Research at CPFT
Improving lives with pioneering research and innovation at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust @cpft-nhs.bsky.social and host for the NIHR ARC East of England @arceastofengland.bsky.social.
- 🗓️ Join @cpft-nhs.bsky.social consultant psychiatrist Dr Robert Dudas for his Values in Psychiatry book launch with @ox.ac.uk next week! 🕤 From 9.30am, Wednesday 11 February 💻 Register a free place today + request details to join any part of the programme online: www.eventbrite.com/e/values-in-...
- 📣 Join @ 12.30pm 🕧 tomorrow to meet @cpft-nhs.bsky.social consultant psychiatrist Dr Alje Van Hoorn working on our Cavell Centre #Recovery Ward. 🔎 Explore the #Bayesian brain hypothesis and how it applies to emotions, psychopathology and #MentalHealth care: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- ⚠️ One week left! Don't miss the deadline to apply to co-lead @arceastofengland.bsky.social and use your leadership expertise in #research, health and social care to improve services and support for people in our region. 🆕 The next phase of the ARC needs you! ⏰ Apply by Monday 9 February 👇
- 🚨There is only one week left to apply to become the ARC East of England's next Co-Director! We are looking for someone in a senior leadership role relevant to applied health, public health, or social care. ⚠️Deadline: Monday 9 February Find out more and apply👉 arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...
- 📣 Join Dr Jonathan Goodman tomorrow @ 12.30pm 🕧 to learn how evolutionary theory can help us understand how people learn to trust each other and the influence of #genetics on human cognition & intelligence. Meet at the Herchel Smith Building or join online: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- 📣 Colleagues @cpft-nhs.bsky.social can apply for professional development funding and support from @nihr.bsky.social to be #NIHR20 #Research Leaders! Great opportunity for recognition and reward if you're working in the #NHS on research to shape future healthcare. ✍️ Apply by Wednesday 18 March: 👇
- To mark the NIHR 20th anniversary, the #NIHR20 Research Leaders Prize has launched, celebrating individuals whose work is shaping the future of health and care research. Win a £10,000 professional development prize. Find out more about each prize and how to apply! 👇 www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr20-...
- 📣 Don't miss tomorrow's talk @ 12.30pm 🕧 with Dr Robert Dudas @cpft-nhs.bsky.social to find out how to put individual patient values back into #psychiatry to improve #MentalHealth treatments, care & recovery. 🔎 Explore evidence for #ValuesBasedPractice #VBP ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- 📶 Catch CPFT Research & Development Director Dr Ben Underwood talking about blood tests for #dementia and latest #research news on #BBC Cambs (@ around 45 mins) 🔽 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... We're working on the READ-OUT study with @dementiasplatform.bsky.social ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- 📣 Everyone 16+ is invited to help us find the genetic links to #anxiety and #depression! UK @gladstudy.bsky.social needs people with no history of #MentalHealth conditions as well as those who have, to compare. Take part with @cpft-nhs.bsky.social and help others for #BlueMonday: ➡️ gladstudy.org.uk
- 📣 Join 3 exclusive live #innovation sessions this month for #NHS staff, covering the essentials to get innovating! For anyone starting their journey to improve health care and services with new technology. #NHSInSites ⚡️ Register now for 20 & 22 January next week ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/nhs-insite...
- 📣 Two exciting roles with our @arceastofengland.bsky.social team to apply for by Monday 9 February! If you want to develop #research capacity in the #EastofEngland, or co-lead our ARC with your research expertise and vision to drive impact and benefit for our communities - then consider applying! 👇
- 🚀We are hiring! As we prepare for the next ARC EoE from April 2026, we are excited to open two opportunities within our leadership team: 🔵ARC EoE Co-Director➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n... 🔵Research Capacity Development Co‑Lead➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n... ⚠️Apply by 9 Feb 2026
- 📣 We're working with @angliaruskin.bsky.social to test #VirtualReality therapy for #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder! Anyone 18+ affected by #SAD / winter #depression is invited to take part and lift your mood. 📱 Scan the QR code or click to read more + sign up: ➡️ aruspsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 📣 Colleagues @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are invited to a free half-day event online to learn about the @nihr.bsky.social Associate Principal Investigator Scheme and explore research career & development opportunities. 🗓️ Join @ 1pm on Thursday 22 January, register here 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/forging-yo...
- Great to see @cpft-nhs.bsky.social #MentalHealth #research lead & former consultant #ClinicalPsychologist Dr Ayla Humphrey 🌟 honoured with an MBE for services to young people with acquired brain injuries. Ayla co-founded our CCPNR service. Read more from @cam.ac.uk: ➡️ bit.ly/45p8Miz #NewYearHonours
- ⚠️ Just two days left to apply for an @arceastofengland.bsky.social Fellowship by 12pm Wednesday! 🔽 Giles' #SocialCare project is helping people with #dementia. 💬 Contact the ARC team ASAP to find a supervisor & discuss your #research idea:➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/training-dev... youtu.be/krWJz1UNrbc?...
- ⏰ Two weeks to apply for the @arceastofengland.bsky.social Fellowship! Consider your project over the festive break and find a supervisor to discuss how to improve #NHS services & care with your #research idea. ⚠️ Complete your application by 12pm on 7 January: ➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/training-dev...
- 🌟 Wishing everyone a peaceful & happy festive season + all the best for the New Year! 🌟 Thanks for all your support this year to set up a new #research base in Peterborough, and deliver 110 studies with 1075 people taking part in #ResearchWithCare. You help us make a difference for better health! 💙
- 🎉 Congratulations to CPFT #psychiatrists Dr Annabel Price, Dr @muzafferkaser.bsky.social & Dr Julius Essem on your @rcpsych.bsky.social Fellowships awarded this year! 🌟 Well deserved recognition honouring outstanding contributions to #MentalHealth care & #research: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- 🔎 Find out how @cpft-nhs.bsky.social Clinical Nurse Specialist Lizzie is improving care and treatment for women experiencing #psychosis in #menopause, for her Fellowship project with @arceastofengland.bsky.social. 💙 Working with #CPFTCAMEO to make a difference with #research: 🔽 youtu.be/VUnyYJRMBps
- 📣 We're on a mission to improve early intervention, treatment and prevention of #psychosis! #MentalHealth researchers @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are looking for people aged 16-65 with NO history of psychosis to join our study (to compare with people who have). Contact us: RandD@cpft.nhs.uk / 01223 219753
- 📣 Share your views on a new UK clinical trial to test treatments for vascular #dementia! Anyone with lived experience of dementia is invited to help researchers shape #research studies and improve treatments to beat all types of dementia. Find out more and have your say online at: ➡️ popped.org.uk
- 📣 Health professionals delivering psychological therapies @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are invited to take part in the KOLABO study to help guide global #CBT practice! 🌍 Share your knowledge and insights in this short survey (takes 5-10 minutes) to shape a diverse therapy network: ➡️ bit.ly/KOLABO_Westa...
- 📣 New UK data platform led by @maryellenlynall.bsky.social with @ebi.embl.org will help develop targeted #MentalHealth treatments. The Open Psychiatry Project will make mental health data more accessible and empower everyone to learn about conditions & improve care: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- ⚠️ Final week to apply for the #NHS Clinical Entrepreneur scheme by 4pm 🕓 on Friday! @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas 💡 to #ImproveCPFT #NHS care & services can realise them with this #innovation support scheme. Don't miss out, start your clinical entrepreneur career today! 🚀 nhscep.com
- ⏰ Two weeks to apply for CPFT #Research funding by Friday 5 December If you want to build research capacity and skills in your team to deliver health studies to #ImproveCPFT then this fund could support you. ✅ Check the full guidance and how to apply here: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/apply-for-re...
- 🤞🤩 Good luck to @cpft-nhs.bsky.social teams at the @hsj.co.uk Awards tonight! Our #StaffMentalHealthService & #MusicTherapy service were selected for outstanding work in two categories. Well done to all finalists! 🌟 Have a great evening celebrating #NHS excellence 🥳 ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- 📣 On in an hour! Join Dr Yuya Mizuno at 12.30pm 🕧 to learn about the role that immune cells in the brain (microglia) play in psychotic illnesses. 🔎 Find out if #natalizumab could be a suitable new targeted therapy to help people with #schizophrenia: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- 👋 Meet our team behind the Cambridge Psychedelic Research Group led by Lili Galindo @cpft-nhs.bsky.social + find out how promising psychedelic-assisted therapies could enable recovery from treatment-resistant #MentalHealth conditions in this @cam.ac.uk headline story: ➡️ www.cam.ac.uk/stories/your...
- 📣 Researchers @cpft-nhs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk explored how to help clinicians improve #autism assessments. 🔎 Combining clinical tools with personal accounts from individuals + families ensures people benefit more from clinical review: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- 📢 Calling @cpft-nhs.bsky.social psychologists to join our #Research team! We're offering a 1 year, part-time internal secondment for a #psychologist to bring more research opportunities to people in our psychological services and help colleagues grow their skills: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...
- Thanks @cambstimes.bsky.social for helping our #CPFTCAMEO team raise awareness of #psychosis in #Menopause and local #research with @cpft-nhs.bsky.social & @arceastofengland.bsky.social to improve #MentalHealth care and treatments for women at this life stage: ⬇️ www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/2559448...
- Join Victoria Bird @universityofessex.bsky.social today @ 12.30pm 🕧 to explore how a resource-oriented approach can improve #MentalHealth care. 🔎 Find how this approach works with individuals, families & communities to reduce distress & promote wellbeing: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- 📣 Intellectual property guidance is changing for the #NHS - if you would like to find out more don't miss the #InnovationBreakfast with @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social at 8.30am. 🕣☕️ Learn how this applies to our local health system. Register a free place here: ⬇️ www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
- Congrats to @cpft-nhs.bsky.social colleagues winning #RCPsychAwards 2025! 🏆 Our Peterborough Clozapine Clinic team won Psychiatric Team of the Year: Digital #MentalHealth Award and @em-os.bsky.social won Early Career Researcher of the Year, + #CPFTCAMEO runners up: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/news/triple-...
- ⚡️ Join at 12.30pm to meet Prof. Ben Becker and learn about emotional and motivational processes in the brain, how they are regulated and go wrong in #MentalHealth disorders. 🔎 Explore how to target systems in the brain for neurotechnology and AI treatment: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
- 📣 We're proud to be one of the NHS InSites highlighted for best practice by the @innovationunit.bsky.social in their learning report. 🤝 We're working with @cuhpartners.bsky.social to bring more #innovation into local #NHS to improve care and support staff: 👇 www.innovationunit.org/our-projects...
- 👏 Well done to our #CPFTCAMEO team ✨ awarded a symposium at #IEPA15 on #psychosis in mid-life. 🔎 Researchers @cpft-nhs.bsky.social are exploring women's #MentalHealth experiences and needs during #Menopause to learn how to improve #NHS care and treatment for them: ⬇️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
- 🗓️ Register to join the @rcpsych.bsky.social Eastern Division Autumn 🍂🍃Conference on Friday 7 November at @homertoncollege.bsky.social to share and learn best practice for #psychosis care! Meet @cpft-nhs.bsky.social experts and regional #MentalHealth colleagues: ⬇️ www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
- 📣 If you deliver psychological therapies @cpft-nhs.bsky.social please consider taking part in the KOLABO study to help guide global #CBT practice! 🌍 Share your knowledge and insights in this short survey (5-10 mins) to inform and develop a therapy network for CBT in #Africa: ➡️ bit.ly/KOLABO_Westa...
- 🌐 Raising awareness for #WorldMenopauseDay: @cpft-nhs.bsky.social #psychiatrist & #research leader Dr Lili Galindo🌟 explains the increased risk of #psychosis in #menopause for @elpais.com. Our #CPFTCAMEO team are working to reduce stigma and improve treatments: ⬇️ english.elpais.com/science-tech...
- 👋 Thanks to everyone who visited our CPFT #Research stand at the @healthwatchengland.bsky.social summit for Cambs & P'boro health system! Lovely to meet you all and share how our studies are improving physical and #MentalHealth and offer a range of opportunities for local people to take part in.
- 🚨 Last week to apply for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowships! @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas for technology to transform brain & #MentalHealth care can bid for support to turn them into reality. Check the guidance & apply here by Monday 13 October: ➡️ cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes
- 👋 Great to meet @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff governors & members at the annual meeting, sharing our #research stand with @arceastofengland.bsky.social & #Innovation colleagues! Lots to be proud of + good work continues to improve care & services for people in Cambs & Peterborough powered by research!
- 📣 Colleagues @cpft-nhs.bsky.social can submit an abstract poster + join @cambridgebrc.bsky.social for this event next month showcasing local #research to help children & young people! Complete this form by 5pm Monday 3 Nov to feature your projects: ➡️ forms.office.com/pages/respon... Book your place👇
- 📣 Dementia carers invited to help develop online resources to manage #FrontoTemporalDementia symptoms with @cpft-nhs.bsky.social & @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social. 👁🗨We need your views & experiences to ensure the #FTDToolkit really works. Take part in #WorldAlzheimersMonth 01223 219753 RandD@cpft.nhs.uk
- 👋 Welcome + congratulations 🎉 to Dr Narut Pakunwanich 🌟 who joined CPFT this month and aims to improve UK community #MentalHealth care, supported by 2⃣ prestigious #research fellowships! 🌏 Visiting Japan and South Korea to learn with @churchillfship.bsky.social: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/news/cpft-ps...
- Thanks to Prof Paul Fletcher 🌟 for a brilliant talk this morning for our #InnovationBreakfast @cpft-nhs.bsky.social! Great to explore how safe virtual environments can help people regulate emotions, manage anxiety & distress in comfort at home - some games in development for everyone to enjoy too!
- 🚨 Register now for our free online #InnovationBreakfast tomorrow @ 8.30am! 🕣☕️ Join @cpft-nhs.bsky.social & Paul Fletcher to explore how video game design and virtual reality can improve #MentalHealth treatment and help people manage #stress & #anxiety. Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
- 🔎 For #FallsPreventionWeek check out this brilliant talk and approach to safe falling using #judo principles with Katrina McDonald @angliaruskin.bsky.social - from our #HealthResearchInsight series. 💡 Innovative project helping to build confidence + reduce risks: ▶️ youtu.be/d7Hkbiq7fVQ?...
- ⏰ There's 1⃣ week to register for the #InnovationBreakfast online with Prof. Paul Fletcher next Tuesday 23 September! Everyone @cpft-nhs.bsky.social welcome to join @ 8.30am to explore how video games & virtual reality can improve #MentalHealth care. Sign up: 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
- 📣 Research @cpft-nhs.bsky.social with @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social shows that a new therapy could help vulnerable young people living with #PTSD #PostTraumaticStressDisorder. The DECRYPT trial was 1st to test this new approach to find a safe & effective treatment: ➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
