You are invited to attend a lecture with Rachel Upthegrove MBE, Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre on 'Neuroinflammation and psychosis: a new dawn or bleak midwinter?’

Learning objectives:

1. To be able to describe the principles of precision psychiatry.
2. To be able to apply sub-typing and prediction to clinical practice.
3. To be able explain the role of the immune system in schizophrenia.

Biography:

Rachel is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. She trained in Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital, University of London and completed Psychiatry training in Birmingham. Her PhD investigated longitudinal outcomes of depression and suicidality in first episode psychosis. Her clinical work is in the Birmingham Early Intervention Service. Her current research focuses on the identification of novel treatments for early stages of schizophrenia, and she leads the Psychosis Immune Mechanism Stratified Medicine Study (PIMS), a collaborative multi-stage project investigating inflammatory mechanisms and phenotypic profile of psychosis. Her translational research includes NIHR funded Early Psychosis Informatics into Care (EPICare) registry. She is chief investigator and co-investigator on a number of RCTs for repurposed and targeted treatments. Rachel is Chair of the NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Honorary General Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.

Timings:

17.00 - Registration

17.30 - Lecture and Q&A

18.30 - Drinks reception

This is an in-person event only.