OxTalks is Changing
OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Department: Department of Psychiatry
Talks:
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Computational specificity in psychotherapeutic interventions
Date: 18 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
:
Professor Quentin Huys (University College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Catherine Harmer (University of Oxford)
Contexts and Confounders in Clinical Practice, in parables, and as a Path to novel drug discovery
Date: 18 November 2025, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker
:
Professor Stephen Friend (University of Oxford / 4YouandMe.org)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Accessibility and effectiveness of early intervention sleep programmes for adolescents
Date: 18 November 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Faith Orchard (University of East Anglia)
Organisers:
Gaby Illingworth (Department of Psychiatry),
Shreena Patel (Department of Psychiatry),
Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Neuronal mechanisms supporting natural reading
Date: 19 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Ole Jensen (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser:
Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford),
Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Applying Nature Based Interventions to Populations with Complex Mental Health Needs
Date: 25 November 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Catriona Mellor (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust),
Dr Kathryn Rowsell (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Ilina Singh (University of Oxford)
Improving access to help with sleep in youth mental health: A system-wide implementation programme
Date: 25 November 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Dr Rebecca Rollinson (Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Gaby Illingworth (Department of Psychiatry),
Shreena Patel (Department of Psychiatry),
Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Host:
Gaby Illingworth (Department of Psychiatry)
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Oxford Neuropsychiatric Genomics and Multiomics Symposium
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Oxford Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics Symposium
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Professor Naomi Wray (Univerity of Oxford)
Oxford Neuropsychiatric Genomics and Multiomics Symposium
Date: 26 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Prof Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Friday 28 November 2025
Brain mechanisms of insomnia and its consequences for mental health
Date: 28 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Prof Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser:
Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford),
Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Cashing in on Network Psychiatry
Date: 2 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
:
Dr Giovanni Briganti (University of Mons, Belgium)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Kate Saunders (University of Oxford)
How adolescents seek and offer support within friendships: insights from lived experiences and hypothetical situations
Date: 2 December 2025, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker
:
Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room and Online
Organisers:
Shreena Patel (Department of Psychiatry),
Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Host:
Mina Fazel (Department of Psychiatry)
Thursday 11 December 2025
Greening & Nature-based Interventions for indoor and outdoor environments
Date: 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford),
Professor Prashant Kumar (University of Surrey)
Venue Details: Online webinar
Organisers:
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford),
Dr Roisin Mooney (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Can we Predict the Future of Psychiatry?
Date: 16 December 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker
:
Professor Benoit Mulsant (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser:
Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Karl Marlowe (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Wednesday 7 January 2025
Who Is Afraid of Mind Reading? The Science, Ethics and Policy of Decoding Thought
Date: 7 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Marcello Ienca
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 8 January 2025
SMARTbiomed statistical genetics symposium
Date: 8 January 2026, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 30 January 2025
SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 30 January 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 1
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 February 2025
SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 27 February 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 March 2025
SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 27 March 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 24 April 2025
SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 24 April 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 22 May 2025
SMARTbiomed seminar
Date: 22 May 2026, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar room 0
Organiser:
Naomi Wray (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
