Our second talk on the Open Science theme was by Dr Tamarinde Haven. Tamarinde continued our series of talks introducing preregistrations for qualitative research. It was fascinating to hear how an approach developed for and typically limited to quantitative research could be applied to qualitative studies. Her talk last December was especially timely, as her...
Open Science: Reducing Research Waste
The first of our speakers was Professor Ioana Cristea Ioana kicked off our three talks by discussing research waste, particularly in clinical and mental health sciences. A key take-home message was that poor reporting of research has big knock-on effects on future research, including how biased our meta-analyses of intervention effects can be if we...
Funding advice and tips for early career researchers
We hosted a fantastic online event aimed at ECRs in collaboration with the eight networks, in December 2020. There were two things ECRs wanted from a cross-network event: information on funding and networking. We packed the first event with presentations from four mental health research network representatives and eight MH network plus-fund recipients. The network...
New resources for Patient and Public Involvement in Mental Health Research
How do you react if lived experience feedback means a substantial change to your study? What practical basics of coproduction can ensure your research has the most impact? We know that Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is a vital component for creating effective mental health research. But, in practice, what does good PPI look like?...
Archaeology and Mental Health – what’s the connection? A MARCH network interview
Exploring interdisciplinary stories and novel approaches – from both inside and outside of the networks – is central to what the #MentalHealthResearchMatters team is doing. So when I heard about a MARCH network Plus Fund project looking at archaeology and mental health, my interest was piqued – what is the connection between archaeology and...
Interdisciplinary Research: An interview with Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui shares his views on why interdisciplinarity is so important in mental health research and where the real value in the networks lies.
The Round-Up – August 2021
August's news and activity from across the networks
The Round-Up – July 2021
Hello and welcome back to The Round-Up – albeit a slightly delayed edition. For those who were hastily awaiting the updates from across the 8 UKRI mental health networks this month, I can only apologise for my tardiness. Let’s not waste any more time… Headlines and highlights TRIUMPH have announced the dates for their ECR...
What is bioscience’s role in mental health research?
What is bioscience's role in the wider mental health research landscape? Professors Louise Dye and Adrian Harwood share their thoughts.
The Round-Up – June 2021
Updates and activity from across all 8 networks