by Naomi Wainer, BeGOOD summer intern at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford When I began working with Professor Singh this summer, I was told the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Oxford is looking to develop its...
by Peter Beresford OBE There is now widespread concern in the UK that mental health policy is in long-term crisis. It has been given low political priority and been grossly under-funded for many years. While policymakers have committed themselves to...
We are delighted to announce that Rose Mortimer, DPhil student within the BeGOOD Team, and Arianna Manzini, future DPhil student within the BeGOOD team will present their work in the Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 2016: Bioethics in Theory: Bioethics in Practice...
by Dr. Sarah Maxwell MA (Oxon) MB BS MRCPsych, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer UEA School of Medicine, Winston Churchill Fellow 2016 I confess that I was asked to write a blog...
by Meghana Vagwala, BeGOOD summer intern at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford “Work hard, play hard…” …is the unofficial campus credo of my home institution, Duke University. Though a well-intentioned motto, it has recently come under fire as...
On June 27 as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival, Professor Ilina Singh hosted a discussion event for students of the John Mason School (Key stages 3 & 4) exploring the ethics of involving children in medical research. Prof. Ilina...
We are delighted to announce that Dr Rodolfo Maggio will participate in the following workshop: 'Maternal and Infant Health and Nutrition in Indonesia: An interdisciplinary workshop exploring opportunities and challenges for collaborative research, policy and practice development' Padang, Indonesia, 28...
On Wednesday 13th April I was fortunate enough to attend ‘Policing Pregnancy: A one-day conference on maternal autonomy, risk and responsibility’, held at the Royal College of Physicians, London. The conference examined current behavioral advice given to pregnant women –...
The main project on which the students will be working during their time with BeGOOD is background research into the development of a Young People's Involvement and Engagement group in the Department of Psychiatry. They will be carrying out online...
Meghana Vagwala This summer Meghana is interning with the BeGOOD team in the Department of Psychiatry. She is rising third-year student and Angier B. Duke Scholar at Duke University in North Carolina. Last year, she studied a course titled Science,...
