Academic

Actively involved in psychiatric research at an early stage (first academic publication whilst still a medical student). Academic skills subsequently developed after being awarded the highly competitive Maudsley Hospital research post. Range of published research papers encompasses obsessive compulsive disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and psychosis.

Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, studying structural and functional connectivity of the brain in mental illness. Recent neuroimaging techniques used in research have included diffusion tensor imaging, magnetization transfer, and functional magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging. Awarded the young scientist award for research into psychosis at a prominent international conference, presented in Switzerland.

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Publications

Hodes M, Creamer J, Woolley J.
Cultural meanings of ethnic categories
Psychiatric Bulletin Jan 1998, 20-24

Woolley J, Smith S.
Lowered seizure threshold on olanzapine.
British Journal of Psychiatry 2001, 178:(85-86)

Woolley JB, Heyman I.
Dexamphetamine for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
American Journal of Psychiatry. 2003 Jan;160(1):18

Woolley JB, Allen R, Wessely S.
Alcohol use in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2004 Feb;56(2):203-6

Woolley J, McGuire PK.
What can neuroimaging tell the clinician in schizophrenia?
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment May 2005; 11: 195 - 202.

Broome Matthew R; Woolley James B; Tabraham Paul; Johns Louise C; Bramon Elvira; Murray Graham K; Pariante Carmine; McGuire Philip K; Murray Robin M
What causes the onset of psychosis?
Schizophrenia research 2005;79(1):23-34.

Broome Matthew R; Woolley James B; Johns Louise C; Valmaggia Lucia R; Tabraham Paul; Gafoor Rafael; Bramon Elvira; McGuire Philip K
Outreach and support in south London (OASIS): implementation of a clinical service for prodromal psychosis and the at risk mental state.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists 2005;20(5-6):372-8.

Rubia K, Smith AB, Woolley J, Nosarti C, Heyman I, Taylor E, Brammer M.
Progressive increase of frontostriatal brain activation from childhood to adulthood during event-related tasks of cognitive control.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2006 Dec;27(12):973-93.

Broome M R; Johns L C; Valli I; Woolley J B; Tabraham P; Brett C; Valmaggia L; Peters E; Garety P A; McGuire P K
Delusion formation and reasoning biases in those at clinical high risk for psychosis.
British Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement 2007;51():s38-42.

Lappin Julia M; Morgan Kevin D; Valmaggia Lucia R; Broome Matthew R; Woolley James B; Johns Louise C; Tabraham Paul; Bramon Elvira; McGuire Philip K
Insight in individuals with an At Risk Mental State.
Schizophrenia research 2007;90(1-3):238-44.

Bramon Elvira; Shaikh Madiha; Broome Matthew; Lappin Julia; Bergé Daniel; Day Fern; Woolley James; Tabraham Paul; Madre Mercè; Johns Louise; Howes Oliver; Valmaggia Lucia; Pérez Víctor; Sham Pak; Murray Robin M; McGuire Philip
Abnormal P300 in people with high risk of developing psychosis.
NeuroImage 2008;41(2):553-60.

Woolley J, Heyman I, Brammer M, Frampton I, McGuire PK, Rubia K.
Brain activation in paediatric obsessive compulsive disorder during tasks of inhibitory control.
British Journal of Psychiatry. 2008 Jan;192(1):25-31.

Broome Matthew R; Matthiasson Pall; Fusar-Poli Paolo; Woolley James B; Johns Louise C; Tabraham Paul; Bramon Elvira; Valmaggia Lucia; Williams Steven C R; Brammer Michael J; Chitnis Xavier; McGuire Philip K
Neural correlates of executive function and working memory in the 'at-risk mental state'.
British Journal of Psychiatry. 2009;194(1):25-33.