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Volunteers needed for magnetic resonance studies of the brain and pain.

Video game players wanted for our brain imaging study! We are looking for healthy volunteers to improve our understanding of how mild pain interferes with our concentration and with the brain. If you are interested in playing video games during our experiment, contact Charlie Yan (yijia.yan@ndcn.ox.ac.uk) for details. Ethics Committee Reference: R77882/RE003

Imaging the brain's response to faces

If you are healthy, fluent in English-speaking, not pregnant, and aged between 18 and 40 years, we invite you to take part in a study to image the brain’s response to faces using the 7T MRI scanner. If you take part, we will ask you to: • Answer some questions over the phone to confirm eligibility. You will also be asked questions about your medical history to check your suitability for an MRI scan. • Complete simple tasks whilst having a brain scan in a 7T MRI scanner MRI scanning allows us to see how the brain is organised, processes information, and performs skills like speech or memory. This scan is safe and does not involve any needles or injections. We will follow all COVID-19 safety guidelines The study takes place at the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB), located at the John Radcliff Hospital, and will take up to 2 hours in total for which you will be reimbursed together with your travel expenses. Interested? Please contact Dr. Marieke Martens amygdala.study@psych.ox.ac.uk for further information without any obligation. Department of Psychiatry CUREC Ref: R74004/RE001

How clinicians use the output of Artificial Intelligence tools to inform their decision making

Clinical decision support tools (CDSTs) take an input – i.e. data about a patient – and deliver an output in the form of a decision, recommendation or prediction. This output is presented alongside a certainty estimate – i.e. how certain or uncertain the tool is about its prediction. In order to utilise CDSTs in practice, clinicians will be required to interpret both the output of a tool, and its uncertainty estimate, and integrate this with their own clinical assessment. The aim of this study is to understand how medically trained individuals interpret and process the output of artificial intelligence clinical decision support tools. The study has been approved by University of Oxford Central University Research Ethics Committee Reference: R80680/RE001

The Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research

Are you a UK-based Mum? Is your baby under 10 weeks old? Please consider taking part in this online questionnaire study about stress, anxiety and social support after giving birth. It is hoped that this research will help us better understand how to support new Mums during such an important and precious time in your child’s life. Please follow the link below to take part https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_37YBWx0ayaIhNnD OR contact joanna.maher@hmc.ox.ac.uk for more details

Are you experiencing depression despite taking antidepressants?

Duration: Three appointments (one screening visit, two research visits) about 8 hours in total Who can participate? People who feel depressed despite antidepressant treatment, aged 18 to 65 What does the study involve? Psychological tasks, one brain scan using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and taking medication for 7 days.

Healthy volunteers needed for a drug study investigating how a commonly-used antidepressant influences how people process emotional information about themselves and others.

We will ask you to attend two sessions for approximately 7 hours in total. In the first session we will ask you some questions about your current health and medical history to check your suitability for the study. If you are female, we will also ask you to take a pregnancy test. In the second session you will take the study tablet and complete some psychological tasks on the computer.

Healthy Volunteers Needed For Study Of Reward and Emotion.

We are looking for healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 40 years of age for a study investigating the effects of a single dose of a drug called selegiline on reward and emotional processing. Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.

Facial Expression Analysis in Mood Assessment

The purpose of the study is to learn whether subtle information revealed by people’s facial emotions can tell us more about mood than questionnaires alone. We will perform computerised analysis of video and audio data recorded during the task, which is completed online and lasts approximately 30 minutes. Expenses:

Volunteers Needed For Parkinsons Disease Study.

If you express interest, you will be invited to come to the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital for 3 study sessions. The first would be an initial screening visit to assess your eligibility to take part. If eligible, you would be invited for a further 2 sessions. One would be shortly after you have taken your usual medication, and the other would be conducted when you are in an ‘off-medication state. This would involve missing/delaying your usual medication for a few hours. Each session would take 2-3 hours of your time and will involve completing a set of computer-based tasks. These sessions would be scheduled approx. 2-3 weeks apart.

Healthy Adults and Stroke Survivors Needed for Motor Learning Study

Sleep in Borderline Personality Disorder

You would be invited to the Department of Psychiatry (Warneford Hospital) for two study visits. During these visits you will complete some questionnaires and computerized tasks and you will be given a selection of wearable and mobile technologies (Fitbit-like devices and phone apps) which measure your sleep and activity throughout your day-to-day life for a period of 8 weeks.

OxPALM: Oxford study on Probiotics and Low Mood

Are you experiencing low mood?

We are looking for people who are currently on antidepressants

The effect of pramipexole on brain function in healthy volunteers

Volunteers needed for Dementia Prevention Study: European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD)

The European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD study) aims to address the urgent need for new treatments designed to prevent Alzheimer’s Dementia. The main study objectives are to: 1. Learn and understand better the factors involved in developing Alzheimer’s dementia. 2. To develop new treatments more quickly which are hoped to prevent Alzheimer’s dementia.

Friends of Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research (OxDARE)

Anyone who is interested in finding out more about dementia and ageing research in Oxford is invited to become a Friend of OxDARE. Friends can choose to register an interest in taking part in future studies and/or receive quarterly newsletters. When new studies get underway, OxDARE researchers will invite interested Friends to take part by email. If you are contacted by one of our researchers, it is your choice whether you would like to participate in their study or not.