2021

• Dr Raka Maitra was nominated as part of the 25 Women In Psychiatry project by Women in Mind UK at the Royal College of Psychiatrists: https://bit.ly/3q6mNwc

• Professor Sukhi Shergill and Dr Charlotte Horne featured in an NIHR Maudsley BRC article ‘Cognitive flexibility potential new target in treatment resistant schizophrenia’: https://bit.ly/3yKymwR

• Bella Liu wrote an article for the InSPIre the Mind blog on ‘The power of music in maintaining mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic’ https://bit.ly/3yKys7H

• Dr Derek Tracy wrote about his 10 favourite books in The British Journal of Psychiatry: Ten books - Dr Derek Tracy

  “These ten works all have strangeness: sometimes light, sometimes heavy, always dancing and surprising; they have joy and wisdom”

• Congratulations to Eromona Whiskey who successfully defended his PhD thesis on: ‘Clozapine in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS): improving access and utilization’ https://bit.ly/3qfLWol

• Congratulations to Dr Derek Tracy who was appointed Medical Director at West London NHS Trust: https://bit.ly/3yYrj45

• Dr Raka Maitra wrote a short poem featured in the Royal Society of Literature 'Write Across London Poetry Map': https://rsliterature.org/poems-map/inbetween-2/

• Dr Teresa C. D'Oliveira took part in an Instagram Live discussion on workplace mental health with The Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group), Jack Parrock (@jackeparrock), Maria Walsh MEP (@MariaWalshEU), and Jennifer Oroilidis (@jennyoroilidis). You can watch the recording here: https://bit.ly/3kg4IK7

• Professor Sukhi Shergill received a 25 years Long Service Award at King's College London: https://bit.ly/3qbR6S9

• Rob Hickman (PhD Student) presented at The British Sleep Society (BSS) conference (BSS Virtual Sleep 2021).

• Professor Sukhi Shergill will be working with Professor Steven Williams, Dr Richard E. Daws, Professor Adam Hampshire and colleagues on a project in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim and King's College London. The project aims to connect individual symptoms of depression and schizophrenia to specific brain-circuit activity to inform novel therapies: https://bit.ly/3BP9MuQ

• Rob Hickman (PhD Student) presented preliminary findings from his PhD and related work at the MindTech Symposium 2021.

2020

• Professor Sukhi Shergill and Dr Ricardo Twumasi wrote an analysis piece for the BBC on '‘Problem gambling: Why do some people become addicted?’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50828086

• Joel Patchitt received The BPS Undergraduate Award 2020 for highest mark on the University of Westminster Psychology Programme: https://bit.ly/3pmmazA

• Sunaina Soni was awarded a prestigious gold medal for her PhD thesis. Sunaina was a visiting research fellow in the CSI Lab under the Newton-Bhabha Placement Programme. Her PhD used quantitative EEG to study cognitive impairments in schizophrenia: https://bit.ly/3qhIsSe

• Professor Sukhi Shergill and Dr Derek Tracy feature in the new Kaleidoscope Live webinar series with Dr Dawn Albertson and Dr Dan Joyce. This is now available as a podcast here: https://spoti.fi/3wr47IQ

You can watch all previous webinars here: https://maudsleylearning.com/kaleidoscope-live/

• Dr Raka Maitra received the BAPIO UK award for supporting junior international doctors stranded during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://bit.ly/3ehaSGw

2019

• Professor Sukhi Shergill was awarded the King’s College London IoPPN Supervisory Excellence Award 2019.

  “The Centre for Doctoral Studies Supervisory Excellence Awards are designed to recognise and reward supervisors for the outstanding supervision and support that they offer to doctoral students at King’s” https://bit.ly/3wiWOTh