The Early Life Cross-Linkage in Research, Born in South London (eLIXIR BiSL) project uses opt-out consent to collect routine maternity and neonatal clinical patient data, mental health data and primary care data. It is also collecting blood samples from mothers to build a unique bioresource that can be used to investigate the underlying biological processes involved in pregnancy and those influenced by environmental factors. NIHR Maudsley BRC and King’s College London researchers are already using this valuable resource. In this blog Principal Investigators Professor Lucilla Poston and Professor Laura A Magee, along with Research Associate Tisha Dasgupta explores the potential of the eLIXIR cohort to enable research to address health inequalities and improve services.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Feb 2025
Last week, members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Motor Neuron Disease (MND) visited King’s College London to witness firsthand the pioneering research undertaken as part of the UK MND Research Institute’s national collaboration to tackle the disease.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 19 Feb 2025
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the brains of adolescents with depression process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 14 Feb 2025
Professor Richard Dobson has been appointed as Deputy Director of the NIHR Maudsley BRC following a competitive call earlier this year. Professor Dobson is also Theme Lead for Informatics.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 5 Feb 2025
Niamh Molloy, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre PhD Student in the Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London explores in this blog how people with lived experience are contributing to developing outcome measures in mental health research.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 4 Feb 2025
