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Research at CPFT
@cpftresearch.bsky.social
Improving lives with pioneering research and innovation at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust @cpft-nhs.bsky.social and host for the NIHR ARC East of England @arceastofengland.bsky.social.

📣 New UK data platform led by @maryellenlynall.bsky.social with @ebi.embl.org will help develop targeted #MentalHealth treatments.
The Open Psychiatry Project will make mental health data more accessible and empower everyone to learn about conditions & improve care:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⚠️ Final week to apply for the #NHS Clinical Entrepreneur scheme by 4pm 🕓 on Friday!
@cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas 💡 to #ImproveCPFT #NHS care & services can realise them with this #innovation support scheme.
Don't miss out, start your clinical entrepreneur career today! 🚀 nhscep.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
⏰ Two weeks to apply for CPFT #Research funding by Friday 5 December
If you want to build research capacity and skills in your team to deliver health studies to #ImproveCPFT then this fund could support you.
✅ Check the full guidance and how to apply here:
➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/apply-for-re...
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🤞🤩 Good luck to @cpft-nhs.bsky.social teams at the @hsj.co.uk Awards tonight!
Our #StaffMentalHealthService & #MusicTherapy service were selected for outstanding work in two categories.
Well done to all finalists! 🌟
Have a great evening celebrating #NHS excellence 🥳
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
📣 On in an hour! Join Dr Yuya Mizuno at 12.30pm 🕧 to learn about the role that immune cells in the brain (microglia) play in psychotic illnesses.
🔎 Find out if #natalizumab could be a suitable new targeted therapy to help people with #schizophrenia:
➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
👋 Meet our team behind the Cambridge Psychedelic Research Group led by Lili Galindo @cpft-nhs.bsky.social + find out how promising psychedelic-assisted therapies could enable recovery from treatment-resistant #MentalHealth conditions in this @cam.ac.uk headline story:
➡️ www.cam.ac.uk/stories/your...
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📣 Researchers @cpft-nhs.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk explored how to help clinicians improve #autism assessments.
🔎 Combining clinical tools with personal accounts from individuals + families ensures people benefit more from clinical review:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📢 Calling @cpft-nhs.bsky.social psychologists to join our #Research team!
We're offering a 1 year, part-time internal secondment for a #psychologist to bring more research opportunities to people in our psychological services and help colleagues grow their skills:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join Victoria Bird @universityofessex.bsky.social today @ 12.30pm 🕧 to explore how a resource-oriented approach can improve #MentalHealth care.
🔎 Find how this approach works with individuals, families & communities to reduce distress & promote wellbeing:
➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Congrats to @cpft-nhs.bsky.social colleagues winning #RCPsychAwards 2025! 🏆
Our Peterborough Clozapine Clinic team won Psychiatric Team of the Year: Digital #MentalHealth Award and @em-os.bsky.social won Early Career Researcher of the Year, + #CPFTCAMEO runners up:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/news/triple-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
⚡️ Join at 12.30pm to meet Prof. Ben Becker and learn about emotional and motivational processes in the brain, how they are regulated and go wrong in #MentalHealth disorders.
🔎 Explore how to target systems in the brain for neurotechnology and AI treatment:
➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/events/event...
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📣 We're proud to be one of the NHS InSites highlighted for best practice by the @innovationunit.bsky.social in their learning report.
🤝 We're working with @cuhpartners.bsky.social to bring more #innovation into local #NHS to improve care and support staff: 👇
www.innovationunit.org/our-projects...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📣 If you deliver psychological therapies @cpft-nhs.bsky.social please consider taking part in the KOLABO study to help guide global #CBT practice! 🌍
Share your knowledge and insights in this short survey (5-10 mins) to inform and develop a therapy network for CBT in #Africa:
➡️ bit.ly/KOLABO_Westa...
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👋 Thanks to everyone who visited our CPFT #Research stand at the @healthwatchengland.bsky.social summit for Cambs & P'boro health system!
Lovely to meet you all and share how our studies are improving physical and #MentalHealth and offer a range of opportunities for local people to take part in.
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨 Last week to apply for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowships!
@cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas for technology to transform brain & #MentalHealth care can bid for support to turn them into reality.
Check the guidance & apply here by Monday 13 October:
➡️ cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
👋 Great to meet @cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff governors & members at the annual meeting, sharing our #research stand with @arceastofengland.bsky.social & #Innovation colleagues!
Lots to be proud of + good work continues to improve care & services for people in Cambs & Peterborough powered by research!
October 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 Dementia carers invited to help develop online resources to manage #FrontoTemporalDementia symptoms with @cpft-nhs.bsky.social & @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social.
👁‍🗨We need your views & experiences to ensure the #FTDToolkit really works.
Take part in #WorldAlzheimersMonth 01223 219753 [email protected]
September 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
👋 Welcome + congratulations 🎉 to Dr Narut Pakunwanich
🌟 who joined CPFT this month and aims to improve UK community #MentalHealth care, supported by 2⃣ prestigious #research fellowships!
🌏 Visiting Japan and South Korea to learn with
@churchillfship.bsky.social:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/news/cpft-ps...
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thanks to Prof Paul Fletcher 🌟 for a brilliant talk this morning for our #InnovationBreakfast @cpft-nhs.bsky.social!
Great to explore how safe virtual environments can help people regulate emotions, manage anxiety & distress in comfort at home - some games in development for everyone to enjoy too!
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨 Register now for our free online #InnovationBreakfast tomorrow @ 8.30am! 🕣☕️
Join @cpft-nhs.bsky.social & Paul Fletcher to explore how video game design and virtual reality can improve #MentalHealth treatment and help people manage #stress & #anxiety.
Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🔎 For #FallsPreventionWeek check out this brilliant talk and approach to safe falling using #judo principles with Katrina McDonald @angliaruskin.bsky.social - from our #HealthResearchInsight series.
💡 Innovative project helping to build confidence + reduce risks:
▶️ youtu.be/d7Hkbiq7fVQ?...
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⏰ There's 1⃣ week to register for the #InnovationBreakfast online with Prof. Paul Fletcher next Tuesday 23 September!
Everyone @cpft-nhs.bsky.social welcome to join @ 8.30am to explore how video games & virtual reality can improve #MentalHealth care.
Sign up: 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📣 Research @cpft-nhs.bsky.social with @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social shows that a new therapy could help vulnerable young people living with #PTSD #PostTraumaticStressDisorder.
The DECRYPT trial was 1st to test this new approach to find a safe & effective treatment:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/research-new...
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
👋 If you have lived experience of #dementia as a patient or carer please share your views 💬 on #research and which treatments should be tested to beat dementia.
Help to guide the direction of new studies with
@cpft-nhs.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk:
➡️ popped.org.uk
#WorldAlzheimersMonth #Alzheimers
September 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨 1⃣ week left to apply for funding to support #research activities to #ImproveCPFT!
@cpft-nhs.bsky.social colleagues can bid to build research capacity & skills in your team to deliver studies for better care.
⚠️ Apply by Friday 5 September
Form + guidance: ➡️ www.intranet.cpft.nhs.uk/apply-for-re...
August 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM