News in 2012
- Suzi Gage wins prestigous Convocation Award 7 December 2012 Convocation annually presents awards to up to four students who have made an outstanding contribution to University life. This year, TARG's Suzi Gage is one of the winners!
- Science: It's a Thing.4.Girls 7 December 2012 The European Commission spent over £80,000 making the atrocious "Science: It's a Girl Thing" video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g032MPrSjFA) . A group of Bristol Psychologists decided to see if they could do it better on a budget of £7.66.
- Suzi wins the UK Science Blog Prize 26 November 2012 Last night, in a dramatic science-communication show-down, TARG's Suzi Gage was announced the joint winner of the UK Science Blog Prize
- Suzi's blog shortlisted for prize 14 November 2012 Congratulations are coming thick and fast these days for our very own science communicator, Suzi Gage, whose blog, 'Sifting the Evidence' has been shortlisted for the 2012 UK Science Blog Prize.
- Welcome to TARG's new members 5 November 2012 TARG is growing, and this year we've got three new PhD students and two new members of research staff joining us.
- TARG speak up in the Guardian about scientific fraud 5 November 2012 Suzi Gage of TARG and Pete Etchells, also from the School of Experimental Psychology at Bristol University have written a piece for the Guardian outlining the problems with scientific fraud.
- TARG members present at ResearchFest! 5 November 2012 TARG’s Suzi Gage and Marcus Munafo gave a talk about tobacco and cannabis use to the participants enrolled in the Children of the 90s study, as part of ResearchFest.
- Beer glass study covered by Reuters 15 October 2012 TARG research has been covered by the news agency Reuters
- Marcus Munafo discusses the 7.5% CO2 Inhalation Model 12 September 2012 Marcus Munafo has recorded a podcast describing the 7.5% CO2 Inhalation Model for anxiety
- Glass Shape Influences How Fast You Drink Alcohol 12 September 2012 New research from TARG has found that glass shape influences the speed at which you drink alcohol.
- Plain packaging research hits headlines 17 August 2012 Research conducted by Olivia Maynard and Marcus Munafo of TARG received media attention this week.
- Looking For Trouble (And Seeing It) 17 August 2012 TARG research investigating the perception of emotional faces has been showcased on the Association for Psychological Science website.
- Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference 11 July 2012 TARG members attended the Public Health Research Centres of Excellence 3rd Annual Conference & Summer School at Durham University on the 5th and 6th of July.
- Suzi Gage awarded an ECNP Travel Award. 28 June 2012 Suzi Gage has been selected for an ECNP travel award to present her poster on cannabis use and psychotic experiences at the 25th ECNP conference in Vienna, Austria.
- Angela Attwood selected to speak at ESBRA conference 14 June 2012 Angela Attwood has been selected to speak at the ESBRA Nordmann Award Young Investigator Symposium in Basel, Switzerland
- TARG Member awarded an SRNT-E Helsinki 2012 travel award 8 June 2012 TARG member Alia Ataya was awarded a travel award by the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco in order to attend the Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
- Psychopharmacology award 5 June 2012 Marcus Munafo has been awarded a 2012 Psychopharmacology Award by the British Association for Psychopharmacology
- Marcus Munafo gives talk at Google 30 May 2012 Marcus Munafo recently gave a talk at Google UK, as part of the Authors@Google series.
- Angela Attwood becomes UoB Business Fellow 11 May 2012 TARG member Angela Attwood has been selected as one of two new University of Bristol Business Fellows.
- Marcus Munafo at No.10 27 April 2012 Marcus Munafo met with David Halpern and Laura Haynes of the Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team to discuss ongoing work on the effects of tobacco packaging and point of sale displays on smoking behaviour.
- TARG member's blog on the Nature Network 17 April 2012 A blog written by Suzi Gage, of TARG, has been upgraded to a place on the much esteemed 'Nature Network'.
- TARG on the 6 o'clock news 17 April 2012 Ahead of the government consultation on plain packaging, Olivia Maynard and Marcus Munafo appeared on the National BBC 6 o'clock news on Friday 13th April explaining the research they are currently conducting.
- Suzi makes sporting history in the new Olympic stadium 17 April 2012 PhD student Suzi Gage has become one of the first people to compete in the new Olympic stadium, running alongside celebrities, former Olympians, Paralympians and even a princess.
- New Associate Editor of Nicotine and Tobacco Research 3 April 2012 Angela Attwood, of TARG, becomes the newest Associate Editor of Nicotine and Tobacco Research
- Professor Marcus Munafo on BBC World Service 22 March 2012 TARG's Marcus Munafo talks about 'therapy apps' on the BBC World Service
- Facing up to Faces 22 March 2012 Changing biases in face perception to improve emotional processing in mental health
- Do I look happy to you? 9 January 2012 Professor Marcus Munafò of the School of Experimental Psychology will discuss his latest research on people’s ability to understand emotion, and the link with mental health at a talk at the Watershed on 9th February 2012 at 6pm.
- Professor Marcus Munafò - Inaugural lecture 9 January 2012 Marcus Munafò will give his inaugural lecture in February
- Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation 9 January 2012 We will explore whether wearing a nicotine patch prior to stopping smoking improves quit success; this should lead to the ‘unlearning’ of the association between smoking and pharmacological reward.