Psychiatry Talks
Talks:

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Suicide prevention and domestic abuse
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

Book launch: Whole-brain modelling. Cartography of the dynamics of mind
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford), Professor Gustavo Deco (ICREA / UPF, Center for Brain and Cognition, Barcelona)
Venue Details: Stoke House
Organiser: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 January 2025

Postnatal neuronal migration in health and disease: mechanisms and modulation
Date: 29 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Kazunobu Sawamoto (Nagoya City University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Associate Professor Francis Szele (DPAG, University of Oxford)

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)

Thursday 19 February 2025

Serotonergic modulation of hippocampal-thalamic circuit excitability
Date: 19 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Sharon Swanger (Virginia Tech)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Randy Bruno (DPAG, 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:
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Departmental Seminar Series (Experimental Psychology)
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars
Neuroscience Theme Guest Speakers (DPAG)
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford Autism Research seminar series
Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research
Oxford Dementia and Ageing Research
Oxford Mindfulness Centre Seminar Series
Psychiatry Seminars
TDI Seminar Series