Congratulations to @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social, whose VR public speaking platform won at the @timeshighered.bsky.social Awards 2025! 🏆 Other Cambridge nominees included the PROFILE trial team and Technician Development Advisor John Nicolson. Read more: bit.ly/4p9V4HI #THEAwards

🥳🥳🥳🥳 We did it!!! We won the Global EdTech Award for using virtual reality and neuroscience to create the most effective treatment for the fear of public speaking! Find out more here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release... Original research paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #edtech 🙌

My new paper reveals how I used consumer insights to create the most effective nudge to increase sales of sustainable food 🙌 Share far and wide 🌱 Link to open access paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge

My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is continuing to gather positive media attention 🙌 Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge

🎉 I'll be demoing my virtual reality treatment for speech anxiety this weekend at New Scientist Live! In my last VR paper, I revealed how my VR tech & overexposure protocol provides the most effective treatment. Link to the paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #anxiety #medtech #edtech

🥳 The new paper has quickly gained over 2000 views! In the paper, I reveal new and highly effective approaches to increase sustainable meal choices. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #greennudges #behaviourchange #climatechange #vegan #sustainability

📢 New paper alert! In the paper, I explored practical ways to increase sustainable meal choices and I uncovered something highly impactful using a consumer-led approach… www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #greennudges #behaviourchange #climatechange #vegan #sustainability

My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is starting to gather media attention 🙌 Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability

Over 1000 views already on my newly published paper! In the paper, I explored practical ways to increase sustainable meal choices and I uncovered something highly impactful using a new approach… www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #greennudges

The ball is in Greggs’ court now... Earlier this week, my publication revealed a trick that can more than double sales of meat-free products at Greggs. Today, I shared the findings with them. I also let them know that I’d be happy to collaborate to help accelerate positive change.

📢 New paper alert! In the paper, I explored practical ways to increase sustainable meal choices and I uncovered something highly impactful using a consumer-led approach… 🔗 Link to open access paper here: frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #greennudges

I'm back in the news, and this one made me emotional... Read the full Guardian article for free via link below: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Please share far and wide - it could be life-changing for anyone who suffers from speech anxiety or the fear of public speaking.

📢 Exciting job opportunity! I’m looking for an exceptional Project Coordinator to expand the rollout of a ground-breaking edtech/medtech platform developed at my lab at the University of Cambridge. Find out more and apply: lucy.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/pr...

📢 New article alert! Want to encourage more sustainable diets? Then don’t talk about sustainability. That’s the surprising takeaway from my research. Read the full article for free here: theimpactmagazine.org/magaz… (page 22-23)

We did it again 🥳 🥳 🥳 We won the Cambridge University Excellence Award (for the third year running!). For this year’s entry, I used emerging tech to better translate and visualise emissions data.

Please share far and wide - the free treatment is life-changing for anyone who suffers from speech anxiety or the fear of public speaking. #psychologyresearch #psychology #virtualreality #publicspeaking #edtech #healthtech

🎉 Exciting research update: My latest paper is now in the top 5% of all 48 million research outputs scored by Altmetric. The paper reveals an innovative and free VR treatment for speech anxiety. Read the paper for free here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #psychologyresearch #psychology

Earlier this week, I was on BBC Science Hour with Chris Smith and Naga Munchetty. I shared my story of how I created the most effective treatment for speech anxiety and why I made it free for all. You can access it for free via link in bio. #socialanxiety #anxiety #vr #edtech #digitalhealth

This week, I was interviewed for the legendary science show, The Naked Scientists... You can listen to the full episode for free here: www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int... Enjoy! #Innovation #Technology #EdTech

What a week… 7 days ago, I launched a free online platform that helps people become more skilled and more confident public speakers. Find out more at: www.DrChrisMacdonald.com #virtualreality #publicspeaking #edtech #healthtech #fearofpublicspeaking #speechanxiety #socialanxiety #anxiety

Cambridge scientist launches free AI-enabled virtual reality platform that transforms users into skilled and confident public speakers and you can try it for free at #CamFest! Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/AI-V... @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social

I set a simple but ambitious mission: create the most effective treatment for the most common fear, and make it freely available to all. And today, I am so excited to reveal that I succeeded!!! Links to everything are available on my website (link in bio). #fearofpublicspeaking #speechanxiety

I created the most effective treatment for speech anxiety - and I made it free for all! I was interviewed about it for The Guardian. Please share far and wide - this free treatment could be life-changing for anyone who suffers from the fear of public speaking. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Last week, I was interviewed by Rhys Blakely (Science Correspondent at The Times) about the free treatment I have created for speech anxiety and the fear or public speaking. Please share far and wide - the free treatment could be life-changing for millions. www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

I set out with a simple but ambitious goal: create the most effective treatment for the most common fear, and make it freely and instantly accessible to all. Today, with the launch of my free online platform, I believe that I have achieved that goal. Conquer speech anxiety for free (link in bio)

I used virtual reality to create the most effective treatment for speech anxiety. And the platform will be available for all, for free! from March 15th - #WorldSpeechDay www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1d... #ExposureTherapy #SpeechAnxiety #VR #PublicSpeaking

🚨 I'm going on another tour! I will be exhibiting my new #virtualreality platform that eliminates the fear of #publicspeaking. This is your chance to conquer public speaking #anxiety once and for all – for free!

What an amazing way to end the year… I won the 2024 #DigitalHealthAward!!! I used #virtualreality to create the most effective treatment for #speechanxiety. Find out more about the project in my latest research paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #vr #exposuretherapy for #publicspeaking

🥳🙌 New research paper alert! In my latest paper, I describe how I used virtual reality to create the most effective treatment for the fear of public speaking (the most common fear!). Read the paper for free via link below: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #EdTech #HealthTech #DigitalHealth

Well, this was certainly unexpected… “Dr Chris Macdonald wins prestigious 40 Under 40 Award in the Science and Innovation category” "Dr Macdonald was praised for being a powerful driving force of positive change” Thank you!!! Find out more here: www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-chri...