Emanuele Osimo

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r

📢 Applications are open for the @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social fellows award!

Up to £250K over 3 years for early-career mental health researchers.
Covers salary, staff, research, travel & training.
Focus: youth mental health, suicide, self-harm & more.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/ApplyMQaward

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

🔬 🧬 🩺🧠 Developmental and genetic profile of autism differs substantially by age at diagnosis - fascinating research by @vw1234.bsky.social Xinhe Zhang and colleagues. Medsky

@cpftresearch.bsky.social @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Latest vacancies

🚨 Job alert! 🚨
Clinical practitioner for our nascent Mood Disorder Clinic in Cambridge. 1 year fixed term, Band 7. We need a nurse/practitioner with experience of research and mental health.
www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...
Please advertise!
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Do you know about the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration Mission?

The MH-TRC brings together leading investigators in experimental medicine and early-stage translational mental health research to accelerate discoveries into clinical practice.

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Thank you Isabella!

Thank you Hilary!

within @camneuro.bsky.social, @cambridgebrc.bsky.social, @cpft-nhs.bsky.social, and the wider University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk

We run the Early Intervention Mission @eimission.bsky.social study and work closely with @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social

Feedback welcome!

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We have a new name, the Cambridge centre for Precision Psychiatry and Data Science – or CPPDS, and a new website: www.cppds.org.uk

Led by @gkmurray.bsky.social and myself, we focus on #datascience, #psychiatry, #genomics, and #translational medicine, at @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social

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You can find more information on potential projects here:
www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/study-us/res...

I also have an iCase project listed here:
www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/mrc-doctoral...

Projects will be co-supervised with @gkmurray.bsky.social

PhD applications for October 2026 are now open:
www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/dire...

Do a PhD in Psychiatry with us!

Applications will need to be completed by the end of 2025 in order to be considered for funding.

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The Early Intervention Mission has reached 150 participants recruited!

👏150 participants have now been recruited for the Early Intervention Mission (EIM), part of the Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration Mission.

EIM aims to deliver timely, personalised care for early psychosis, improving outcomes and reducing delays.

🌐 tinyurl.com/2azsrce9

"Triangulation: moving from correlations to causation", Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Distinguished Lecture 2025, Thursday, October 16th, 5pm, in person or online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-of-...

This equates to 0.5 micromorts for each person receiving a vaccination course (usually several vaccines)

That is less than the mortality risk for a single day of skiing (0.7 micromorts)

British attitudes to immigrants from Europe can be shifted by relatable messaging, study finds A short profile of a migrant NHS worker that taps into values of duty and hard work produces a 20-point swing in positivity towards EU immigration among British voters, according to a Cambridge psycho...

A short, relatable message about a migrant worker boosted positivity toward EU #immigration by 20 points among UK voters.

The latest @campsydept.bsky.social #research suggests that pro-immigration arguments can be effective for the UK electorate 👇
https://bit.ly/3HYkEQi

Should be reported

Well done! Find the press release here:
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

How do neutrophils contribute to mental health? Delighted to share research led by @staceykigar.bsky.social: meningeal neutrophils shape how the brain responds to stress. Out today @natcomms.nature.com. More in the thread⬇️ @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

The Early Intervention Mission in #Psychosis has recruited its first 100 participants!
If you are not a site, please consider joining.
Further information and contacts, including to join our mailing list of Early Intervention in Psychosis services and Psychosis grand rounds, click:
eim.digitrial.com

👏100+ participants recruited for the @eimission.bsky.social part of the MH-TRC Mission.

EIM aims to deliver timely, personalised care for early psychosis, improving outcomes and reducing delays.

Lear more and get involved!

🌐 tinyurl.com/2azsrce9

The Early Intervention Mission now has a website!
eim.digitrial.com
Please check it out and let us know what you think.

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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@gkmurray.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

The post will be for 12 months, but may be extended.
The role will be based at the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, and in Oxford, at Akrivia Health (where the postdoc will be seconded to), flexibly for one/two days a week.
@gkmurray.bsky.social @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social

Home - Akrivia Health ADVANCING RESEARCH FOR DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH & DEMENTIAS Supporting the future of mental health​ & dementias Combining patient data* and world class AI powered NLP to accelerate rea...

Candidates need to have a strong data science background, ideally with EHR. MH experience desirable.
Contact me via email for info. contact in advert.

Akrivia Health is a company that leverages real-world data and AI solutions to advance research in mental health akriviahealth.com

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🚨job alert!🚨

Fancy working on mental health/psychiatry electronic health records #EHR?
Working across the Uni of Cambridge and industry, alongside Akrivia Health?
We are looking for an experienced researcher or data scientist to develop common data models for EHR.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51728/
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are hiring: clinical research fellow with Dr Katie Beck and Prof. James MacCabe.

Recruiting for the Mental Health Mission Early Intervention in Psychosis Theme.

FY2 and above welcome to apply!

www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Londo...