The partnership brings together expertise from across the University of Birmingham, including the Institute for Mental Health (IMH), Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science (CEIS) and The Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre. (3/3)
27.02.2026 15:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The funding will establish a Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) to address the mental health needs of the North-West Midlands and increase capacity for applied research across the region. (2/3)
27.02.2026 15:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We are excited to share that researchers at our Institute for Mental Health will share £11m in research funding to identify key barriers to mental health access. (1/3)
27.02.2026 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🎉 Happy Chinese New Year from the faculty at our School - may everything go as you wish!
16.02.2026 10:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 When can children know what they remember? Can this help the UK justice system?
We teased apart implicit (gestures) and explicit (confidence ratings) ways children monitor and control their memory, including decisions to answer or withhold during recall.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106367
We are excited that Tamara Swaab and George (Ron) Mangun are joining our School this year - University of Birmingham has announced two appointments that will strengthen its global leadership in cognitive neuroscience and study of language, brain, and behaviour.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
Very happy to share that I have been awarded a 3-year ECR fellowship by the HFF to investigate how digital use influences social motivation/reward processing in young adults. Excited to get started! 🧠
@thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social
huofamilyfoundation.org/news/updates...
We are excited to welcome Professor Elaine Fox, an internationally renowned cognitive psychologist and affective scientist, as our new Professor of Psychology, focused on mental health, wellbeing, and the biological and social factors that shape behaviour.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ps...
When: Every Wednesday, 1–2:30 PM
Who: Anyone aged 50+ who has undergone major trauma, chest, or lung surgery
Format: Online and in-person (fortnightly meet-ups)
Cost: Free of charge
To register or find out more, contact Age UK Birmingham:
wellbeing@ageukbirmingham.org.uk
0121 437 0033 (2/2)
A new patient-led support initiative, Brum Buddies, has launched to help people aged 50 and over recover after major chest or lung surgery. The group was developed through a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham, and Age UK Birmingham (1/2)
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This week the Babylab celebrated a very special event: our very own Alice Cousins defended her PhD thesis and completed her PhD.
We couldn’t be prouder. Warmest congratulations Dr Cousins! 🩷 🎉
Passionate about women's mental health?
Interested in brain stimulation?
Excited by cutting edge neurotech?
Come do a PhD with me!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Today we welcome attendees of The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging conference to @uob-sop.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social ! Two days of inspiring talks exploring how the brain, body, and environment shape foraging behaviour.
#MechForage2025
uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook (and me!) MIBTP-funded PhD - more details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
@thechbh.bsky.social
Get in touch if interested, and please share!
Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
23.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 26 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 2
Ever wondered about the variety and depth of neuroscience research at the University of Birmingham (if not, why not?)? Seek no further: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro...
@thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social @imh-uob.bsky.social
Great to see this out! Exciting work led by @shawnrhoadsphd.com on how we learn when actions affect ourselves and others 🧠
w/ @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @k-oconnell.com, Kathryn Berluti, & Lin Gan plus @thepsychologist.bsky.social & me @sdnl.bsky.social, @thechbh.bsky.social, @uob-sop.bsky.social
Join us 🗓️ DEADLINE THIS THU 2 Oct! Last call for applications for two exciting & fun positions in the Birmingham BabyLab to work on multisensory development in term-born and preterm infancy w Andy Bremner, Monica Gori, and Andy Surtees. Please repost:
👉 lnkd.in/gczD5EwX (postdoc)
👉 lnkd.in/ga92z3sM
University of Birmingham announcement for new Centre for Human Brain Health Co-Director, Professor Stephane De Brito, with his headshot.
We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26.
30.09.2025 10:35 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Great to have @mjgruber.bsky.social visit @chbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social today and give a great talk on curiosity, exploration & memory 🧠
12.09.2025 16:42 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
We then heard from Andrew Surtees (@uob-sop.bsky.social) about how mood can impact children’s mentalizing processes - are children like adults, becoming more egocentric when in happier moods? Is it helpful to be sad?!
05.09.2025 13:16 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Today's the day we welcome over 80 participants, instructors & keynote speakers from all over the world to @uob-sop.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the Computational Social Cognition (CSC) Summer School with @leidenpsychology.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
#CSC2025
www.compsoccog.com
🧪Really pleased to see this collobarative work come together. Congratulations to @michaelapawley.bsky.social on her first PhD publication - a great milestone. Thanks also to Dr Isabel Morales-Munoz and @bagshaap.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social for their valuable contributions. #sleepresearch
20.08.2025 16:28 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0The advert for Head of School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham (@uob-sop.bsky.social, working closely with @thechbh.bsky.social) is currently open, deadline August 6th #neurojobs
29.07.2025 13:52 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Four very happy people standing in front of poster boards holding prize-winning certificates.
Team @thechbh.bsky.social coming home from @meguki2025.bsky.social with FOUR awards. @harrycook.bsky.social and Chloe Clifford were runners-up for the poster prize, @ajquinn.bsky.social took second in the art competition, and Tommy Clausner won the art competition.
What a day!
Our new study shows that accelerated long-term forgetting occurs more often in stroke patients than in age-matched controls. After one week, 35% showed marked forgetting despite normal recall after 30 min. Important for neuropsychological diagnostics.
Open access: doi.org/10.1111/jnp....
The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is searching for a new Head of School.
For details of the appointment please visit www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS973/h...
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 6th August at 23:59 BST 2025.
Please share!
The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham is looking for a new Head of School:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS973/h...
Get in touch if you have any questions and please circulate. @uob-sop.bsky.social @thechbh.bsky.social
Birmingham University Great Hall
Birmingham Old Joe clocktower
Award-winning research and Brum-themed food @unibirmingham.bsky.social Founders’ Awards & Chancellor’s Dinner this evening
03.07.2025 21:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I am delighted to announce registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" to be held at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025. uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
04.07.2025 08:50 — 👍 25 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0
