Calling all researchers in the East of England – find out what kind of research you could do in your community with a Fellowship from the East of England Applied Research Collaboration (ARC). The ARC East of England Fellowship Programme is showcasing the projects of current fellows at the 2023 Fellows’ Showcase on Thursday 2nd…
NIHR has issued a call specification to recruit more nurses and midwives to the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) funding stream. Launching on 25th January, the funding call aims to build capacity by requiring all applications to be led or joint-led by an early career researcher with a background in nursing or midwifery. Funding of…
We’re delighted to kick off the new year by announcing the relaunch of the Mental Health Research Community Map: an interactive map for mental health researchers to find collaborators and connect mental health research in the UK. The goal of the Mental Health Research Community Map is to build a collaborative, multidisciplinary directory of mental…
NIHR has opened applications for funding in four research programmes for children’s and young people’s mental health. This is an excellent opportunity with a broad scope for researchers looking to evaluate mental health interventions for children and young people. Applications are open to anyone who feels they can carry out high-quality research. Health and Social…
The Wellcome Trust has issued a call for applicants to the Mental Health Award. The award will fund research into the field of stratification in anxiety and/or depression. This opportunity is suitable for a multidisciplinary team with postgraduate research experience. Studies funded through the Mental Health Award will further validate biological, psychosocial, social, and digital…
The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames has several opportunities for career development and funding for mental health researchers and professionals working within the North Thames region. There are two awards currently open through the Mental Health for All scheme. These would be suitable for mental health and care professionals with some research experience…
The Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN), led by Kings College London, is collaborating with All Things Mental Health to produce a second series of their successful podcast Keeping Students in Mind: Understanding Student Mental Health Research. They are looking for students interested in mental health research to host podcast episodes, with training and support…
The final #MentalHealthResearchMatters webinar is happening today. We’ll look at how we can take the findings of mental health research and put them into action through policy – one of the key concerns for multidisciplinary mental health researchers. Thursday 1st December 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Reserve your free space on Eventbrite To round up…
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex is pleased to announce three research awards, now open to applications. This funding is designed to boost the next generation of health and care researchers, particularly those working in healthcare in Wessex. The awards will fund the time, training, mentorship, and support to conduct a project that contributes to one…
The closing deadline for applications to the 2023 NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England Mental Health Fellowship is Wednesday 30th November. Who is the fellowship for? This fellowship is for people based in the East of England who work in an area of mental health, including mental health practitioners, clinicians, NHS managers, health and…
Hosted by the qualitative analysis software producer Nvivo, join leading researchers Professor Virginia Braun (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Dr Victoria Clarke (University of the West of England, UK) in this free webinar on conducting thematic analysis. Tuesday 29th November, 6:30pm Register for free through Zoom Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke, creators of the…
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Wessex is holding a 1-day conference for workers in mental-health-related fields to learn about embedding research in practice and improving patient care. When: 10am – 4pm, Monday 5th December Where: In person at the Axis Conference Centre, Southampton Hybrid: No Tickets: Free – reserve your space on Eventbrite The day…
Professor Peter Fonagy is Director of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre for children and families, and senior clinical advisor to NHS England on children and young people’s mental health policy. Speaking to our GROW programme participants, Peter shared insights about his richly rewarding career in mental…
The #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign is hosting three webinars this month, covering the question: what does good mental health research look like? Multidisciplinary research Lived experience in research Wednesday 16th November 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Reserve your space on Eventbrite Mental health research is only useful if it is meaningful to the populations it serves….
Two early career mental health researchers, Domna Salonen and Dr Emma Černis, offer their perspectives on how to set up the mentoring relationships that support and challenge you to pursue what’s fulfilling in your career. There is no prescriptive answer to ‘How to find a mentor?’. The key ingredients in finding mentors for us have…
Judges awarded the top MHR Awards to seven researchers whose projects represent some of the most exciting new developments in mental health research today. Eight other researchers were runners up. Awards went to early career researchers whose work is already influencing clinical practice, projects that reflect outstanding collaboration with patients and public, and to innovative…
The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) is offering a series of funded research taster days at a range of leading academic centres in the UK. Awards will be made to year 2 Foundation trainees who wish to explore mental health research opportunities. The aim of this scheme is to widen access to research…
It is considered good practice to involve members of the public and people with lived experience as early as possible in the research design process. Funding public involvement at the application stage can be challenging. The Research Design Service (RDS) ‘Public Involvement Funds’ aim to bridge that gap. Funds are available to help facilitate public…
The Applied Research Collaboration for East of England announces the launch of its Mental Health Fellowship programme for people who work in mental health to undertake an 18 month supervised mental health research and implementation project. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3xrKWjS
The Introduction to Evaluation online short course is aimed at staff in frontline services in the NHS, local government and social care organisations who are aiming to conduct evaluations of services or interventions and covers key guidance from the planning stages through to sharing your findings. This course is suitable for staff from NHS Trusts,…
by Professor Adrian Harwood and Professor Louise Dye Once the territory of psychology and psychiatry alone, it is now widely accepted that much more holistic approaches are required to understand the nature of mental health and its associated problems. Biology underpins the functioning of the human body and, whilst often overlooked, is also an integral part…
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 mental health? A…
Open science is a topic for all researchers, but can have a particular impact for mental health researchers. It can seem like a bit of a buzz word that is increasingly used. But what does it mean and what practices should you follow as a mental health researcher? When it comes to the mental health…
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 transcript…
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 around…
For this blog, Dr Jess Bone spoke with researchers Rosie Dow, Dr Alex Burton, and Dr Karen Mak from the MARCH Network to get their top tips on collaborative research with community partners. If you’re a mental health researcher looking to make the most of community partnerships, then you won’t want to miss this. The MARCH Network (2018-2021) explored…
Dr Sarah Knowles, Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow at the University of York, and Gordon Johnston, peer researcher and Closing the Gap steering committee member, and Mental Health Research Matters steering group member write about the many benefits of multidisciplinary approaches to mental health research “Working across disciplinary and professional boundaries encourages researchers to think bigger about their projects –…
Promoting a collaborative approach to research is at the heart of the Mental Health Research Matters campaign, with the eight research networks bringing together people from the technology, health, medicine, humanities and environmental science fields. We spoke to Masuma Mishu, who is a researcher and lecturer in public health and previously worked as a clinical dentist, about…
Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, from the University of Oxford, is one of the leads of the MARCH network’s Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) Interdisciplinary Research Methods. His research priorities include multimorbidity, ethnicity, health inequalities, complex interventions. I had a chat with Professor Bhui to pick his brain about the merits of interdisciplinary research, the challenges that…
If you work as a mental health clinician, keeping up to date with the latest research can improve your practice, for better mental health outcomes for the people you support. However, with so much information out there, it can feel hard to stay on top of things. Elizabeth James is a clinician who supports NHS…
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