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Programme Highlights:  

Thursday 13 March

• Inspiring Perspectives with Paola Dazzan, Professor of Neurobiology of Psychosis, King's IoPPN and Theme Co-Lead for Psychosis and Mood Disorders, NIHR Maudsley BRC
• Deep Dive into Experimental and Translational Medicine in Psychiatry – What it is and Why it is Important with Mitul Mehta, Professor of Neuroimaging and Psychopharmacology, King's IoPPN and Theme Lead for Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics, NIHR Maudsley BRC
• Participant and Patient Perspectives on Being Recruited and Taking Part in Research
• Fundamentals of Study Design, Statistics, Neuroimaging and Psychopharmacology with Steve Williams, Professor of Neuroimaging and Head of Neuroimaging Department, King's IoPPN; Dr John Hodsoll, Statistician, King's IoPPN and Alice Egerton, Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, King’s IoPPN
• Pioneering Methods: Opportunities and Challenges Case Studies
• Panel Discussion: Study Feasibility, chaired by Nick Beckley-Hoeschler, Lecturer, King's IoPPN

Friday 14 March

• Inspiring Perspectives with Guest Speaker Oliver Robinson, Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health and co-group leader of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Group, University College London
• How to: Incorporate Patient and Public Involvement and Share your Research
• Pioneering Methods: Opportunities and Challenges Case Studies
• Panel Discussion: “Things I wish I’d known” – Overcoming Challenges in the Design and Execution of Translational Research
• How-To: Robust, Open, Pre-Registered and Reproducible Science with Dr Olivia Kowalczyk, RIOT Open Science Club
• Industry Perspectives on Experimental Medicine with Guest Speaker, Professor Elizabeth Tunbridge, Director of Translational Neuroscience, Boehringer Ingelheim and Honorary Research Investigator, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
• Panel Discussion: Skills You Need to Succeed (from Data Science to Project Management) and How to Develop Them, featuring speakers including: Professor Grainne McAlonan Director, NIHR Maudsley BRC and Professor of Translational Neuroscience, King's IoPPN; Dr Ndaba Mazibuko, Clinical Research Fellow, King's IoPPN, Repurposing Lead, Centre for Innovative Therapeutics

Who is this course aimed at?

The event is tailored to those at early career stages, including PhD students, research assistants and early postdocs, looking to enhance their knowledge and abilities in conducting translational research.

Event organisers

This course is being organised by Professor Mitul Mehta (NIHR Maudsley BRC Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics Theme Lead), Professor Alice Egerton (Deputy Theme Lead), Professor Patricia Zunszain, Dr John Hodsoll, Dr Cathy Davies, Dr Luke Jelen, Caitlin Pentland and Bartlomiej Pliszka and is supported/hosted by the BRC's Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics Theme.

Tickets

Tickets for this course are £40, which should be recoverable through bench fees/studentship conference funds for eligible students. For King's students and staff with no other means, a small number of subsidised places have been reserved. Please contact [email protected] if this applies to you and you would like to attend.