Department of Experimental Psychology Seminars
Talks:

Tuesday 20 January 2025

Body focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs): an overlooked symptom and cause of human distress
Date: 20 January 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Clare Mackay (Professor of Imaging Neuroscience, Oxford Department of Psychiatry)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Cathy Creswell (University of Oxford)

Fostering a culture of eudaimonia: how culture and psychiatry influence each other
Date: 20 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Kenneth Shinozuka (Stanford University)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Suicide prevention and domestic absue
Date: 27 January 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Vishal Bhavsar (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Seena Fazel

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

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Digital Innovation in Metabolic Psychiatry: AI-enabled Ketogenic and GLP-1-Supported Lifestyle Interventions
Date: 3 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Megan Kirk Chang (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Title TBC
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Alissa Davis (Columbia University)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Online (Zoom)
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Nationwide studies on COVID-19 and brain disorders in Denmark
Date: 10 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Clara Springhorn Grønkjær (University of Copenhagen)
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)

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Riccardo De Giorgi (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:15 - 13:15
Speaker : Prof Louise Arseneault (King's College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Tanya Manchanda (Department of Psychiatry)
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

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Excitation-inhibition balance in psychosis - what does it really mean, and can we really measure it?
Date: 3 March 2026, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Rick Adams (University College London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Professor Andrea Cipriani (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

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

This list contains talks from the following series:
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars