A new study from researchers at King’s College London has split schizophrenia risk into two genetically distinct pathways. One characterised by shared genetic risk with bipolar disorder and associated with higher educational attainment and another unique to schizophrenia itself, associated with lower educational attainment and poorer cognition.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Feb 2026
The Centre of Neuroimaging Sciences at Denmark Hill Campus, King's College London, is now home to a new investigational GE HealthCare MAGNUS 3T MRI scanner, the first of its calibre in Europe. GE HealthCare has been a 30 year-long industry-partner of researchers at King’s College London.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Feb 2026
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are shining a spotlight on this recently published commentary co-authored by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Leads and the Directors of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR Oxford Health BRC, on how women should be at the heart of mental health research.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 11 Feb 2026
Our Digital Therapies theme hosted a successful event for researchers, clinicians, people with lived experience and policymakers. The event on Thursday 29 January explored how digital health interventions can be effectively implemented within the NHS, in line with the Department of Health and Social Care’s 10-Year Health Plan for England.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 10 Feb 2026
The NIHR is investing almost £55 million in five additional Mental Health Research Groups (MHRGs). King’s College London researchers will collaborate on three of the five new groups.
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NIHR Maudsley BRC at 4 Feb 2026