Tue 14 May 11:00: Bridging Research & Policy: An Introduction to Centre for Science & Policy
Bridging Research & Policy: An Introduction to Centre for Science & Policy
Speakers: Kavya Neeba and Nicola Buckley from the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge
The Centre for Science and Policy’s (CSaP) mission is to enhance public policy making by leveraging the use of research evidence and expertise more effectively. CSaP helps to foster strong networks between academics and policy makers to ensure academic research contributes to policy decisions and hence increase the impact of research. The aim of this talk is to familiarise the audience with different avenues for academic-policy engagement and learn how researchers can collaborate with CSaP to plan policy engagement activities, meet policy professionals and build policy engagement into grant applications.
The talk will be followed by a short Q&A.
Meeting ID: 362 971 038 65 | Passcode: 68Yosm
Or why not join us in person? Old Cavendish Labs, Free School Lane. Location Map | Detailed Directions
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- Speaker: Kavya Neeba and Nicola Buckley from the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge
- Tuesday 14 May 2024, 11:00-12:00
- Venue: Hybrid: Ground Floor Seminar Room, Centre for Family Research, Old Cavendish Building, Free School Lane / Teams: Meeting ID: 812 2017 5709 / Passcode: 405335.
- Series: Centre for Family Research Seminar Series (new!); organiser: Louise Gray.
Tue 21 May 11:00: Title to be confirmed Refreshments available from 10:30am!
Provisional title: Baseline Findings from the Children of the 2020s Study Speakers:* Dr Laurel Fish & Dr Livia Bernardi, Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology University College London.
Abstract to follow.
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Meeting ID: 362 971 038 65 | Passcode: 68Yosm
Or why not join us in person? Old Cavendish Labs, Free School Lane. Location Map | Detailed Directions
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Refreshments available from 10:30am!
- Speaker: Dr Laurel Fish & Dr Livia Bernardi, Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology University College London
- Tuesday 21 May 2024, 11:00-12:00
- Venue: Hybrid: Ground Floor Seminar Room, Centre for Family Research, Old Cavendish Building, Free School Lane / Teams: Meeting ID: 812 2017 5709 / Passcode: 405335.
- Series: Centre for Family Research Seminar Series (new!); organiser: Louise Gray.
Tue 04 Jun 11:00: Title to be confirmed Refreshments available from 10:30am!
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Title & Abstract to follow.
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Meeting ID: 362 971 038 65 | Passcode: 68Yosm
Or why not join us in person? Old Cavendish Labs, Free School Lane. Location Map | Detailed Directions
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Refreshments available from 10:30am!
- Speaker: Dr Jasmin Wertz, School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- Tuesday 04 June 2024, 11:00-12:00
- Venue: Hybrid: Ground Floor Seminar Room, Centre for Family Research, Old Cavendish Building, Free School Lane / Teams: Meeting ID: 812 2017 5709 / Passcode: 405335.
- Series: Centre for Family Research Seminar Series (new!); organiser: Louise Gray.
Wed 01 May 15:00: Behavioural Science and Security: Informing Evidence-based Policy and Practice
This talk will give an overview of how and why risk perception and communication are important by sharing collaborative work, discussing some of the UK systems and Behavioural and Social Science policy advice.
- Speaker: Brooke Rogers (King's College London)
- Wednesday 01 May 2024, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.
- Series: Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS); organiser: Yara Kyrychenko.
Mon 15 Jul 12:30: Therapeutic ultrasound for brain therapy
Abstract: TBC
Bio: Dr Sophie Morse is a European Talent Academy Fellow and an Emerging Leader in the Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College. During her PhD, she developed innovative methods to enhance drug delivery to the brain using focused ultrasound and microbubbles. Currently, Dr Morse leads a research group investigating how focused ultrasound can non-invasively stimulate cells in our brain, particularly glial cells and immune cells, to find new ways of treating Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumours and even slow down ageing.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Sophie Morse (Imperial College London)
- Monday 15 July 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Mon 08 Jul 12:30: TBC
Abstract: TBC
Bio: Stefan Haufe is a professor of computer science and head of the UNIML (Uncertainty, Inverse Modeling and Machine Learning) group at the Technical University of Berlin. His research focuses on developing and validating signal processing, inverse modelling and machine-learning techniques for neuroimaging and other medical data.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Stefan Haufe (Technical University of Berlin)
- Monday 08 July 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Thu 09 May 14:00: Learning and memory in developmental amnesia
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Rachael Elward (London South Bank University)
- Thursday 09 May 2024, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Lecture Theatre.
- Series: Chaucer Club; organiser: Vicky Collins.
Tue 30 Apr 11:00: The Impact of AI on Language Acquisition Research
The Impact of AI on Language Acquisition Research
Speaker: Dr Abdellah Fourtassi, Aix-Marseille University | Host: Dr Sara de Felice, Dept. of Psychology, University of Cambridge
Computer modelling has long been an essential tool in researching children’s early language acquisition. It enables researchers to experiment with learning mechanisms over developmental timescales, which is not feasible with actual children due to ethical considerations. Traditional simulations have typically operated on oversimplified inputs and have been used primarily as proof of concept. Modern AI is transforming computational modelling in child language learning. With its capacity to find patterns in complex, high-dimensional data, AI enables models to scale to the intricacies of children’s natural developmental contexts, facilitating empirical discoveries.
In this talk, I will identify open challenges in child language development, such as how children derive substantial linguistic knowledge from minimal sensory input, how their cognitive abilities integrate to support efficient learning, and how their early communicative interactions result in better learning performance. I then detail and argue, via several case studies, how strategic application of AI tools can address these challenges more effectively, providing solutions that traditional methods alone might not achieve. The goal is to show that AI can be effectively woven into the child language acquisition methodological landscape, fostering synergies and integration.
Meeting ID: 362 971 038 65 | Passcode: 68Yosm
- Speaker: Dr Abdellah Fourtassi, Aix-Marseille University
- Tuesday 30 April 2024, 11:00-12:00
- Venue: Meeting ID: 362 971 038 65 | Passcode: 68Yosm.
- Series: Centre for Family Research Seminar Series; organiser: Louise Gray.
Thu 02 May 12:30: Measuring outcomes in mental health
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Anju Keetharuth, University of Sheffield
- Thursday 02 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Online.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Dr Saurabh Sonkusare.
Thu 25 Apr 12:30: The Bodily Self in Pain: The Role of Interoceptive Processing
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Jane Aspell, Anglia Ruskin University
- Thursday 25 April 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Online.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Dr Saurabh Sonkusare.
Mon 17 Jun 12:30: FSL-MRS as an alternative to MRspa for 1H MRS processing
Abstract: TBC
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Monday 17 June 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Mon 29 Apr 12:50: Brain age prediction using diffusion MRI data
Abstract: James Bacon is an MS Physics student at the University of Cambridge. He will present the work from his summer internship where he worked on brain age prediction using diffusion MRI data.
The talk will start at ~12:50 following a MEG project presentation which starts at 12:30.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: James Bacon (University of Cambridge)
- Monday 29 April 2024, 12:50-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Mon 20 May 12:30: ISMRM highlights
Abstract: Attendees of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) conference will share and discuss the most significant advancements and research findings presented.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Multiple
- Monday 20 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Wed 24 Apr 15:00: Social and political change in diverse societies: Insights from largescale panel studies
Largescale panel studies, with stratified, random samples of a nation’s population, are relatively rare in the psychological literature. By measuring change at multiple levels over long periods of time, these studies can tell us about the relationship between individuals and the societies in which they live. This includes (1) how features of the social structure, such as inequality or deprivation, affect people and (2) how people affect the social structure (via their policy preferences and political behaviour). I will review recent research on these two key elements of societal functioning – structural effects and structural change – from two panels in very different contexts. The first is a 13-wave longitudinal study of around 20,000 New Zealanders. The second is a 3-wave study of around 160,000 people in India. I will also introduce a new panel from the UK, where we invite 500,000 people randomly sampled from the electoral register to participate in survey of social and political attitudes annually over five years. This research programme demonstrates how largescale panel data can inform theory and policy, by telling us more about how people change, and how they change their societies.
The talk is open to the public.
- Speaker: Nikhil Sengupta (University of Kent)
- Wednesday 24 April 2024, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.
- Series: Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS); organiser: Yara Kyrychenko.
Thu 16 May 12:30: TBA
- Speaker: Professor Mark Mapstone, Professor, Neurology School of Medicine Vice Chair for Research, Neurology School of Medicine Chief, Neuropsychology Division, Neurology School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine
- Thursday 16 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Hybrid, in person in Herschel Smith Building at Forvie site.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.
Thu 16 May 12:30: TBA
- Speaker: Professor Mark Mapstone, Professor, Neurology School of Medicine Vice Chair for Research, Neurology School of Medicine Chief, Neuropsychology Division, Neurology School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine
- Thursday 16 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Hybrid, in person in Herschel Smith Building at Forvie site.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.
Thu 16 May 12:30: TBA
- Speaker: Professor Mark Mapstone, Professor, Neurology School of Medicine Vice Chair for Research, Neurology School of Medicine Chief, Neuropsychology Division, Neurology School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine
- Thursday 16 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Hybrid, in person in Herschel Smith Building at Forvie site.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.
Thu 06 Jun 12:30: Guided digital self-help interventions for PTSD and Complex PTSD
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Prof Jonathan Bisson, Cardiff University
- Thursday 06 June 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: Online.
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.
Thu 10 Oct 12:30: TBA
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Andrea Cipriani, Oxford University
- Thursday 10 October 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: hybrid .
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.
Thu 30 May 12:30: Mental health in showmen
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Sheldon Chadwick
- Thursday 30 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: hybrid .
- Series: Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series; organiser: Nikolina Skandali.