NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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NIHR announces mental health research goals for next decade

On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, NIHR co-lead and Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty set out NIHR’s mental health research goals for 2020-2030. Professor Dame Til Wykes, our Patient and Carer Involvement and Engagement cluster lead, was key in the development and setting of these goals.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 12 Oct 2020
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£1.2 million to roll-out dementia care home programme to COVID-hit sector

£1.2 million in government funding will help researchers develop an innovative online programme to improve and personalise care for people with dementia in care homes, which were hard-hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 7 Oct 2020
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Loss of potential: teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement from primary school to GCSE

Teenagers who receive a depression diagnosis during their school career show a substantial decline in attainment in Year 11, new King’s College London research has found.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 5 Oct 2020
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Anti-Racism in Scientific Research – BRC Training Workshop

By Nikou Damestani, 3rd year NIHR Maudsley BRC PhD Student, in collaboration with Keisha York, Founder and Managing Director of the BiPP Network1

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 30 Sep 2020
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Professor Matthew Hotopf gives evidence to the House of Lords

Professor Matthew Hotopf CBE, Director NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, Vice Dean of Research at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, gave evidence to the Science and Technology Committee’s The science of COVID-19  inquiry in the House of Lords.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 22 Sep 2020
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