The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the TV ARC programme under the Live Well theme which addresses Social and Commercial Determinants of Health. Our work is organised across three thematic areas- Start Well, Live Well, Age Well- along with five cross cutting themes: digital; health tech and data; community, social, and home care; knowledge mobilisation, implementation, and partnerships; research inclusion and health inequalities; planning and delivering social care.

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme 

•               38 days annual leave 

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services 

•               Family leave schemes 

•               Cycle loan scheme 

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans 

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 

 

The post is available on a flexible hybrid basis. The minimum on-site time is 3 days/week for a full-time post. 

 

 

The post is funded for 48 months and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.  

 

You will develop research questions within the livewell theme , conduct individual research, analysing detailed and complex qualitative and/or quantitative data from a variety of sources, and generate original ideas by building on existing concepts, demonstrating independence and high-level expertise as part of the ARC. You will lead in research implementation, including study setup; recruitment; consent processes; data collection, monitoring and analysis; and publication, working closely with the senior research team 

 

You will hold a relevant Ph.D/D.Phil with post-qualification research experience. You will have a strong publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research in the field. Experience of supervising research internships or other student activity is desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

 

Our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams  and initiatives including our  values and behaviours framework,  work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible. 

 

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is 11 November 2026.

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.  

The OxWell Student Survey is one of the largest school-based mental health and wellbeing research programmes in England, working with schools, local authorities and commissioning organisations across the country to understand and improve the wellbeing of young people. This is an exciting opportunity to become the principal link between our research team and the secondary schools. Drawing on your own experience of the UK secondary school environment, you will help us understand what schools need from OxWell, identify and synthesise evidence on effective school-based interventions, and support schools to interpret and act on their own results through the OxWell data platform.

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme 

•               38 days annual leave 

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services 

•               Family leave schemes 

•               Cycle loan scheme 

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans 

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 

•               This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working 

 

 

The post is funded for 18 months and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.  

 

You will act as the principal link between the OxWell Student Survey team and participating secondary schools, working out what schools want and need from the survey and its outputs, and feeding this into the design of the programme. You will draw on personal experience of the UK secondary school environment to build credible, trusted relationships with senior leaders, pastoral staff, SENCOs, EMHPs and safeguarding leads. You will support schools to interpret their own OxWell results, use the OxWell data platform to get the most from their data and implement recommended interventions and strategies

 

You will have a teaching qualification or a degree in education, or a relevant professional qualification in child and adolescent mental health practice (for example clinical psychology, mental health nursing, or Education Mental Health Practitioner training), together with substantial, first-hand experience of the UK secondary school environment, gained either through research, paid employment or in a substantial voluntary capacity. You will have knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing landscape for children and young people in England, including the role of schools, local authorities and commissioning bodies. Experience of working on or with large-scale school-based research or survey programmes is desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams  and initiatives including our  values and behaviours framework,  work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible. 

 

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is 30 October 2026. 

 

It is anticipated that interviews will take place on 16 November 2026 and will be face to face/online

 

The Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research is a newly funded research centre that has been established to conduct world class research that contributes to a world where differences between children and young people are understood and accepted, strengths are capitalised on, and mental health difficulties are prevented or addressed early in life.

 

The Parent Carer Research Engagement Manager will help champion the voices of parents and carers in children and young people’s mental health research, at OCEMR and through the national  Parent Carer Research Network.

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ well being and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme

•               38 days annual leave

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services

•               Family leave schemes

•               Cycle loan scheme

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

 

The post is available on a flexible hybrid basis. The minimum on-site time is 3 days/week for a full-time post.

 

This is a part-time post funded till 30th September 2030 and is based in the Department of Experimental Psychology based at the Life and Mind Building. This role will support and encourage researchers across OCEMR and beyond to connect with parents & carers through the Parent Carer Research Network and in other ways, and be responsible for the promotion and growth of the network.

 

The post holder will maximise the meaningful engagement of parents & carers with children and young people’s mental health research, particularly with those currently under-represented in research. This role will support and encourage researchers to connect with parents & carers through the network and in other ways. In addition, the post holder will find ways to hear, understand and share the priorities of parents & carers with researchers. This can help guide the direction of our research as well as ensuring that concerns are addressed.

 

You will have significant experience of working collaboratively with parents and carers. You will have project management skills and the ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with a range of people from a diverse range of backgrounds. You will also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to exercise diplomacy, encouragement and patience, and to provide advice and effectively influence senior colleagues. Experience of working in a research and/ or higher education environment is desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity, our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams and initiatives including our values and behaviours framework, work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is Monday, 16th November at 12 PM UK time. Interviews will take place on Thursday, 3rd December 2026 and will be face to face.

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.

Reporting to the Dr Chloe Yap, the post holder is a member of the Immuno-Metabolism & Severe Mental Illness research group with responsibility for the provision of research support for a project investigating the role of accelerated biological aging in psychosis.

 

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme

•               38 days annual leave

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services

•               Family leave schemes

•               Cycle loan scheme

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

 

This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working

 

 

The post is a part-time, 7.5 hours per week (20.13%FTE), funded to 31 January 2028, and based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.

 

You will analyse large multi-modal datasets relevant to psychosis, including proteomic, metabolomic, neuroimaging and genomic data, and generate and apply biological ageing clocks across a range of omics modalities. You will select, adapt and develop appropriate analytical methodologies, as well as review and synthesise literature on biological ageing and undertake systematic literature reviews. You will contribute to research publications and conference presentations and support wider project planning and day-to-day project administration.

 

 

You will hold a first degree, for example in biomedical sciences, psychology or psychiatry, and/or have relevant experience, and be working towards a doctorate in psychosis. You will have experience using command line tools for reproducible data analysis, alongside skills in statistics, machine learning, data cleaning and analysis pipelines. You will also have experience working with large multi-modal datasets relevant to psychiatry and sufficient specialist knowledge of biological ageing to work within established research programmes. You will be able to  communicate research findings clearly, including writing for publication, presenting data at conferences and representing the research group at meetings. Experience of contributing to research publications and working collaboratively within a research team, including contributing ideas for new research projects, would be desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams  and initiatives including our  values and behaviours framework,  work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.

 

 

You will be required to upload a supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process  

 

The closing date for applications is  28 October 2026.

 

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to lead the coordination and day-to-day delivery of a collaborative, multi-site health research project focused on postnatal severe mental illness and health inequalities. The NIHR-funded POSIE project uses photovoice to explore patient experiences and understand the drivers of inequalities during the perinatal period, using these findings to co-design local and national responses in practice and policy.

 

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme 

•               38 days annual leave 

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services 

•               Family leave schemes 

•               Cycle loan scheme 

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans 

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 

 

This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working 

 

 

The post is funded until 1 November 2028 and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.  

 

You will work closely with the CHiMES research team and University, NHS, NGO, local authority and other external partners to coordinate the successful delivery of the POSIE project across multiple sites. You will independently plan and coordinate project activities, monitor milestones and resources, identify and manage risks and operational issues, and ensure that key activities and outputs are delivered within agreed timelines. You will support the effective financial, data-management and research-governance aspects of the project, including monitoring expenditure, coordinating data access and permissions, and preparing reports and documentation for sponsors, funders and relevant governance bodies.

You will act as a key operational contact for the project, developing effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, coordinating meetings and project activities, and ensuring clear communication and collaboration across the research programme.

 

 

You will be educated to degree level in a relevant subject, or have equivalent relevant experience, with proven project management experience and the ability to plan, coordinate and deliver complex activities within an academic, NHS health research or multi-site environment. You will have strong organisational and operational management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, monitor resources and budgets, identify risks and problems, and develop appropriate solutions while working with a high degree of autonomy and initiative. Experience of working with people from a range of backgrounds and with differing or complex needs in health, social care or research settings, including perinatal populations and/or people experiencing severe mental illness is desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams  and initiatives including our  values and behaviours framework,  work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible. 

 

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is 12:00 midday on 11 November 2026. 

 

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to lead the computational work package of the Franco-British project “Immuno-metabolic profile of anhedonia in severe mental illness”, within the Immuno-metabolism and severe mental illness research group. Combining new UK and French cohort data with existing large-scale datasets, the project aims to identify and validate immune-metabolic signatures of anhedonia and other transdiagnostic symptoms across major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and psychosis. 

 

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme 

•               38 days annual leave 

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services 

•               Family leave schemes 

•               Cycle loan scheme 

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans 

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs 

 

This role also offers the opportunity for hybrid working.  

 

 

This part-time (0.6 FTE) post is fixed-term for 12 months and is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital, reporting to Dr Fabiana Corsi-Zuelli.  

 

You will lead the integration of genomic and phenotypic data from large external cohorts with the project's multi-omics datasets (proteomic, metabolomic and cellular immunophenotyping) to support biomarker discovery and validation, developing reproducible analysis pipelines. You will manage your own research, work closely with the UK and French partner teams, and contribute to project reporting, publications and conference presentations.

 

 

You will have, or be close to completing, a relevant PhD/DPhil in neuroscience, bioinformatics, statistical genetics, computational biology, epidemiology, or a related quantitative discipline, together with relevant research experience. You will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in analysing and integrating high-dimensional multi-omics data with clinical or phenotypic data, knowledge of statistical genetic approaches using large-scale resources, strong programming and reproducible research skills, and excellent communication skills for multi-site international collaboration. Experience with UK Biobank, ALSPAC, or other population databases is desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams  and initiatives including our  values and behaviours framework,  work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible. 

 

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is 5 November 2026. 

 

 

The Department of Psychiatry is based on the Warneford Hospital site in Oxford – a friendly, welcoming place of work with an international reputation for excellence. The Department has a substantial research programme, with major funding from Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and provides highly rated medical training in psychiatry.  The Head of Department is Professor Belinda Lennox.

 

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on delivering state of the art AI safety work for the ARIADNE consortium, a Wellcome Trust-funded project developing a generative artificial intelligence system that conducts clinical interviews to assess risk of psychosis.

 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

 

•               An excellent contributory pension scheme

•               38 days annual leave

•               A comprehensive range of childcare services

•               Family leave schemes

•               Cycle loan scheme

•               Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

•               Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

 

The post is available on flexible hybrid basis, with the minimum on-site attendance of three days per week.

 

The post is full time and funded for 2 years.  It is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Warneford Hospital.

 

You will join the AI arm of the Computational and Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory.   You will work closely with this group and with the wider ARIADNE team of clinicians, ethicists and lived-experience researchers across the Universities of Oxford, King's College London, Birmingham and Cambridge, working in partnership with Google DeepMind.

 

Your research will focus on the safety of ARIADNE ahead of clinical evaluation.  You will address the two principal safety risks identified through formal risk analysis (ISO 14971): inadvertent reinforcement of delusional beliefs, and inappropriate responses to suicidal symptoms.  You will develop LLM “supervisor” modules that detect these events and flag them to the debriefing clinician, and will evaluate them in controlled testbeds in which LLM-simulated patients, representing five levels of symptom severity, complete ARIADNE interviews scored at scale by independent LLM evaluators and calibrated against human clinicians.

 

You will have or be close to the completion of PhD/DPhil in machine learning, computer science, computational neuroscience, mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programme

 

You will have proven experience developing and systematically evaluating LLM-based systems, including prompt-based, agentic or multi-agent approaches, using modern Python and LLM APIs. You will also have experience designing and analysing empirical evaluations of machine-learning systems, ideally including simulation-based methods, LLM-as-judge approaches, and validation of automated evaluations against human ratings.

 

Experience with AI safety evaluation methods, such as red-teaming, guardrail architectures or model-based monitoring and of fine-tuning large language models with deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch) or applying alignment techniques (e.g. reinforcement learning from human feedback, DPO) would be desirable.

 

Committed to equality and valuing diversity, our active  Psychiatry People and Culture teams and initiatives including our values and behaviours framework , work to make the Department of Psychiatry as supportive, welcoming and inclusive as possible.

 

You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application. Please see the University pages on the application process at  https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/application-process

 

The closing date for applications is 12:00 midday on 4 November 2026