiatric disease. With a particular focus on early and pre-clinical disease, we explore how the brain changes before symptoms take hold.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Our mission is to promote the healthy mental and physical development of children and their families, irrespective of their life circumstances. We are working on improving access to supports and services for children, adolescents and parents, communication about neuroscience and illness and our understanding of the impact of climate change. This includes community and school-based provision as well as online and digital mental health interventions. Our work focuses on the implementation of school, healthcare, social care and community-based interventions.

Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity

OHBA is a research facility providing state-of-the-art techniques to measure or stimulate activity in the living human brain. Groups at OHBA investigate brain function in healthy volunteers, and in individuals affected by psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Forensic Psychiatry

Our research includes projects in the epidemiology of mental illness and violent crime, violence risk assessment, prison health, pharmacoepidemiology studies, forensic services, and suicide and self-harm in prisoners and offenders. More recent work has focused on suicide prevention, particularly in people with severe mental illness.

Centre for Suicide Research

Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford

CREDO was established in 1981. The main focus of its research is on the treatment of eating disorders. More recently, it has also developed methods to facilitate the dissemination of effective psychological interventions. It is in the process of creating a digital treatment for eating disorders (Digital CBTe).

Psychopharmacology and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)

We explore how the brain processes emotional information and how this is influenced by brain chemicals and medicines. This helps us to understand disorders such as depression and anxiety and to understand and contribute to the development of drug and psychological treatments.

Neurobiology and Experimental Therapeutics

We are dedicated to testing and developing new ways of improving treatments for psychiatric disorders, and maintaining brain health during aging. A significant proportion of people suffering from disturbances of mood and memory, do not respond to the available medication, and so there is an urgency to supplement or provide an alternative to current therapies.

University of Oxford Mindfulness and Psychological Science Research Centre

Our work focuses on preventing depression, promoting mental health and human flourishing - and resourcing people to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

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