Research YouTube video by Parkinson's UK

Fantastic new video from @parkinsons.org.uk showcasing some of the research funded from identifying what causes Parkinson's through to developing new therapies
#causetocure

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📅 Sign up for our live webinar on Thurs 16th June, 10am BST: lnkd.in/eQB_Qnqf

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Can your organisation help us build a depressed mood mission map?

It’s part of our new project, the Mental Health Catalyst. The goal is to enable field-wide strategic collaboration and accelerate progress in mental health research.

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Join the mental health team at Wellcome as a Research Lead, Implementation and help bridge the gap between development of innovative solutions and their application in real world settings:

Salary: £82,100
Closing date:  Monday, 24 March 2025  

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Call to action in mental health science

Coming soon - a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Generative AI for Mental Health Research Accelerator - aiming to support foundational research on the application of generative AI to improve measurement of and intervention in anxiety, depression, & psychosis.

Learn more - mexa.app/accelerator

Game-changing new funding from Wellcome for OpenSAFELY and mental health data | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science This morning the Today programme on Radio 4 did two great spots on OpenSAFELY.

I'm delighted to say our highly secure and productive OpenSAFELY platform has received a further £17 million in funding from Wellcome, including for a new mental health data project. More here, and clips from Today on Radio4 this morning too!

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Mental Health Award: Advancing target validation - Funding | Wellcome This call will provide funding for validation activities for novel targets with a clear therapeutic concept and strong biological rationale related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or ...

Our new target validation funding call is now live!

@wellcometrust.bsky.social aims to support validation of novel targets relevant for anxiety, depression and psychosis. wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Join us for the webinar at 13:00 GMT on 25th Feb - wellcome-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Advancing the Use of Digital Measures for Mental Health - DATAcc by DiMe Together, we are using a consensus approach to identify the key aspects of early symptom development in people with mental health and provide insight into which sDHTs are the most appropriate for capt...

@wellcometrust.bsky.social commissioned a report into the opportunities and barriers to using sensor-based digital health technologies for mental health research and clinical practice

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Digital mental health technologies guidance launched to help manufacturers and safeguard users New guidance helps manufacturers navigate medical device regulations and protect users of digital mental health technologies.

New MHRA guidance out to support manufacturers navigate medical device regulations in the UK and protect users of digital mental health technologies:

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Fantastic to see the launch of the new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded MAMS platform for Treatment Resistant Depression:

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Longitudinal studies | Grant funding | Wellcome Wellcome are funding research teams to analyse longitudinal data to help identify mental health conditions early. See eligibility information and find out how to apply.

Coming soon - @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding to unlock the potential of longitudinal datasets and develop innovative ways of identifying anxiety, depression and/or psychosis early

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More info coming soon

Mental Health Award: Advancing target validation - Funding | Wellcome This call will provide funding for validation activities for novel targets with a clear therapeutic concept and strong biological rationale related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or ...

wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Mental Health Award: Advancing target validation - Funding | Wellcome This call will provide funding for validation activities for novel targets with a clear therapeutic concept and strong biological rationale related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or ...

@wellcometrust.bsky.social wants to help find better pharmacological treatments for mental health.

That’s why it’s funding novel target validation proposals related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or psychosis.

Sign up to be notified and register for the webinar in post below ⤵️

🚀 Calling all visionary scientists and engineers! Announcing our call for Focused Research Organization proposals in the UK. 🔬Submit your concept paper by Feb 7 & full proposal by March 28. More here: www.convergentresearch.org/frost-uk ⤵️

Precision Neurotechnologies Backed by £69m, this programme aims to unlock new methods to interface with the human brain at the cellular level, with unprecedented precision.

Exciting range of precision neurotechnology projects funded through ARIA some of which are being trialled in mental health:

www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...

The only 'Blue Monday' article you'll ever need It's Bluc Monday again. Except is isn't. Because the third Monday i January is NOT the 'most depressing day of the year . Neve has been. And i'm weary of sayin that.

The only 'Blue Monday' article you'll ever need

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It's #BlueMonday again. And this is all you'll ever need to read to know the 'truth' about it

Which is that it's a ridiculous marketing stunt that got way out of hand and impacted me more than most people

3 good things for today:

- wellies that don't leak
- a new bag of Grind coffee
- lots of snowdrop shoots in the garden

#3goodthings

Register by Friday 17th January

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Join the next Mexa virtual hackathon to design solutions using generative AI for mental health treatment.

📅 key dates:

𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: January 24, 2024
𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: January 26–29, 2024
𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: February 3, 2024

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For all women in science Eleanor Maguire should be an inspiration. Unlike Rosalind Franklin, her contribution was fully appreciated during her lifetime. So it is fitting that in 2008 she was awarded the Rosalind Franklin medal by the Royal Society. #neuroscience #psychology

Terribly sad news, she will be missed

The new tech treatments that could improve mental health [FREE TO READ] From video games to personal avatars, researchers are looking to develop a new generation of digital tools that do not involve taking a drug or therapy

Are we at a tipping point for development of new mental health interventions?

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Innovations in Mental Health

🔊 Calling all digital mental health founders

KHP Ventures have launched an Innovations in Mental Health Fund.

To be part of the associated Immersion Programme follow www.innovationsinmentalhealth.com

Webinars tomorrow 17th December at 12 and 4:30pm GMT.

Apply before 9am on 7th January 2025

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Julia Gillard: ‘Researchers need to be active, vocal, engaged’ - Research Professional News Amid the current turmoil, science can bring hope as well as progress, says Australian ex-PM

Julia Gillard: ‘Researchers need to be active, vocal, engaged’

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Made my morning!

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The MEXA Challenge:
Use generative AI to overcome these limitations and design groundbreaking tools or solutions to revolutionize mental health measurement.

Conventional methods of assessing mental health, such as clinical interviews & self-report questionnaires, often have limitations:

➡️Subjective recollection of symptoms
➡️Limited, moment-in-time snapshots