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Are you interested in participating in a virtual reality study on pain?
Looking for: 18-45 years old healthy volunteersExpenses: You will be compensated for your time.
Are you healthy and between 18-45 years old without significant mobility problems, diabetes, hypertension, hypotension, blood circulation problems, or existing painful conditions? Then we invite you to participate in our research which will take about 2 hours at Old Road Campus Research Building, OX3 7DQ. During your visit, we will measure your body movements, EEG, and your subjective pain ratings while you play a virtual reality game in which brief pain stimuli will be administered.
Are you interested in participating in an emotional processing study?
Looking for: We are looking for people aged ≥ 35 who are healthy, without any history of mental illness and not taking any medication to help to explore differences between healthy and depressed individuals. The study involves computerised tasks and some questionnaires. (Ethic Committee Reference: 20/SC/0151)Expenses: Time and expenses will be reimbursed
Neural mechanisms of cued pain anticipation and collision prediction in the presence and absence of tonic experimental pain
Looking for: Healthy fluent English-speaking men or women aged 18-60 years, who are not pregnant, with no history of chronic pain or current acute pain and no neurological disorders. You will be asked questions about your medical history to check your suitability for an MRI scan.Expenses: You will be compensated for your time.
We are looking for volunteers to take part in studies exploring brain activity associated with pain.
Volunteers needed for immersive Virtual Reality study of the brain and pain
Looking for: Participants who are healthy and between 18-45 years old without significant mobility problems, diabetes, hypertension, hypotension, blood circulation problems, or existing painful conditions.Expenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time.
Immersive game players wanted for our EEG 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 immersive Virtual Reality games during our experiment, contact Charlie Yan (yijia.yan@new.ox.ac.uk) for details.
Communicating health-related information: the CICERO online randomised controlled trial
Looking for: Participants must be between 18 and 65 yearsExpenses: No
How the benefits and harms of medical interventions are communicated affects how well patients understand it and can impact their decision-making and confidence. The CICERO study will compare three different ways of communicating available information on medical interventions. The study consists of a single session lasting about 20 minutes.
Oxford Social Movement Activation (SOMA) Study
Looking for: Are you 18 – 24 years old and feeling low in mood? In this study, you will be offered the opportunity to participate in up to eight free, beginner-friendly, one-hour salsa dance classes offered by an instructor from the Oxford University Salsa Society and complete online questionnaires pertaining to your mood, feelings, and other demographic factors, as well as online recognition and other tasks at four-time points over the course of the twelve-week study. In addition to the free salsa classes, you will be offered monetary compensation for completing the research questionnaires and tasks. No background knowledge or dance experience is required. You will not be excluded from participating in this research because of a diagnosis of depression, for taking (or having taken) medication for depression; or for currently attending talk therapies or having attended talk therapies in the past. This project has been reviewed by, and received ethics clearance through, a subcommittee of the University of Oxford Central University Research Ethics Committee (Reference: R85689/RE001)Expenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time.
Are you interested in participating in a study of how lithium affects decision-making and emotion?
Looking for: We are looking for healthy people aged 18-50 years old without any history of mental illness and not taking any medication to help to explore the effects of short-term lithium treatment on decision-making and emotion.Expenses: Time and expenses will be reimbursed
The study involves three visits at the Warneford Hospital, lasting around 2 hrs, involving an interview, questionnaires and computerised tasks. Ethics Committee Reference: R82462/RE002
Volunteers needed for magnetic resonance studies of the brain and pain.
Looking for: Participants who are healthy, fluent English-speaking, aged 18-60 years with prior experience in video games, using right hand to control a mouse, and are not pregnant.Expenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time
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
The Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research
Looking for: First Time Mums needed.Expenses: Questionnaire
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?
Looking for: Participants to take part in a study investigating how a new anti-inflammatory drug affects emotional and rewarding information in depression.Expenses: You will be reimbursed for your time!
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.
Looking for: Healthy Volunteers aged 18-45 yearsExpenses: You will be compensated for your time
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.
Looking for: People who are healthy with no history of psychological disorder.Expenses: Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
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.
Volunteers Needed For Parkinsons Disease Study.
Looking for: Individuals aged 50-75 who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in the last 6 years, to take part in a research study assessing the effects of their usual medication on learning and memory.Expenses: Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
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
Looking for: We are looking for volunteers to participate in a study investigating how people learn motor tasks. We are recruiting participants who are neurologically healthy, and those who have had a stroke. This study involves 3 testing sessions each lasting 2 hours, to include an MRI scan, brain stimulation session and motor learning session. MRI is a type of brain scan that 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.Expenses: You will be compensated for your time.
Sleep in Borderline Personality Disorder
Looking for: Female participants between the ages of 18 and 35 years with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Our study, called Sleep in Borderline Personality Disorder (SBPD), investigates the effects of a sleep programme on sleep-wake patterns and mood.Expenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time and travel expenses
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
Looking for: Volunteers aged 18 - 55 years who are experiencing low mood and/or loss of interest/motivation to take part in a study investigating the effects of 4-week ingestion of a probiotic or placebo on the processing of emotions (Ethics Reference: R58085/RE001).Expenses: Time and expenses will be reimbursed.
Are you experiencing low mood?
Looking for: People who are experiencing persistent low mood and not taking antidepressants, to take part in a study investigating how a new medication affects emotional decision makingExpenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time
We are looking for people who are currently on antidepressants
Looking for: For people who are currently on antidepressants but are still experiencing persistent low mood despite this, to take part in a study investigating how a new medication affects emotional decision making.Expenses: Participants will be reimbursed for their time
The effect of pramipexole on brain function in healthy volunteers
Looking for: Volunteers needed for a study investigating the effects of a potential novel antidepressant drug on the way the brain processes certain kinds of informationExpenses: You will be compensated for your time.
Friends of Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research (OxDARE)
Looking for: Anyone who is interested in finding out about dementia and ageing research volunteer opportunities in the Oxford area.Expenses: Compensation will vary by study – this will be detailed in the study specific invitations emailed out to registered Friends of 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.