🎄❄️Happy holidays! ❄️🎄 Wishing you and your loved ones a great holiday season and a happy New Year! 🌟 We're on leave until January but can't wait to show you what's in store for the MHR Incubator 2026! See you in the new year 👋

Happy Holidays from the STAR-CAT team! As the year comes to an end, we want to say a big thank you to all of the families and clinical services who have been involved in the study so far! 🌟 We hope everyone has a relaxing break over the festive period 🎄⛄

"My career path has been winding, but my motivation has never wavered." 💼 Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day. To read about Simona's experience & other researchers', click below 🔎 buff.ly/Da63HXr

Dr Rhiannon Barker reminds us of the importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in #mentalhealth #research, in her case study. Read more about her experiences inside (and outside) of academia, and how that shaped her research path. 👇 📖 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...

🌟 New research assistant job🌟 We are looking for a research assistant post to join a project to develop and validate a self-report measure of anhedonia in young people, and contribute to wider ongoing activities in our team. Ad closes 17th December www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR584/r...

Last day to sign up to receive the next newsletter from the Parent Carer Research Network! Some great information coming up on how to get involved in youth mental health research along with lots of interesting news of research success stories - don't miss out, your voice matters!

Finding it difficult to work on that #mentalhealth fellowship application? Tired of endless emails hindering your #addiction research paper? ⏳ Our fully funded #WritingRetreats are the perfect opportunity for focus & progress! 🌳 🎯 Be the first to know when 2026 applications open: buff.ly/xQp8J4G

📢 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...

Prof Cathy Creswell (@cathycreswell.bsky.social) from University of Oxford is delivering her keynote on ‘Taking digital interventions for youth from research to practice’    How can we learn from the success of OSI (Online Support & Intervention for Children)?   Let’s dive in 👇 #DigitalYouth

📢📢 We are recruiting a children and young people's involvement and engagement manager for our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research. Could it be you? For more info see my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... (closes 8/12)

A fantastic opportunity for healthcare professionals seeking to combine a clinical and academic career in mental health research! Fully-funded PhD @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social starting in Oct 2026 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/fully-funded...

We’re very excited to welcome researchers from our GROW & PeCo programmes, writing retreats, internships & more to the 2025 MHR Incubator Gathering! Have a really great day everyone! 😁

Excited to share our new publication out in Depression and Anxiety! A network analysis of dimensions of anhedonia, depression symptoms, and social anxiety symptoms in university students 🧵 doi.org/10.1155/da/5... (1/10)

We are recruiting a communications and engagement manager for the new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research. Applications close 1/12 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

📢📢 Come and work with us! New research coordinator post to support Wellcome Trust funded research to sustain and scale our digital parent led CBT programme in diverse global settings. Closes 21/11 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Could you be the Deputy Director of our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research? Exciting (permanent) opportunity to push forward research that has a meaningful impact on children, adolescents and families my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have: 🔎 carried out over 3,300 research projects 📰 published over 9,000 papers 🤝 collaborated with 627 partner organisations 💰 leveraged about £1 billion in external funding! 👉🏿 Explore a selection of our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

In the past 6 years, ARCs have worked with over 2,500 public contributors and have recruited over 810,000 study participants 💙💙 Thank you to everyone who has made this important applied health & care research possible 🙏 Find out more about our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫 #ARCimpacts

This Developing Child UK Priority Setting Partnership is run with the James Lind Alliance and is an exciting opportunity to hear from you about what you want to know about babies' and children's social and emotional wellbeing. Find out more & complete the survey: mhid.org.uk/survey-the-d...

One of our Liverpool partners has published a paper on the lasting consequences of socioeconomic disadvantage on child mental health mhid.org.uk/revealing-la...

So the Mental Elf blogged about our paper where we examine the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and generalised anxiety at preschool age, and trajectories across childhood. Have a read! #Anxiety #Uncertainty #IntoleranceOfUncertainty #MentalHealthResearch

Could you be the Deputy Director of our new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research? Exciting (permanent) opportunity to push forward research that has a meaningful impact on children, adolescents and families my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

📢📢 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with strong qual and quant skills for an exciting new project to increase access to a digital intervention for child anxiety problems in Thailand, the Philippines, Chile, Pakistan and Japan! Closes 14 Nov. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

In this paper we examined how the mental health of parents and offspring related to each other over time during the #COVID19 pandemic. TLDR: It differs markedly with child age doi.org/10.1002/jcv2... @acamh.bsky.social @pollywaite.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

💫NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have leveraged around £1 billion in external research funding! 💙Browse a selection of some of our amazing work from across the country: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 👁️ Follow #ARCimpacts

Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have collaborated with 627 partner organisations across the country, including: 💙230 #NHS partners 🏛️106 local authorities 🎓80 universities & many more 👉Follow #ARCimpacts & read this summary for more: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar... 💫

We're very excited to see our online intervention that helps parents/carers help their children overcome anxiety problems with remote therapist support reach families in diverse settings around the world. With huge thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social and our fantastic partners around the world 🌎

NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏

🌍Our evidence-based programme for child anxiety is now being adapted for families in Asia and South America. Online Support and Intervention (OSI) is a therapist-guided, parent-led online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy platform for treating anxiety in children aged 5-12. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/498z9dnx

This IS big news! We can't wait to read it!

We are really excited to be a part of this exciting new opportunity 👇👇

📢 We're delighted to co-lead the @nihr.bsky.social Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) with @astonuniversity.bsky.social & @oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social to improve people's health in Thames Valley & beyond, through prevention & innovations in health & social care. More: bit.ly/4qceCfZ

Today is Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day #DLDDay DLD is a hidden but common disability that affects 1 in 14 people causing difficulties understanding and using language for no known reason. [1/3]

Important paper here highlighting important research gaps to be addressed in order to improve treatment outcomes for children and young people with Generalised Anxiety Disorder 🔽🔽

NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉 Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change. [1/7]

📢📢 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with strong qual and quant skills for an exciting new project to increase access to a digital intervention for child anxiety problems in Thailand, the Philippines, Chile, Pakistan and Japan! Closes 14 Nov. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Two weeks left to grab a ticket for the Digital Youth X MindTech event packed with insight, innovation, and collaboration 'Digital risk, resilience and interventions: co-creating change in youth mental health' mindtech.org.uk/news-events/... 📅13th November 📍County Hall, London 🎟️£20-75

Excellent thread on a new paper just out on trajectories of change in mental health symptoms across the course of a universal mental health intervention in secondary schools. The findings have important implications so do read 🔽🔽🔽

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and the STAR-CAT research team are wearing yellow in support of Young Mind's #HelloYellow campaign ✨ 💛

📣 We're recruiting 2 funded (UK home-fees) PhD students for our All About Me project - exploring strengths-based assessment in neurodivergent children/young people transitioning from Early Years to Primary, and Primary to Secondary. More info here: lnkd.in/e36645GY Deadline Wednesday 22nd Oct

Are you passionate about both youth mental health and wellbeing and statistics, and keen to share your skills and enthusiasm with others? If so this could be just the job for you! Postdoc statistician in the new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

We're very lucky to be at #OHBRCNDConf2025 today. So much to think about and do together! Huge thanks to the organisers and participants. Here is a sneak peak of somebof our TOPIC team sharing their work 👏 👏

It's been a busy few weeks for the STAR-CAT team, presenting OSI research at various conferences! Here's Chief Investigator @cathycreswell.bsky.social and Trial Coordinator @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social speaking at #EABCT2025 and Senior Trial Manager @lucyannataylor.bsky.social at ICCAP ⭐

📢📢 Are you passionate about helping schools get meaningfully involved in mental health research? If so come and work with us in our new Oxford Emerging Minds Research Centre as our Schools Research Network Manager www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP157/s...

Be part of shaping a better digital future for young people’s mental health. With keynote from our @cathycreswell.bsky.social ❓Digital Youth x MindTech Conference 📅Thursday 13th November 2025 📍County Hall, London Southbank ‼️Early bird rate ends Monday 15th! Find out more and book bit.ly/DY13NOV

Lovely article about our recent MYCATS study here, with many thanks to the @kavlifoundation.org kavlifondet.no/en/2025/09/h...

Had a great time at #EABCT presenting work from both my clinical training and my PhD. Grateful to my fantastic symposium teams for making it such a rewarding experience🥰! @sophie-grant.bsky.social @sakshirajesh.bsky.social @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social

📣A milestone for child mental health research Prof Cathy Creswell, OH BRC Theme Lead, will co-lead Oxford’s new Centre for Emerging Minds advancing research to support youth mental health, thanks to a £27m gift from The Paul Foundation. 🌐 tinyurl.com/yvrb3tn4

📢 Our systematic review, led by Bomikazi Lupindo, is out in BJPsych International! We examined how school and community violence affect adolescents’ mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa. #YouthMentalHealth @topicgroup.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social 📄Read full article here ➡️ bit.ly/424I4tT

📢📢 Business manager and grants/finance assistant needed for our exciting new research centre! If you are excited about supporting research that makes a difference to children and families, take a look at these vacancies share.google/h3S4IS3zCrVq...