https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMJIGSVzJf4 About the speaker Dr Stephen Eglen is currently a Reader in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His undergraduate degree was in Cognitive Science, Psychology and Computer Science (Nottingham), followed by a doctorate in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (Sussex). His research interests focusContinue reading "Bullied into Bad Science by Dr Stephen Eglen"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwB_-N1RImI About the speaker Dr Nick Brown was recently awarded his PhD at the University of Groningen, Netherlands for his work investigating social claims from positive psychology. He is, however, better known as a 'data thug', detecting anomalies in reported statistics along with Dr James Heathers (check out James’ awesome podcast, Everything Hertz). Drs BrownContinue reading "Exploring published research results without the data by Dr Nick Brown"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufp-CSklNFM About the speaker Dr Ewan Carr joined King’s College London’s Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics in 2017. Prior to this role, Ewan was based in Epidemiology and Public Health Department at University College London. Ewan holds an MSc in Social Research Methods and Statistics and a PhD in Social Statistics from Cathie MarshContinue reading "R Markdown: Make your computer do your work for you by Dr Ewan Carr"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8FzzOReA88 About the speaker Max Davie is a consultant community paediatrician, working in Lambeth as part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust Community services. He has a special interest in the assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions in school-age children, and in the mental health of paediatric patients more generally. He is pastContinue reading "Perverse incentives in diagnosis: neurodevelopmental disorders by Dr Max Davie"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ2iEiQxcVs About the speaker Steven Williams is the Head of Neuroimaging Department and Professor of Imaging Sciences. He has a strong interest in the translation of brain imaging techniques from the bench to the clinic. Steven is the Founder, Director and Head of the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences based at the Institute of Psychiatry andContinue reading "An MRI scanner for one and all by Prof Steven Williams"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY-J0u7_zhA About the speaker Dr Chris Murawski is the EMEA Business Development Manager of F1000. F1000 provides a suite of services to support researchers in discovering literature, and in writing and communication of their own work. F1000Prime helps with literature discovery; F1000Workspace makes it easier to write and share articles; F1000Research provides an author-driven approachContinue reading "F1000 by Dr Chris Murawski"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9gwWfLEKk About the speaker Henning Tiemeier is a Professor of Social and Behavioural Science and the Sumner and Esther Feldberg Chair of Maternal and Child Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Prof Tiemeier received both his medical and sociological degree from the University of Bonn, Germany, and his PhD from theContinue reading "The 7 plagues of neuroimaging studies by Prof Henning Tiemeier"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHSCyC6V-2g About the speaker Samuel Westwood was awarded his PhD in Neuroscience from Aston University, Birmingham in 2018. He joined King’s College London in 2017 as a post-doctoral research associate in the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department and is investigating the effectiveness of combining cognitive training and non-invasive brain stimulation in improving inattention and self-controlContinue reading "Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? by Dr Samuel Westwood"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvqAl6nuNAg About the speaker David Shanks is Professor of Psychology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences at University College London (UCL), and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Previously he was Head of Psychology at UCL from 2003-17. His research falls across a number of topics in experimental cognitive psychology,Continue reading "The unconscious mind by Prof David Shanks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smkE4tdp4Nc About the speaker Alexandra Lautarescu is a PhD student based in the Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health at St Thomas’ Hospital. She earned a BSc(Hons) in Psychology from University of Exeter in 2011, followed by an MPhil in Medical Sciences (Psychiatry) from the University of Cambridge. Her current research focuses on maternal mentalContinue reading "Open science for early career researchers by Alexandra Lautarescu"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuNtK02yaQ About the speaker Dr Isabel Yorke completed her MSc at the SGDP, and was awarded her PhD investigating environmental factors that contribute to additional mental health problems in people with ASD. About the talk Dr Yorke will give a basic introduction to key meta-analytic techniques, using the R package Metafor. She will cover organisingContinue reading "Meta-analysis in R by Dr Isabel Yorke"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krgiXW-zDIw About the speaker The research of Dr Johnny Downs focuses on combining epidemiological approaches with health informatics to improve outcomes for childhood neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders. His interests lie within several main areas – implementation of patient portals to enhance patient care, natural language processing to refine the data extracted from free-text electronicContinue reading "Big data and mental health by Dr Johnny Downs"