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Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? by Dr Samuel Westwood

St Thomas' Hospital Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom

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 associateContinue reading "Is there a reproducibility crisis in science? by Dr Samuel Westwood"

Meta-analysis in R by Dr Isabel Yorke

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) 16 De Crespigny Park, London, London, United Kingdom

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"

Big data and mental health by Dr Johnny Downs

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) 16 De Crespigny Park, London, London, United Kingdom

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"

Jasp and Jamovi by Dr Samuel Westwood

MS Teams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5u_9qcc3U4 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 "Jasp and Jamovi by Dr Samuel Westwood"

Model selection using information criteria by Prof Daniel Stahl

MS Teams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLk_zQLkl_Y About the speaker Prof Daniel Stahl is lead of the precision medicine and statistical learning research group in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics. His main research interest is applying statistical and machine learning methods to identify predictors, mediators and moderators of treatment success and the development of robust risk prediction models. AboutContinue reading "Model selection using information criteria by Prof Daniel Stahl"

Fetishisation of RCTs by Professor David Papineau

Zoom , United Kingdom

About the speaker Professor David Papineau is a British academic philosopher who has worked in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophies of science, mind, and mathematics. He is one of the originators of the teleosemantic theory of mental representation, a solution to the problem of intentionality which derives the intentional content of our beliefs from their biological purpose. In 1990, David joinedContinue reading "Fetishisation of RCTs by Professor David Papineau"

Moral overreach and ethical failure in setting psychological research standards by Prof Roger Giner-Sorolla

MS Teams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaxErc1DGA About the speaker Professor Roger Giner-Sorolla completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and was awarded his PhD in Social Psychology from New York University in 1996. After aContinue reading "Moral overreach and ethical failure in setting psychological research standards by Prof Roger Giner-Sorolla"