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IoPPN Research Festival 2021 'Across the Lifespan'

The 2021 IoPPN Research Festival covered the theme ‘Across the Lifespan’. With more than 20 five-minute talks on everything from the developing neonatel brains to the role of AI in dementia research, this online festival also feature keynote talks by two world-class experts in their fields: Professor Grainne McAlonan & Professor Terrie Moffitt.

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The IoPPN Research Festival 2021 ‘Across the Lifespan’ celebrates the innovative and exciting research taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's.

The full programme for this year's event can be found here.

Full line-up of speakers and topics:

Professor Grainne McAlonan Autism across all ages: What does a vulnerable brain look like? Can we shift biology?

Joyce Peters Why Diversity and Inclusion is a topic for everyone

Dr Tom McAdams Intergenerational Genetic Research: How it Has—and Will—Shed Light on the Causes of Psychopathology

Professor John Marsden Cocaine Addiction: mental imagery and craving control

Dr Tatiana Salisbury Improving mental health: when expertise is not enough

Dr Matthew Grubb Getting nosey about brain repair

Dr Rali Dimitrova Characterising heterogeneity in the developing neonatal brain

Curie Kim (3-minute thesis finalist) The positive impact of intermittent fasting on memory and the brain

Dr Katherine Young Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Chris Albertyn Dementia research in a digital age – the role of Artificial Intelligence

Professor Terrie Moffitt Surprises about psychopathology revealed by following 1000 people for four decades

Dr Rosalyn Moran Pushing Beliefs, Neuromodulators and Computational Psychiatry

Dr Gemma Modinos Neurobiology of psychosis risk: From mechanistic to big data approaches

Professor Gerome Breen Anorexia nervosa is both a psychiatric and metabolic disorder

Dr Maria Elisa Serrano Navacerrada Imaging brain synaptic density across the lifespan: from normal to pathological

Dr Virginia Carter Leno Associations Between Theory of Mind and Conduct Problems in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth

Dr Sam Cooke Distinguishing the novel from the familiar: cortical plasticity across the lifespan

Lucy Chester (3-minute thesis finalist) Cannabis and psychosis

Dr June Brown Offering Accessible Early Interventions for Depression and Anxiety across the lifespan

Dr Lauren Carson The eLIXIR Partnership

Dr Petra Proitsi Deciphering the role of blood metabolites in midlife cognitive function and Alzheimer’s disease

NB: Internal and external events with a diversity of speakers are an important mechanism for us at King's to not only share our work and research but to freely exchange and explore ideas. We believe that open and uncensored debate from all sides is one of our core purposes as a university, provided they take place without fear of intimidation and within the framework of the law.

This can mean that events or speakers may present points of view, debate or ideas which some may disagree with or find upsetting, and we acknowledge the depth of feeling from staff and students to some issues.

All IoPPN events adhere to King’s position on Freedom of Expression, and do not allow speech which discriminates based on the Equality Act and other relevant legislation.

For more on King’s position on Freedom of Expression, please see here.

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