What is mental health research? Before we get cracking, let me introduce myself. I’m Daisy, and I am the communications coordinator of the Mental Health Research Matters team. Before I started working for mental health organisations, I hadn’t thought about mental health in terms of research before. But advancements in any area take research and...
The team behind the Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network (LSIMHRN) recently held their Summer Showcase event during Loneliness Awareness Week. The summer showcase celebrated everything the network achieved in the past four years and was a call for the next steps in tackling loneliness, social isolation and the impact they have...
Over the past few months, the Mental Health Research Matters team spoke with representatives across the UKRI-funded mental health networks about the Covid-19 pandemic. The result? a video series called Co-videos. The Co-videos explore how the networks responded to the pandemic, and their successes along the way. UKRI funded the mental health networks in 2018,...
The round-up is your monthly catch up with the UKRI-funded mental health research networks. Here you’ll learn the latest news from the networks, hear about career-developing events, opportunities to take part in research and more. As usual, April has been a busy month for the networks, but before we get started on that, we wanted...
The mental health research matters team spoke to Philippa Hemmings, Head of Healthcare technologies at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. We wanted to find out more about why they want to fund more mental health research, interdisciplinary research and the role of engineering and physical sciences in mental health research. Catch the podcast...
What role can mathematics play in better understanding mental health? We spoke to Professor Terry Lyons, a mathematician whose area of expertise has application in understanding complex data real-world data from multiple sources. He is the principal investigator at DataSig, and part of their work uses mathematics to better understand mental health. This is a...
How can sensors in our home help us better understand physical and mental health conditions? As part of our Mental Health Research Matters Interdisciplinary research series, we were joined by Dr Amid Ayobi and Dr Aisling Ann O’Kane from the EPSRC-funded SPHERE project, to find out more about human-computer interaction. They are just two of...
We’ve seen a glimpse of gloriously sunny days and lost an hour’s sleep. That can only mean one thing: spring is here! Now it’s time to hear what the UKRI mental health networks have been up to in March. Before you get the latest from the networks, we’d like to plug a great opportunity to...
**THIS OPPORTUNITY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS* Does mental health research matter to you? We’re recruiting people with a passion for research to join and help shape an exciting conversation about research and mental health in autumn 2022. You’ll use your personal or professional experience and expertise to let key audiences know...
A huge part of growing as a mental health researcher is learning from other people’s experiences and skills. That’s why the Mental Health Research Incubator has created a mental health research map for building collaborations. The map of mental health research is becoming a key practical resource. It makes it easy for research-active clinicians, lived...