Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site


2013-05-16 12:30: Cognitive theories of Autism Spectrum Condition: Impressive or impressionistic? (Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant)

2014-09-11 12:30: Disease Biomarkers for Schizophrenia: From Laboratory to Patient Bedside (Professor Sabine Bahn, Cambridge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Research)

2014-09-18 12:30: CPD Meeting - Medicines update (Dr Neil Hunt, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clare Mundell, Chief Pharmacist, CPFT)

2014-09-25 12:30: Professor Jones will host a number of speakers (Hosted by Professor Jones, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge )

2014-10-02 12:30: Opportunities and Challenges of using Smartphones for Health Monitoring and Intervention (Dr Neil Lathia, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

2014-10-16 12:30: What is the role of health services in suicide prevention? (Professor Nav Kapur. Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health University of Manchester)

2014-11-06 12:30: Autoimmune encephalitis for psychiatrists (Dr Michael Zandi, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)

2014-11-13 12:30: Music therapy for adults in psychiatry in the 21st century: case work and research (Dr. Helen Odell-Miller, Professor of Music Therapy, Anglia Ruskin University/Cambridge and Peterborough  Mental Health Trust)

2014-11-20 12:30: Do antipsychotics cause loss of brain volume? (Dr Graham Murray, University of Cambridge)

2014-11-27 12:30: Development of a Guided Self Help Programme to Treat PTSD (Professor Jonathan I Bisson, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine)

2014-12-04 12:30: Alterations of brain function in pre-dementia Alzheimer’s disease: implications for early diagnosis (Dr Dennis Chan, University Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, University of Cambridge, Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences.)

2014-12-11 12:30: Decision making and social cognition in the adolescent brain (Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Royal Society Research Fellow, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London)

2014-12-18 12:30: Paranoia: Advances in understanding and treatment (Professor Daniel Freeman, MRC Senior Clinical Fellow & Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

2015-01-08 12:30: Impulsivity and compulsivtiy; Neural substrates and neuropsychiatric implications. (Professor Trevor W. Robbins. Head of Department of Psychology,  Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

2015-01-15 12:30: Managing Women with Mental Heath Problems in the Perinatal Period– Practice and Prescribing (Dr Fiona Blake, CPFT)

2015-01-22 12:30: Implications of recent genetic findings for the understanding and treatment of schizophrenia (Professor Paul Harrison, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

2015-01-29 12:30: What have we learnt about the causes of ADHD? (Professor Anita Thapar, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University)

2015-02-05 12:30: Computing with emotions (Professor Peter Robinson, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge )

2015-02-12 12:30: Strategies for Biomarker Discovery in Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry (Dr Armin Raznahan, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda )

2015-02-26 12:30: Molecular mechanisms linking brain response to peripheral inflammation (Professor Jonathan Cavanagh, Department of Psychiatry, University of Glasgow)

2015-03-05 12:30: Schizotypy: mild disease or personality dimension? (Professor Gordon Claridge, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)

2015-03-12 12:30: Deciphering Developmental Disorders (Dr Helen Firth, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust)

2015-03-19 12:30: The role of the immune system in the dementia of Parkinson's disease (Dr Caroline Williams-Gray, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)

2015-03-26 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant, Director of Undergraduate Education,  Department of Psychology,  University of Cambridge)

2015-04-23 12:30: The CHRNA5-A3-B4 gene cluster: More than just smoking quantity? (Professor Marcus Munafo, Professor of Biological Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol)

2015-04-30 12:30: Enhancing plasticity to restore function in CNS disorders (Professor James Fawcett, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)

2015-05-07 12:30: Latest findings on effective interventions to reduce stigma (Professor Graham Thornicroft, Professor of Community Psychiatry, Kings College London)

2015-05-14 12:30: Unpicking the phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity underlying autism (Dr Caleb Webber, Programme Leader, Neurological Disease Genomics, MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford)

2015-05-21 12:30: A platform for studying treatment resistant schizophrenia: CPFT clozapine clinic experience (Dr Emilio Fernandez-Egea, Visiting Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)

2015-05-28 12:30: Defining Autism Since 1979: The Sciences of Social Impairment (Dr Bonnie Evans, School of History, Queen Mary University of London)

2015-06-11 12:30: Geodesic Information Flows: Information propagation and its application to segmentation, fusion and data synthesis (Dr M Jorge Cardoso, Lecturer in Quantitative Neuroradiology, University College London)

2015-06-18 12:30: Medical Justice (Dr Naomi Hartree, Clinical Advisor, Medical Justice)

2015-06-25 12:30: Understanding the neuropharmacology of addiction – is it informing pharmacotherapy?  (Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology at Imperial College, London; Consultant Psychiatrist, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust)

2015-09-10 12:30: POSTPONED - Evidence-based treatment of compulsivity: existing practice and new directions (Dr Sam Chamberlain, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)

2015-09-24 12:30: Acute mental health care - evidence and directions (Professor Sonia Johnson, Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry. University College London)

2015-10-01 12:30: Physical activity and brain health: are we any closer to give practical advice? (Professor Nicola Lautenschlager, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Melbourne)

2015-10-08 12:30: Obesity: from genes to behaviour (Professor Sadaf Farooqi, Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow; Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, University of Cambridge)

2015-10-15 12:30: Inflammation and Immunity in Schizophrenia and Depression: from mechanisms to therapeutics (Dr Golam Khandaker, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)

2015-11-12 12:30: Psychiatry – Medicine’s Secret Weapon (Professor Dame Sue Bailey, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges)

2015-11-19 12:30: Genetic and environment influences on the development and treatment of anxiety. (Professor Thalia Eley, Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics, King's College London)

2015-11-26 12:30: Service User -- Clinician -- Academic Collaborations for Service Development, Research and Education (Dr Hisham Ziauddeen, Clinical Senior Research Associate, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge)

2015-12-03 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Fiona Gaughran, Lead Consultant Psychiatrist, National Psychosis Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Physical Health Lead, Psychosis Clinical Academic Group, Kings Health Partners; Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL)

2015-12-10 12:30: Ethnic differences in mental health: does race matter? ( Professor Swaran P Singh  Head of Division, Mental Health and Wellbeing  Warwick Medical School)

2015-12-17 12:30: What is to be done about community violence? (Dr Adrian Boyle, Consultant Emergency Physician at Addenbrookes Hospital and Honorary Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge)

2016-01-21 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Professor Klaus Ebmeier, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

2016-01-28 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Professor Tom Burns, Chair of Social Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

2016-03-10 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Rachel Upthegrove, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham)

2016-04-06 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Simon Kyle, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Oxord)

2016-04-21 12:30: Evidence-based treatment of compulsivity: existing practice and new directions (Dr Sam Chamberlain, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)

2017-05-04 13:00: De-identified electronic mental health records for research and recruitment (Dr Rudolf Cardinal, Department of Psychiatry)

2017-05-18 12:30: Psychotic Experiences in Cambridge: Revisiting the Gold Mine (Professor Jesús Pérez, Honorary Professor, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia;  Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMEO Early Intervention Services,  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation NHS Trust)

2017-07-06 12:30: Title to be confirmed (Dr Andrea Reinecke, Research Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

2018-03-08 12:30: Psychology and Suicidal Behaviour (Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology, Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow / Mental Health & Wellbeing Academic Centre, Gartnavel Royal Hospital)