New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health
Industry meets Academia – New collaborations and Partnerships, 16 September 2024
The conference is organised by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) and sponsored by the UK Mental Health Mission. The goal is to bring together industry, academic and clinical researchers, the regulator and government research funding organisations to discuss the current challenges facing therapeutic development. The conference aims to explore, initiate and strengthen collaborations between industry and academia and will include local researchers from Oxford as well as researchers from the UK’s national clinical research infrastructure.
Registration
Registration is now open and closes on Friday 23 August.
The conference is open to career researchers (PI and Postdoctoral fellows) and related professionals from industry and government.
Delegate fees:
- Academic delegate (NIHR OH BRC / Mental Health Mission) - free
- External delegate - £100
Contact
For further information, please contact Betina Nair, Business Engagement Manager, Business Partnerships Office, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford.
Key areas of focus
Experimental Medicine for drug development
Non-drug-based interventions and technology
Data and Omics
Clinical trials
Key challenges from the perspective of industry and academia will be explored by building the academic/industry conversation on how new approaches to academia/industry partnerships may be used to ‘de-risk’ therapeutic development.
Unique opportunity to discuss the development of translational clinical infrastructure exploring challenges in clinical development, clinical trial set-up & patient recruitment and new related technologies that will help solve the R&D challenges in psychiatry and brain health.
Conference Format
The Conference will include:
- Industry led workshop sessions
- Lightening talks
- Roundtable discussion
Companies participating in the workshop sessions include:
- Angelini Pharma
- Avata Biosciences
- Big Health
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- COMPASS Pathways
- Reckitt Benckiser
Confirmed Speakers and Panellists
Prof Husseini Manji
Co-chair, UK Mental Health Mission
Prof Sir Simon Lovestone
Global Lead Neuroscience Discovery and Translation, J&J Innovative Medicine
Prof Rachel Upthegrove
Chair, NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration
Dr Oliver Harrison
CEO, Koa Health
Location
The New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health Conference will be held in person at the Mathematical Institute:
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX26GG
Organisers and Sponsors
The Conference is organised by the below research themes from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) and sponsored by the UK Mental Health Mission.
