Just announced! 📢 University of Edinburgh & University of Birmingham to co-lead ENERGISE-BD, a Wellcome-funded clinical trial exploring whether dietary interventions can reduce depression in people with bipolar disorder 👇 www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/blog/energis...

Great to see our Hub PI Prof Daniel Smith presenting today at the RPsych in Scotland Winter Conference! If you're attending, take a moment to speak with Hub researchers about our METPSY study and more! Programme 👉 tinyurl.com/3b3pbsex #MetabolicPsychiatry #Research #RPsychScotland

🚨TODAY! 🚨 Join us at 4pm GMT for our first special lecture of 2026! Register: metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/events

One Week to Go! 📣 In our first Special lecture of 2026, Professor Mark Frye will present the study design, outcome measures and implications of 'Ketogenic Intervention for Bipolar Depression: An Open-label Trial Guiding Clinical Implementation (KETO-MAYO)'. Register: tinyurl.com/3d882yvx

🚨Recruitment is still open for our METPSY study!🚨 Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, or no diagnosis of these mental health conditions eligible. Interested? Get in touch 📩 [email protected] or visit our website!

🚨Recruitment is still open for our METPSY study!🚨 Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, or no diagnosis of these mental health conditions eligible. Interested? Get in touch 📩 [email protected] or visit our website!

Help support Careloop, a digital relapse prevention tool for people with psychosis. New involvement opportunity for adults with lived experience of psychosis or schizophrenia. See full applicant requirements and apply here. Deadline 30th January. https://ow.ly/bXP850XTXBw

One Week to Go! 📣 In our first Special lecture of 2026, Professor Mark Frye will present the study design, outcome measures and implications of 'Ketogenic Intervention for Bipolar Depression: An Open-label Trial Guiding Clinical Implementation (KETO-MAYO)'. Register: tinyurl.com/3d882yvx

Happy New Year! 🎉 There's still plenty of time to register for our first special lecture of 2026 with guest speaker Prof Mark Frye!👇 Join us on Weds 21st Jan, 4-5pm GMT, online & in person: tinyurl.com/mskd5txz

As the year comes to a close we'd like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry this year. Stay tuned for more in 2026! ✨ #metabolicpsychiatry #research #mentalhealth #SMI

Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye! 📅 21st Jan 2026 ⏰ 4-5pm GMT 📍 In-Person & Online 🎟️Register: tinyurl.com/yx44adcx #metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture

Huge congratulations to our Hub PI, Prof Daniel Smith on being awarded the Fletcher of Saltoun Award for Science 2025 last week 🥳 Each year the Saltire Society recognises outstanding contributions to Arts & Humanities, Science, and Public Life. Congrats Danny on this fantastic achievement!

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨 We are delighted to announce that Mark Frye, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Consultant at Mayo Clinic, will be the first speaker of our 2026 Hub Special Lecture Series! 📅 Weds 21st Jan 2026, 4-5pm GMT 📍Online & In Person (Edinburgh) 🎟️ More details coming soon!

📢 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

🚨 Precision Medicine PhD Opportunity 🚨 Study glucose-lowering medication patterns in people with #severementalillness & #diabetes using UK/Swedish health data 📍 University of Edinburgh with exchange at Karolinska Institutet 📆 Apply by 12 Jan 2026 🔗 More info 👉 tinyurl.com/mrxx4vjr

FUNDING: NIHR Postdoctoral Award 🚀 📅 Deadline: 16 Dec 2025, 1pm This award provides funding for researchers with a PhD to help develop their research career across a range of postdoc career stages. For more details, including eligibility & how to apply, visit: www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/post...

New research has found that 3-4 cups of coffee a day is linked to longer telomeres (an indicator of slower biological ageing) among people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. 🔗Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coffee-...

🚨Update: METPSY is now recruiting adults aged 16–35! 🚨 Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Interested? Get in touch 📩 [email protected] or visit our website!

🎉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

@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

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

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

We are extremely excited for the latest Research Spotlight post! This blog also includes an invitation to those working with sleep or people with bipolar disorder. Check out the SubSleep project to learn about the exciting work that has been done so far. www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/subslee...

🎉"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

We are looking for a Research and Involvement Manager to join our team and help transform mental health research. Find out more about the role and apply here. mcpin.org/about-mcpin/... Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am #hiring

📢 The MQ Fellows Award supports early-career #mentalhealth #researchers (3-7yrs post doc), encouraging them to ask challenging questions to advance mental health research. Up to £250,000 is available. Interested? Learn more & express your interest: www.mqmentalhealth.org/our-work/res...

🚨 New Job Opportunity 🚨 Five-year postdoctoral position in MR spectroscopy on the Wellcome Trust-funded ENERGISE-BD trial 👇 📍Edinburgh 📅 Apply by 28 Nov 2025 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/postdoc26 #neuroimaging #research #bipolardisorder

Our #METPSY study explores how metabolism connects to mental health. Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉 Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇 📩 [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25

My first presentation in my new position @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social will be the Psychiatry Seminar today, "Experimental precision medicine: Using genetically diverse mice to better model human health and disease".

Excellent article on the biology behind Seasonal Affective Disorder in The Guardian featuring @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Chancellors Fellow and Hub colleague Dr Cathy Wyse! Read more 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Our #MetabolicInterventions for SMI interim survey is closing today 31st Oct! 📢 We’re asking you to help us to identify the top 10 research priorities in the field of #metabolism & #mentalhealth 🔗 What research questions matter to you most?👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

We're continuing our Research Spotlight series with this personal story: www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/bridgin... #mentalhealthresearch #ECRs

Our survey closes this Friday 31st Oct! 📣 Make sure to have your voice heard 👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨 New Job Opportunity !🚨 Five-year postdoctoral position working with the Metabolic Psychiatry team @EdinburghUni on the @wellcometrust-funded ENERGISE-BD randomised controlled trial 👇 🔗Apply by 13th Nov: tinyurl.com/metbd2024 #metabolicpsychiatry #bipolardisorder

🚨 New Job Opportunity !🚨 Five-year postdoctoral position working with the Metabolic Psychiatry team @EdinburghUni on the @wellcometrust-funded ENERGISE-BD randomised controlled trial 👇 🔗Apply by 13th Nov: tinyurl.com/metbd2024 #metabolicpsychiatry #bipolardisorder

Are you ready to hear about more of the exciting research happening across the Network? Of course you are. Our latest Research Spotlight Blog explores the link between sleep, depression and type 2 diabetes. www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/using-b... #mentalhealthresearch #diabetesresearch #ECRs

🚨 New Publication🚨 'The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters: a systematic review and network meta-analysis' by Hub researcher Toby Pillinger et. al., published yesterday in @thelancet.com Read more🔗👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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

We're starting this week with another Research Spotlight blog! Explore how radar sensors are being tested in the AMBIENT-BD project. www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/finding... #bipolardisorderresearch #ECRs

Great blog reflecting on the UKRI Mental Health Platform Research Summit last week by our excellent PhD Student, Elchin! Make sure to take a read! 👇

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

With the clocks about to change for many of us this month, it's the perfect time to share our first Research Spotlight blog! Explore the impact of Daylight Saving Time with Dr Aiste Steponenaite www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/the-gre... #daylightsavingtime #sleepresearch

Two members of the @circadianmhnetw.bsky.social LEAP delve into the process of choosing the top 10 body clock, sleep & mental health research priorities 😴 and why it was a good example of lived experience involvement in a priority setting partnership. Read their blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/yc6vh82y

🔹 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

One of the highlights of the day so far! Some excellent talks from our ECRs, including some of our own Edinburgh researchers!

🌍 This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we reflect on the progress made by the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry over the past year. Read our latest blog to see how far we’ve come and what’s next for the field 👇 🔗 www.metabolicpsychiatryhub.com/blog/celebra... #MetabolicPsychiatry #MentalHealthResearch

🌎 Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍 We are excited to be at the Playfair Library today for the MHP's first Research Summit in partnership with MQ Mental Health Research - we'll be sharing our highlights throughout the day so stay tuned!

🌍This #WorldMentalHealthDay take a moment to read Hub research fellow, Dr Joanne Kenney's latest blog for The Mental Elf, which explores the latest evidence on stimulant and non-stimulant treatments, and what clinicians need to know👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/wmhd251

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