New €4.5M Horizon Europe doctoral network advancing human-relevant neuroscience tools beyond animal models

King’s College London today announced the launch of VISI-ON-BRAIN (Cutting-edge Human In Vitro and In Silico Biomedical Tools on Brain Disorders), a Horizon Europe project, funded with over €4.5 million under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN).

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 27 Feb 2026
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Professor Paola Dazzan Awarded the European Psychiatric Association Constance Pascal – Helen Boyle Prize

Professor Dazzan was presented the award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Working to Improve Mental Health Care in Europe.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 23 Feb 2026
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Advanced techniques separate genetic risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

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.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 18 Feb 2026
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First in Europe: high-performance head-only scanner reveals ultra-fine brain detail

 

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.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 13 Feb 2026
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Recent commentary reflects on research equity in women’s mental health

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.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 11 Feb 2026
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