The Mental Elf

David Baldwin and Catherine Harmer - Previewing the #BAP2024 Summer Meeting

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Show Notes

In this podcast conversation, Professor David Baldwin (President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology) and Professor Catherine Harmer (President Elect of the BAP) preview the 2024 Summer Meeting which will take place in Birmingham on 21st - 24th July 2024 at the University of Birmingham: https://www.bap.org.uk/BAP2024

They speak about the history of the BAP, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024 and invite you to join us at the conference which brings together people interested in psychopharmacology, including BAP members and non-members, and non-clinical and clinical scientists.

The Mental Elf will be covering it live on Twitter and you can follow along using the hashtag #BAP2024 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BAP2024&src=typed_query&f=live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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