PhD students who complete their studies are encouraged to share their experiences with us. Name: Chaitanya Erady Research group: Brain mapping Unit Supervisor: Prof Ed Bullmore and Dr Mary-Ellen Lynall Title of your PhD: Transcriptomic and proteomic dysregulation in neuropsychiatric disorders Can you give us a short background into what your PhD was […]
Archives for June 2023
Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents in the US has found.
Series highlights the mental health challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees
Derrick Silove, Eolene Boyd-Macmillan and Maja Bruhn Kristiansen join BJPsych Open’s Digital Content Editor, Piyush Pushkar, to discuss BJPsych Open’s Refugee and Asylum Mental Health Themed Series. The papers in the Themed Series highlight the mental health challenges asylum seekers and refugees face and underline the need for a comprehensive response. The groundswell of support […]
Understanding how adversity shapes brain development
Cambridge researchers from the Department of Psychiatry and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit have secured £1.3 million from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to explore how early life adversity shapes human brain development. The team of scientists, comprising Duncan Astle, Danyal Akarca, Sofia Carozza, Petra Vértes, Varun Warrier and Ed Bullmore, will build […]