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Mental Health Platform

@mhplatform.bsky.social
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A network of researchers funded by UKRI, with the shared aim of accelerating research into severe mental illness (SMI) & improving the diagnosis and treatment of those affected. Find out more on our website: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/

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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
📢 New blog alert! MHP PPIE Coordinator Susannah Strong shares how the MHP PPIE Steering Group grew from the ground up and what it’s achieved in its first year. Read here: www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/mhp-ppi... #PPIE #MentalHealthResearch #LivedExperience
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MHP PPIE Steering Group: from the ground up | Mental health platform
Susannah Strong is PPIE coordinator for the MHP. Picking up where Vanessa Pinfold’s blog Lived experience at the heart closes, Susannah tells us about the work which the MHP Steering Group has…
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🎉Thanks for joining us on “Discover the Hubs” Week 🎉 🎬 Now meet our Hub Leaders on YouTube: youtube.com/@UKRIMentalHealthPlatform/playlists Thanks to our @uoe-sps.bsky.social Masters interns, Yuchen Zhao & Sarah Carmichael, for creating this content. #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Social Health Hub How where we’re born, live, work & age shape SMI. 🌟 Highlights: new place-based social health indicators, resources for researchers & exploring social prescribing. 🔗www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-health-third-pillar-health #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@hubmetpsych.bsky.social Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry. 🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience. 🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ImmunoMIND Hub Uncovering immune & metabolic pathways to develop new therapies for SMI 🌟 Highlights: MHRA-approved cardio-metabolic risk tool (TP2) and peer-reviewed publications. 💬 Co-produced with PWLE 🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/research-hubs/immunomind #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
@datamind.bsky.social 👉Driving better mental health outcomes: ethical, transparent and inclusive data use. 🔍 FAIR access, collaboration & tackling inequalities. 💬 Our SRAG lived-experience group helps shape research 🔗 datamind.org.uk #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🧠 @complexemotionshub.bsky.social We’re improving care for people with complex emotions, guided by lived-experience experts. 🌟How everyday triggers shape intense emotions, working to reduce stigma, drive new research. 🔗 complexemotions.co.uk #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🧠 @braingenhub.bsky.social We’re exploring how genes, environment & development shape severe mental illness - combining brain imaging, genomics & lived experience to drive real-world impact. Find out about B-SPRINT study: 🔗 ncmh.info/bsprint #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This week you'll meet 🔹@braingenhub.bsky.social, Wales 🔹@complexemotionshub.bsky.social, Sheffield 🔹@datamind.bsky.social, Swansea 🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge 🔹@hubmetpsych.bsky.social, Edinburgh 🔹Social Health Hub, London #DiscoverMHPHubs
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🎉"Discover The Hubs” Week🎉 We’re reintroducing our Hubs and highlighting our mission to advance understanding of severe mental illness. 🧠 5 research programmes + 1 data hub, funded by @ukri.org and coordinated in Edinburgh. #DiscoverMHPHubs 🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/who-we-are
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Read reflections from a PhD student from @hubmetpsych.bsky.social on the MHP Research Summit - a day full of enthusiasm, collaboration & inspiring science. 👉 www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/mhp-res... #MentalHealthResearch #MHPSummit2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay
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MHP Research Summit: An Early Career Researcher Perspective | Mental health platform
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
One of our Lived Experience Experts shares reflections from the MHP Research Summit on #WorldMentalHealthDay - a day of optimism, caffeine & connection, where research met real life. Read their blog 👉 www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/mhp-res... #MHPSummit2025 #MentalHealthResearch
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MHP Research Summit: A Lived Experience Perspective | Mental health platform
Acronyms: MHP: Mental Health Platform | PPI: Patient Public Involvement | SMI: Severe Mental Illness | BPD: Borderline Personality Disorder
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Closing plenary at #MHPSummit2025: Prof Paul Harrison on “From Big Data to Biology: Cognitive Impairment After COVID-19 Infection.” A powerful end to #WorldMentalHealthDay, connecting data, biology & mental health research. #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔹 Final Core Session: Social Health – The Third Pillar of Health. Our relationships and connections are vital to wellbeing — discover how the Social Health Hub is redefining mental health research 👇 www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-... #MHPSummit2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Social Health: third pillar of health | Mental health platform
One of our Hub leads, Prof Jennifer Lau, co-authored an article this year describing how social health should be considered alongside physical health and mental health, and how this could help to…
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔹 Afternoon Core Session: @hubmetpsych.bsky.social on The Metabolism and Mental Health Connection. Discover how metabolism shapes mind and mood and share your insights to guide future research 👇 www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/takepart #MHPSummit2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Take Part — The Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
We are carrying out a research study to better understand whether changes to metabolism are connected to future changes in clinical outcomes in people with severe mental health conditions.
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔹 Afternoon Core Session: ImmunoMIND reveals how immunity, metabolism & mental health connect. Read their review on immuno-metabolic depression, uncovering the biology behind mood disorders: www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/news/underst... #MHPSummit2025 #MentalHealthResearch #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Understanding immuno-metabolic depression | Mental health platform
Researchers from ImmunoMIND recently published a review of the research about a form of depression called immuno-metabolic depression.
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
⚡ Happening now at #MHPSummit2025! ECR Lightning Talks: 6 rapid-fire, 3-minute presentations from winners in: 🔬 Molecular Psychiatry 💬 Social & Emotional Health 💻 Data, Digital & AI A showcase of the next generation of #MentalHealthResearch talent. #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔹 Core Session: DATAMIND explores how data science transforms mental health research & policy. Check out PODMIND — their podcast hosted by Marcos del Pozo Banos, highlighting the people driving progress: datamind.org.uk/learning-hub... #MHPSummit2025 #MentalHealthResearch
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Learning Hub - Datamind
At DATAMIND, we're committed to enhancing knowledge and empowering people in the field of Mental Health Data Science and beyond.
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🎤 The first Core Session at the #MHPSummit2025 is underway! We’re hearing from three MHP research Hubs — starting with @braingenhub.bsky.social, uncovering how genetics and brain data can deepen our understanding of mental illness. 🎥 Watch here:
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Meet the Brain and Genomics Hub
The Brain and Genomics Hub is one of six new research hubs that make up the Mental Health Platform funded by UK Research and Innovation. The platform was established to accelerate progress towards…
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The #MHPSummit2025 opens on #WorldMentalHealthDay with Prof Dame Til Wykes (King’s College London) on “From Subjects to Participants to Co-production.” Lived experience is at the heart of what we do. 👉 www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/lived-e... #MentalHealthResearch
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Lived experience at the heart | Mental health platform
McPin is a specialist mental health research charity – unique in its focus on peer research, coproduction and patient and public involvement & engagement (PPI&E) as a way to improve mental health…
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It’s #WorldMentalHealthDay 💙 We’re in Edinburgh for the first-ever MHP Research Summit 2025, bringing together researchers, clinicians & people with lived experience to advance understanding of severe mental illness. Follow along for highlights! #MHPSummit2025 #MentalHealthResearch
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
ECR Workshop Proteomics & Mental Health happening today at the Edinburgh Futures Institute! ECRs are exploring large-scale proteomics to uncover biomarkers & causal pathways in mental health led by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social #ECR #MentalHealthResearch #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
⏳ Registration closes next week! – only 13 tickets left for the MHP Research Summit (10th Oct | Edinburgh) Keynotes & partner-led sessions: full programme live: rebrand.ly/mhp-summit-p... @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social @datamind.bsky.social, @catapultnetwork.bsky.social, @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
⏳ Last chance to register! MHP Research Summit (10th Oct | Edinburgh) – few tickets left & close to selling out. 👀Detailed programme now live: rebrand.ly/mhp-summit-p... #MHPSummit2025
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🌟Work in Digital, Data & AI in mental health? Join the MHP Industry Alliance! Apply👉 rebrand.ly/mhp-industry... Some members may be invited to datamind.bsky.social’s November London event Find out more👉https://rebrand.ly/DATAMIND-industry-nov25
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
⏳ 1 month left to register! ECR Workshop hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social: Proteomics & Mental Health 📅 9th Oct | 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute Hands-on training & expert speakers. More than half of tickets already sold! 👉Secure yours now: rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
⏳ 1 month left to register! MHP Research Summit (10th Oct | Edinburgh) – tickets going fast. Keynotes, partner-led sessions & networking. 👉 Sign up before 3rd Oct: rebrand.ly/research-sum... #MHPSummit2025
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
📅 9th Oct 2025 | 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute 🚨 ECR Workshop hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social : Proteomics & Mental Health — over half of the tickets sold! 1️⃣ Registered but not paid? Confirm now. 2️⃣ Not registered? Sign up + pay today. 👉 rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
📢 Abstract submission is now closed — but you can still join the first MHP Research Summit @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social! 🗓️ 10th Oct 2025 | 📍 Edinburgh Hear keynotes, partner-led sessions & more. 👉 Register & book your ticket: rebrand.ly/research-sum... #MHPSummit2025
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🚨 Deadline today! Don’t miss your chance to present at the first MHP Research Summit (10th October 2025, Edinburgh). Register and submit an abstract. Share your work in Molecular Psychiatry, Social & Emotional Health, or Data, Digital & AI. 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🚨 Abstracts close TOMORROW! 🚨 MHP Research Summit, 10th Oct, Edinburgh. 🔸Keynotes 🔸Talks from Hubs 🔸Parallel sessions from MDC, McPin, MQ & DATAMIND Last chance to share your work in severe mental illness research! 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
⏳ 48 hours left to submit abstracts! ⚡Over half of places at MHP Research Summit, 10th October are already booked. Parallel sessions with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social, @catapultnetwork.bsky.social & @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social. Don’t miss out: rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
⏳ Just 2 days left to submit abstracts for the MHP Research Summit (10th Oct, Edinburgh) in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social! Keynotes: Prof Dame Til Wykes & Prof Paul Harrison. Don’t miss it—submit now: rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
⏰ Last chance! Abstract submissions for the MHP Research Summit in partnership with by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social close this Thursday. Join us on 10th Oct, Edinburgh to share your research in severe mental illness Submit now 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
📢 Programme now live! Don't miss out on the ECR Workshop Hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social Proteomics & Mental Health, 9th Oct, Edinburgh. Learn from experts, gain hands-on skills and connect with peers. £25 – register now 👉 rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
⏳ Just 1 week left! Submit your abstract for the first MHP Research Summit, in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social. 🗓️ 10 Oct | Edinburgh Themes: Molecular Psychiatry, Social & Emotional Health, Data/Digital/AI Deadline 28 Aug 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
⏳ Don’t miss the ECR Workshop – Proteomics & Mental Health. Hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social in partnership with MHP. 9 Oct, Edinburgh. Hands-on sessions & expert speakers. £25 – register now! 👉 rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
⏳ Just 10 days left! Submit your abstract for the first MHP Research Summit, in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social 🗓️ 10 Oct | Edinburgh Themes: Molecular Psychiatry, Social & Emotional Health, Data/Digital/AI Deadline 28 Aug 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Plenary at #MHPSummit2025: Prof Paul Harrison (Oxford) "From Big Data to Biology: Cognitive Impairment after COVID-19." 🗓️ 10 Oct | Edinburgh Abstracts close 28 Aug – submit & register: rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Plenary announced! Prof Dame Til Wykes (KCL) will speak at #MHPSummit2025: "From Subjects to Participants to Co-production." 🗓️ 10 Oct | Edinburgh. Abstracts close 28 Aug – submit & register: rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
ECR Workshop: Proteomics & Mental Health 🧠 9 Oct | Edinburgh | £25 Hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social in partnership with MHP. Meet the Speakers! Programme & bios online – register: rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
⏳ Only 3 weeks left! Abstract deadline 28th August. Submit your abstract for the first MHP Research Summit in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social Themes: Molecular Psychiatry, Social & Emotional Health, Data, Digital & AI. Programme live – don’t miss out! rebrand.ly/research-sum...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
📢 Programme out now: ECR Workshop – Proteomics & Mental Health 🗓️ 9 Oct 2025 | 📍 Edinburgh | 💷 £25 👉 Download programme and register: rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop Half-day event with hands-on sessions for ECRs, hosted by@mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social in partnership with MHP. #ECR
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
📢 Programme now live for the MHP Research Summit in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social 🗓️ 10 Oct 2025 | 📍 Edinburgh ✨ Keynotes, partner-led sessions, and and Hub-led sessions. 👉THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit an abstract: rebrand.ly/research-sum... #MHPSummit2025
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
ECR Fellowship applications are open! If you submitted an EOI, Hubs may be in touch by 15 Aug. Find out more about the full application process here: 👉 www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/ecr-fellowships
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Are you an ECR in mental health research? Ready to take the next step in your career? Join our ECR Workshop 🗓️ 9 Oct 2025 | 📍 Edinburgh | 💷 £25 Hosted by @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & @datamind.bsky.social in partnership with MHP 👉 rebrand.ly/ecr-workshop #ECR #MentalHealthResearch #MHPSummit2025
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚨 Final day to submit your EOI tomorrow! It’s short, it’s key, it’s your start to a £300k Fellowship 👉 bit.ly/expression-i...
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ECR Fellowships Expression of Interest | Mental health platform
We invite Expressions of Interest from Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who are considering applying to the next round of UKRI Mental Health Platform ECR funding.
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📢 1 month to submit! Abstract Submission Deadline 28 Aug, 4pm MHP Research Summit in partnership with @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social 🗓️ 10 Oct, 2025 📍 Edinburgh 👥 For SMI researchers & clinicians 👉 rebrand.ly/research-sum... #MHPSummit2025 #MentalHealthResearch #Research
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
⚠️ 1 week to go! Submit your 1 page EOI - it's the 🌟only way🌟 to be eligible for up to £300k SMI research funding for our ECR Fellowships. 👉 bit.ly/expression-i...
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Mental Health Platform @mhplatform.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“PPI&E is relational work – it takes time, trust, and commitment.” 📢 New blog from MHP featuring Vanessa Pinfold of @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social on putting lived experience at the heart of research. 👉 Read here: www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/lived-e... #LivedExperience #MentalHealthResearch
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Lived experience at the heart | Mental health platform
McPin is a specialist mental health research charity – unique in its focus on peer research, coproduction and PPI&E as a way to improve mental health research. Vanessa Pinfold, McPin Foundation…
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