Here in the PsyLife lab we busy working away on lots of exciting hypotheses regarding how the social environment is linked to a greater risk of experiencing psychosis at a later time point.
Now, one of our first-year PhD students, Jen Dykxhoorn has achieved further recognition for her PhD which will focus on the role of social factors underlying the raised rates of psychotic disorders amongst migrants and their descendants. Jen has been awarded a prestigious UCL Overseas Research Scholarship in support of her PhD.
We’re delighted Jen’s research potential has been recognised at this early stage in her career, and we are excited about the progression she will make in her studies over the next three years. Jen’s PhD research is also supported by the Mental Health Research UK (MHRUK)’s John Grace QC Scholarship. Once again, congratulations to Jen, and stay tuned here for exciting findings from her and the rest of the group.
This weekend will see the start of the eagerly awaited 5th Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) conference, taking place in Florence, Italy. The conference will bring together international researchers from all areas of schizophrenia research to discuss the latest findings from the field. It promises to be an excellent meeting, and two members of the PsyLife group, Dr James Kirkrbide and PhD student Hannah Jongsma, will be presenting some of their findings.
We’re delighted to announce that Hannah has won a prestigious SIRS Young Investigator Travel Award to attend the conference. Congratulations! Hannah is in the second year of her PhD on the role of social and environmental risk factors in schizophrenia and other psychoses. To receive this international award is a major achievement and highlights Hannah’s dedication and growing expertise in the field. Hannah will be presenting her findings on cross-national variation in the incidence of psychotic disorders using data from the EU-GEI study. If you are at the conference, her talk will be on Tuesday 5th April, from 3.15pm, in the session on “Epidemiology: roles for environmental risk factors”. James will be presenting his work on age-at-migration in the same session. Do join us if you can.
See you in Florence!
Ciao!
Full list of PsyLife presentations at SIRS 2016
Hannah Jongsma: Incidence of psychotic disorders in England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Brazil: Data from the EU-GEI study, Tues 5th April, 4.30pm-4.45pm: Symposium: Epidemiology: roles for environmental risk factors
James Kirkbride: Age-at-migration and risk of first episode psychosis in England: epidemiological evidence from the SEPEA study, Tues 5th April, 3.45-4pm, Symposium: Epidemiology: roles for environmental risk factors
James Kirkbride: (Poster S157): The Epidemiology of first episode psychosis in early intervention in Psychosis services: findings from the SEPEA study, Poster session 1, Sunday 3rd April, 11am – 1pm.
Here in the PsyLife lab we busy working away on lots of exciting hypotheses regarding how the social environment is linked to a greater risk of experiencing psychosis at a later time point.
