Global Scholars Symposium 2025
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12pm to 2pm
Hybrid via Teams and in the Cowey Room, FMRIB Annexe
Hosted by The Global Scholars Committee
The OxCIN Global Scholars programme aims to build links between OxCIN and MRI researchers in the Global South. Global Scholars continue their research projects at their current institution, while being remotely affiliated with OxCIN for one year.
We are delighted to hold the Global Scholars Symposium 2025, where past and present Scholars, their supervisors, and OxCIN members come together to discuss global neuroimaging.
Preliminary programme
| 12.00 - 12.10 | Introduction to the Global Scholars programme |
| 12.10 - 12.40 |
Neuroimaging Beyond Borders: Towards Equitable Imaging Biomarkers in Psychiatry Nicolas Crossley |
| 12.40 - 13.10 |
Title TBC Kirsty Donald |
| 13.10 - 13.30 | Round-table discussion on multi-country collaborative projects with guest speakers and Global Scholars |
| 13.30 - 14.00 | Social event |
Abstracts
Neuroimaging Beyond Borders: Towards Equitable Imaging Biomarkers in Psychiatry
Nick Crossley, Universidad Católica de Chile
Imaging research holds great potential to improve the lives of people with mental health disorders, both by advancing our understanding of underlying brain mechanisms and by providing stratification tools that help ensure patients receive the right treatment at the right time. However, much of this research is conducted in the Global North, risking the exclusion of the remaining 80% of the world’s population from its benefits. In this talk, I will briefly discuss these challenges and outline potential strategies to address them, focusing on issues such as costs and the characteristics of the populations studied, particularly their exposure to factors like poverty. I will also highlight how greater inclusion of research from the Global South can, in turn, enrich and advance psychiatric research in the Global North.