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Archive
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2025
- January
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February
- New Deputy Director of NIHR Maudsley BRC announced
- Co-development of patient reported-outcome measures
- New MRI study reveals altered brain activity in depressed adolescents while watching ‘Despicable Me’
- APPG on MND Explores UK MND Research Institute’s Groundbreaking Work
- eLIXIR BiSL - How early life data is changing our understanding of health
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March
- Genomic links between eating disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation
- Three quarters of people who have taken antidepressants say they were helpful
- EDGI UK collaborating with the Broad Institute to sequence exomes of participants with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
- Does the ethnicity of mental health research participants reflect the eligible population?
- Biological pathway in the brain could help explain why teenage girls are more depressed than boys
- April
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May
- Groundbreaking AI trained on de-identified patient data to predict healthcare needs
- King's CRF Lead Nurse wins prestigious award
- New research finds Motor Neuron Disease drug safe and effective at low doses
- Ubrogepant found to be effective at reducing non-headache related symptoms of migraine
- Who benefits from antidepressants? Using medication switching as a measure of non-response
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June
- King's CRF lead nurse awarded leadership scholarship
- Weight loss behaviours missing in tools to diagnose eating disorders
- Experts with lived experience address mental health stigma
- Bringing clinical research to the local community
- RE-STAR paper co-authored with Youth Researcher Panel wins British Journal of Psychiatry Editor's Choice Award
- Dani Nebres shortlisted for a Nursing Times Award 2025
- New paper showcases the work of the CAMHS Digital Lab as part of transforming child mental health care systems
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2024
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January
- Professor Ulrike Schmidt recognised in New Year Honours
- Volume of grey brain matter significantly lower in people with Early Onset Psychosis
- An interview with... Professor Richard Emsley
- Deputy Director for NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility (CRF) appointed
- Pioneering dance performance explores ‘living well with technology’ at King’s Chapel
- Mood interventions may reduce inflammation in Crohn’s and Colitis
- Clinician and patient views on a new rheumatology drug: Article published by a Patient Researcher
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February
- Study estimates number of patients for potential new Alzheimer’s disease treatments
- Pioneering link between census data and electronic mental health records
- Patterns of brain connectivity differ between pre-term and term babies
- King’s College London announced winner of the Government’s AI Fairness Innovation Challenge
- FREED launches online training resources to ease transition from child to adult eating disorder services
- New digital therapy reduces anxiety and depression in people living with long-term physical health conditions
- King’s led Multiple Sclerosis fatigue app part of government’s £10M medtech investment
- March
- April
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May
- Professor Gráinne McAlonan appointed as new Director of the NIHR Maudsley BRC
- Day workshop in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effectively reduces depression in 16-18 year olds
- Why diversity in nature could be the key to mental wellbeing
- £4.8 million Wellcome funding to predict outcomes following anxiety treatment
- Self-harm and digital technology overuse in young people with lived mental health experience
- Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
- Depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder linked with ancient viral DNA in our genome – new research
- New Doctoral Training Centre to investigate Multiple Sclerosis (MS) symptom management
- Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi elected as Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- June
- July
- August
- September
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October
- People with severe mental illness more than four times as likely to die from pneumonia compared to the general population
- “Don’t feel like you have to push through”
- First study to show high potency cannabis use leaves unique signature on DNA
- Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Multi-site trial uses digital avatars to effectively reduce distressing voices in psychosis
- How a framework for remotely enabled co-design benefits a wider project
- HIBISCUS study: Exploring the use of a new drug in patients with sickle cell disease
- November
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December
- NIHR Maudsley BRC: A Year in Review 2024
- “It is my way of giving something back to an NHS that has served me so well”
- Cannabis use increases risk of psychosis independently from genetic predisposition
- CEDI Impact Award winners announced
- Dr Alfredo Iacoangeli receives the 2024 Paolo Gontijo Award
- Addressing the unmet mental health needs of patients with chronic conditions
- “Missing link” between brain and body inflammatory signals identified in the skull
- Living alone is linked to poor health and unemployment amongst those with severe mental illness, study finds
- Researchers compare artificial intelligence ‘ageing clocks’ to predict health and lifespan
- UK Disability History Month: Being neurodivergent and living with Tourette's
- UK Disability History Month: Living with reduced mobility, bipolar disorder and other disabilities
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January
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2022
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January
- New study demonstrates link between brain chemical and visual processing in autism
- Psilocybin, in 10mg or 25mg doses, has no detrimental effects in healthy people
- No convincing scientific evidence that hangover cures work, according to new research
- Next generation of rapid-acting antidepressants: Can ketamine help prevent suicide?
- New collaboration with digital therapeutics company to investigate preventable opioid respiratory deaths
- Bringing together imaging and genetic mapping to investigate patterns of vulnerability in the brain
- Love Your Liver Month
- A virtual reality ‘Shopping Task’ could help test for cognitive decline in adults
- Genetics helps estimate the risk of disease – but how much does it really tell us?
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February
- CUES-Ed: Promoting mental health and wellbeing among primary school children
- Involving more voices in research through the Race and Ethnicity Advisory Group
- My JournE: Smartphone-based routine mental health monitoring in schools
- MyHealthE: Digital Innovation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Novavax COVID-19 jab trialled at King’s CRF approved by UK drugs agency
- Lessons learnt as addictions researchers during a global pandemic
- Young women with epilepsy at greater risk of stress induced seizures and drug resistance
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March
- New research suggests a causal link between blood group and severe COVID-19
- Telling our stories of research through a new microsite
- New centre to accelerate psychedelic research and models of care for mental health in the UK
- VIEWER platform receives high commendation for Best Mental Health Partnership with the NHS at 2022 HSJ Partnership Awards
- New Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion appointed
- Topping Out ceremony marks a milestone for The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People’s Mental Health
- April
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May
- NIHR Maudsley BRC researchers lead first study of psilocybin in adults with autism
- Loneliness – so obviously important but very under-reported
- Professor Peter Goadsby elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society
- Professor Peter Goadsby elected to the Royal Society Fellowship
- My research journey: Jemma's story
- Making referrals to the AVATAR2 trial: An interview with Dr Helen Harding
- Unplanned hospital admissions for people with dementia higher in the last year of life
- #BePartOfResearch campaign: Our activity
- June
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July
- We need to put equity at the heart of pain management
- People with depression “stagnating” in primary care, says top UK Psychiatrist
- Hidden figures: Unveiling differences in diabetes care in people living with mild and moderate-to-severe dementia
- Bringing experience and research together to understand psychosis
- New multi-centre clinical trial to investigate psilocybin therapy in anorexia nervosa
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August
- BRC PhD students attend NIHR Academy Doctoral Research Training Camp
- South Asian Heritage Month - an interview with Pratik
- Mental health stigma on Twitter during COVID-19: service user perspectives
- In search of lost treatment: how mental health research can be part of patient care plans
- ‘Drug related deaths are avoidable’ - South London and Maudsley and King's College London mark International Overdose Awareness Day 2022
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September
- Going with the flow: study shows canals help boost your mood
- The power of co-production: Building service user research skills with the Recovery College
- Professor Sally Marlow to be first Researcher in Residence at BBC Radio 3
- Diagnosis of a genetic cause in hundreds of people with motor neuron disease could be missed due to “arbitrary age limits and rules” on genetic testing, new study shows
- October
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December
- Adults living in areas with high air pollution are more likely to have multiple long-term health conditions
- How to Do Research and How to Be a Researcher
- Healthcare workers in England experience PTSD at twice the rate of the general public
- Evaluating effectiveness of treatment for adults with chronic fatigue syndrome
- A Year in Review 2022
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January
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2021
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January
- Fellows award for Dr Katherine Young for work on the mental health of young people during and after the pandemic
- NEWS2 evaluated for prediction of severe COVID-19 outcome in large international study
- SIREN study finds past COVID-19 infection provides some immunity for at least five months
- Interview with Miguel Vasconcelos Da Silva
- COVID-19 lockdown loneliness linked to more depressive symptoms in older adults
- The significant effect of lockdown on gambler’s mental health
- Antibiotic may improve outcomes for depression in people with low level inflammation
- Novavax trial reveals 89.3% effectiveness in preventing COVID-19
- Case studies
- February
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March
- Deciphering the genetics behind eating disorders
- NIHR appoints Senior Investigators for 2021
- Depression and anxiety are associated with disagreement between patient and doctor assessments of psoriasis severity.
- Professor Peter Goadsby awarded world’s top Brain Prize 2021
- Interview with Dr Parisa Mansoori
- New study highlights the urgent need to reduce inflammation in overweight people with depression
- Novavax confirms vaccine provides 100% protection against severe COVID-19
- NIHR welcomes new vision for the Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery
- COVID-19 pandemic leads to rapid uptake of remote consultations in mental healthcare
- April
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May
- An Interview with Chifundo Stubbs
- Brain scans could offer sign of postpartum psychosis risk
- Innovative UK data hub to enable research and innovation to tackle mental illness
- Inflammation is a core feature of depression: new evidence from large-scale study
- Mothers’ depression impacts mother-infant relationships
- Shifts to remote mental health services continued after lockdown, according to new study
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June
- An interview with Zunera Khan
- Silent MRI: improving access to neuroimaging research
- Simple blood test can accurately reveal underlying neurodegeneration, according to new research
- New research from King's has identified three key inflammatory proteins which are lower in individuals at risk of severe COVID-19.
- New insight into how anti-inflammatory effects of omega-3 fatty acids could help reduce depression
- Five ways universities could improve mental health support for male students
- CogStack wins an Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award
- Volunteer calls for others to support dementia research in south London
- Europe's first 'game-changing' portable MRI machine arrives at King's Health Partners
- Global ALS/MND recognition Day
- Multiple long-term physical health problems increase risk of depression later in life
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July
- An interview with Dr Marija-Magdalena Petrinovic
- COVID-19 variant vaccine begins recruiting in south London
- New Race and Ethnicity Advisory (READ) group is recruiting members
- NIHR Fellowship awarded to Dr Brendon Stubbs for research in persistent pain and serious mental illness
- Knowing what we don’t know: How statistics can help autistic people to live their best life
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August
- New funding for innovative neuroimaging research
- Words don’t come easy: identifying perinatal self-harm in healthcare records
- Problems in thinking and attention linked to COVID-19 infection
- Opportunity for researchers to consult with new Race and Ethnicity Advisory group
- Exposure to air pollution linked with increased mental health service-use, new study finds
- Maudsley Hospital and King’s College London’s National Addiction Centre light up purple to raise awareness for International Overdose Awareness Day
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September
- An interview with Charles Curtis
- Join our Adolescent Mental Health Advisory Group
- Common factors within the gut associated with depression and bipolar disorder
- SURE Recovery App – two years on after its launch
- Using CRIS to map the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – service user and carer priorities
- Genetic risks for depression differ between East Asian and European groups
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October
- Excess deaths in people with mental health conditions increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
- ADHD Awareness Month: Developing neurofeedback as a new treatment for ADHD
- Genetic risk of mental health conditions may influence where people choose to live, study suggests
- Eating disorders are just as likely to start in adulthood as childhood, report finds
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November
- An interview with Dr Charlotte Tye
- NIHR: Your Path in Research
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- Using MRI to investigate the brain response to inflammatory stimuli
- MANTRA training developed at SLaM to be rolled out to adult eating disorder services across the UK
- Six years of memory decline seen in anxious, depressed older people during pandemic
- An interview with Dr Katherine Young
- The silent and widely impacting cost of Vulvodynia: lessons learned and future recommendations
- What can research tell us about engaging adolescent boys into school-based mental health workshops?
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December
- Diagnosis of depression in adolescents can negatively impact educational performance, study shows
- Using neurofeedback as a means of treating feelings of self-blame in depression
- Review looks at benefits and barriers following shift to remote mental health services during pandemic
- What is treatment-resistant depression? New report calls for clearer definition to inform research and improve treatment
- NIHR Maudsley BRC: A Year in Review 2021
- UK Disability History Month - an interview with Naomi
- People feel lonelier in crowded cities – but green spaces can help
- Vitamin D supplementation does not improve symptoms in people with psychosis, study finds
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January
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2020
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January
- BRC researchers on the Highly Cited list doubles to twenty
- CRIS Blog: Are we under-estimating self-harm rates due to differences in hospital admittance procedures?
- BRC Researchers celebrated at the King’s Awards
- New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
- Exposure to trauma ‘activates’ genes into causing depression
- Nurses in research blog: Emma and Naomi
- New findings on the effects of cannabidiol on people with psychosis
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February
- New centre of excellence for children and young people's mental health launched
- High volumes of mental health-related tweets associated with crisis referrals
- Call opens to drive the future of health data research
- CRIS Blog: Answering real-world questions about medication and mental health through pharmacoepidemiology
- CRIS Blog: Appropriate use of healthcare records for research
- CRIS Blog: Artificial Intelligence and Data in Suicide Prevention
- Largest ever study of eating disorders launches in England
- C4C research register now totals 20,000 people
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March
- Georgia’s research secondment
- Study finds that Community Treatment Orders do not reduce hospital readmission rates or stays
- 10,000 people could benefit from new migraine drug
- Thirty risk factors found during and after pregnancy for children developing psychosis
- Heroin injection associated with respiratory disorder
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April
- Researchers appeal to public for help to assess mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- CRIS Blog: CRIS in the time of coronavirus
- Depression and anxiety increase premature death by up to 134%
- Mental health and brain research must be a higher priority in global response to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
- Stories from our students: Becki
- COPE Study: Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being
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May
- Thought provoking men’s mental health film released
- Animated parenting tips for struggling households
- Researchers track COVID-19 isolation effects on older people’s health and wellbeing
- From Babylonian blood-letting practices to wearable tech, new film on the evolution of depression perceptions and treatment
- Patient and public recommendations for getting involved in BRC research
- Cognitive behavioural therapy reduces the impact of dissociative seizures
- Mind the Gap 17-25: A diagnosis doesn’t define you
- Sarah Markham writes about her experiences in research
- Covid-19 Psychiatry and Neurological Genetics (COPING) study
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June
- Trial testing a unique formulation of ibuprofen to treat COVID-19 launches
- New study to monitor the real-time effect of COVID-19 on mental health services
- Introducing the CRIS Natural Language Processing (NLP) Service
- Study shows Cognitive Remediation Therapy leads to improvement in cognitive skills and well-being in people with bipolar disorder
- New Research Training and Capacity Development lead announced
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July
- Growing numbers of alcohol related hospital admissions linked to local spending cuts
- ACE inhibitors and ARBs not associated with severity of Coronavirus
- Data linkages animation explores the evolution of healthcare records in research
- Study estimates impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK mental health after first month of lockdown
- Genes related to inflammation and stress may help tailor treatments for depression
- Can wearables like Fitbit devices be used to help detect COVID-19?
- Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates
- August
- September
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October
- Loss of potential: teens diagnosed with depression show reduction in educational achievement from primary school to GCSE
- £1.2 million to roll-out dementia care home programme to COVID-hit sector
- NIHR announces mental health research goals for next decade
- Rosalind helps researchers navigate personal health data
- An interview with Dr Ndaba Mazibuko
- National study into neurological impact of COVID-19
- Study supports link between traffic-related air pollution and mental disorders
- How our eLIXIR research database helps reduce risk of health problems in mothers and children
- November
- December
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January
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2019
- January
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February
- Eating a healthy diet can ease symptoms of depression
- CRIS Blog: Pathfinders and the public
- NIHR Maudsley BRC researchers host dementia discussion in collaboration with South London Theatre
- Could intranasal oxytocin be used to treat people at clinically high risk of psychosis?
- CRIS blog: Using data on hospital episodes to look at the physical health of people with personality disorders
- Cannabis-based medicine to be tested in Alzheimer's trial
- Largest ever study of depression and anxiety now recruiting individuals from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
- March
- April
- May
- June
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July
- One in ten UK hospital inpatients is alcohol dependent
- CRIS Blog: Art and Value at Bethlem Gallery: an art-science collaboration with Sarah Carpenter and CRIS
- Genetic study reveals metabolic origins of anorexia
- Compensatory strategies to disguise autism spectrum disorder may delay diagnosis and have negative consequences for mental health
- Close monitoring essential to ensure safety of ketamine for depression
- August
- September
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October
- CRIS Blog: CRIS data demonstrates need for better physical healthcare for people who use heroin
- SURE Recovery: the new addiction recovery app designed alongside service users
- Our first ever artist residency to kick off with Afrobeat and Dub gig in South London
- Expert panel examines barriers faced by working class academics
- December
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2018
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
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November
- CRIS blog: The future of psychiatry research
- CRIS blog: Do long-term prescriptions of multiple antipsychotics contribute to the reduced life expectancy of patients with serious mental illness?
- Improving dementia care and treatment saves thousands of pounds in care homes
- New service in south London reduces hospital readmissions for people with bipolar disorder
- Ten BRC researchers and academics among most cited in the world
- Students 'take over' the BRC
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December
- Computers can ‘spot the difference’ between healthy brains and the brains of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Service User Advisory Group for 12-16-year-olds
- New Clinical Disorders and Health Behaviours cluster lead announced
- Blog: The SLG Arts Assassins collaborate with the BRC
- Professor Matthew Hotopf receives CBE at Buckingham Palace
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2017
- January
- February
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March
- Professor Robert Stewart awarded ‘Collaborate to Innovate’ project
- NIHR Maudsley BRC researchers receive Senior Investigator awards
- Research blog: Using social media to recognise mental health conditions
- Department of Health Chief Scientific Adviser Chris Whitty visits Maudsley BRC
- NIHR Maudsley BRC commences five-year research programme
- IMPARTS Seminar Learning from experience
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April
- New research highlights higher hospitalisation rates in people with intellectual disabilities
- Digital Technology for Mental Health: Asking the right questions
- Maudsley becomes London’s Global Digital Exemplar
- CRIS blog: An online risk calculator to identify candidates for early intervention services
- May
- June
- July
- August
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November
- Professor Oliver Howes receives Royal College of Psychiatrists Award
- First network analysis of patient flow in two UK hospitals published
- Honorary Degree for Professor Dame Til Wykes
- Concentrated naloxone nasal spray as good as injection
- Potential for machine learning to predict unknown adverse drug reactions
- Complications at birth associated with lasting chemical changes in the brain
- Study examines opiate-dependent patient deaths
- NIHR Lectureship awarded
- Treatment cuts migraine days by half
- December
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2016
- January
- February
- March
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April
- CRIS blog: Eight years on
- Experts call for greater recognition of little-known forms of dementia
- Event: Clinical Research Facility Research Forum
- Al Chalabi Sheila Essey Award
- RADAR CNS smartphone wearable devices transform medical care
- Cardiovascular drug underprescribing
- Consultation reveals better integration between physical & mental health physicians as top priority
- Prestigious Fellowships awarded to BRC researchers
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May
- BMJ Award for team who are incorporating mental health service into dermatology clinic
- Research blog systematic biases in death certification
- Victoria Derbyshire show inheritance mental illness
- BRC spin out Mindwave launches
- Research blog: Learning how to be a critical friend to researchers
- Research blog International Clinical Trials Day
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
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November
- South London and Maudsley rated top mental health trust for recruiting patients to clinical studies
- NIHR i4i mental health challenge launch
- UK Government announces £4m investment in NIHR Wellcome Trust King’s Clinical Research Facility
- NIHR Maudsley BRC PhD student wins International Society for the History of Neurosciences book prize
- NIHR Maudsley BRC's takeover challenge
- December
- 2015
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