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Kam Bhui, Aziz Sheikh, Belinda Lennox, Apo Tsiachristas

From conversation to collaboration: Departments tackle shared health challenges

Researchers from our department and the Department of Psychiatry came together last week for a collaborative showcase, aiming to spark new ideas for collaborative research by identifying areas of shared interest and potential.

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Obesity drugs found to improve emotional wellbeing as well as physical health

A major new meta-analysis has found that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1- RAs) may also offer benefits for emotional wellbeing.

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A landmark experiment puts leading theories of consciousness to the test

Professor Ole Jensen part of a global consortium that embraced a novel collaborative approach to investigating one of the brain’s greatest mysteries.

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Participants use a tablet to perform gamified versions of established objective behavioral tasks, while wearing the NeuLogiq headset which records brain waves that are precisely time-synced to the tasks

New study launched investigating the day-to-day experience of patients with psychiatric disorders

The collaboration between the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, Boehringer Ingelheim and Cumulus Neuroscience is the first of its kind.

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NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre aims to create a platform to deliver high quality experimental medicine research on new treatments and procedures to improve lives.

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Kam Bhui, Aziz Sheikh, Belinda Lennox, Apo Tsiachristas

From conversation to collaboration: Departments tackle shared health challenges

23 May 2025

Researchers from our department and the Department of Psychiatry came together last week for a collaborative showcase, aiming to spark new ideas for collaborative research by identifying areas of shared interest and potential.

Professor Naomi Wray elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

22 May 2025

Fellowship of the Academy is based on exceptional contributions to the medical sciences.

Box of four semaglutide injections

Obesity drugs found to improve emotional wellbeing as well as physical health

16 May 2025

A major new meta-analysis has found that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1- RAs) may also offer benefits for emotional wellbeing.

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Targeting the glutamate system to treat schizophrenia

Tuesday, 03 June 2025 to Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 9.30am - 10.30am

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Find out more about the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) based in the Department of Psychiatry.

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Beginnings

Listen to the late Professor Michael Gelder on how he founded the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford, 1969.