The University of Oxford is set to launch a new research centre dedicated to women’s mental health, bringing together expertise from medical and biological sciences with humanities for the first time.
The Oxford Centre for Women’s Mental Health is a ground-breaking partnership between the university’s Department of Psychiatry, the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (NDWRH), along with colleagues across the University, including the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in the Humanities Division.
Funded by the Oxford Medical Sciences Division’s Strategic Research Fund, it will be led by a new Professor of Women’s Mental Health, the first post of its kind at Oxford, which is being advertised now.
The centre’s goal will be to produce impactful interdisciplinary research that increases understanding of women’s mental health, and influences policy and practice both locally and globally. It will bring together expertise from medical, social, economic, cultural and biological sciences to design new prevention strategies, interventions and treatments.
Josie Bamford, Executive Producer, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, said: “The Cultural Programme within the new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities brings together world class artists with world leading academics, students and communities for exceptional creative experiences that reach broad and diverse audiences. The role of story-telling, lived experience and different perspectives are key in helping us to explore, understand, translate and engage.
“We are so delighted to collaborate with partners across the University to establish the new Oxford Centre for Women’s Mental Health and look forward to welcoming artists and creatives to connect with academics and the pioneering research taking place to find new ways to share experiences and ensure broad impact.”
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