We're on a mission to learn more about excessive worry in young people, and how to help those who experience it. Could your school or youth organisation help? Register your interest here: tinyurl.com/2c4jm59p
12.02.2026 17:13 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Join the WISDOM Schools Research Network this Children’s Mental Health Week – NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, the WISDOM network are encouraging schools and colleges to join with research that strengthens understanding on children's mental health.
This year's theme is "This Is My Place", promoting inclusive and nurturing environments for young people.
tinyurl.com/5xmwk9b9
11.02.2026 10:12 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Read more about the findings from the study in the programme report: digitalyouth.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
DIORA (Dynamic Interplay of Online Risk and Resilience in Adolescence) took place under the UKRI-funded project Digital Youth
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #DigitalBalance
10.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Today is #SaferInternetDay
The DIORA study looked at what young people do online and how it makes them feel
The animation below designed with young people turns the findings from the UKRI-funded study into bite-sized practical tips looking at how these experiences shape mental health and wellbeing
10.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
Understanding hikikomori through lived experience and research.
Upcoming online event convened by our visiting colleague Professor Motohiro Sakai - do join, it’s guaranteed to be a fascinating and informative event.
07.02.2026 12:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incredible achievement- congratulations to the @starcatstudy.bsky.social team and all the clinical teams involved 🙌
04.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Run - don't walk - to apply for our fully-funded GROW 2026 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth & #addiction early career researchers! 💫
⏰ Mon 2 March, 12pm
Don't miss your chance to apply for this incredible opportunity! 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow
02.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📣Are you looking to build your research career around creating environments in which primary school aged children’s strengths and abilities are identified and enabled? Come and work with us in this exciting research fellowship
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
31.01.2026 16:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📣 Come and work with us! Seeking an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to work across our Strengths based and All About Me projects- more info here
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
31.01.2026 15:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research. Applied Research Collaborations. Top 25 stories of 2025.
Happy New Year from all the NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) across the country!
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Here are our 25 most popular newsletter stories from 2025:
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What a variety!
Scroll to the end to see the top-most clicked-on stories
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06.01.2026 09:37 — 👍 31 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 0
Take the next step – Mental Health Research
First steps → Start publishing → Join a research project → Do further training → Set up your own research project → Funding sources → Find a mentor →
Are you interested in taking the next step in your #mentalhealth or #addiction #research career? 👣
The MHR Incubator has a guide to help you progress your career - whether you're starting out or trying to establish independence.
Check it out here:👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/take-the-nex...
21.01.2026 10:01 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We’re hiring! – Part-time Programmes Manager – Mental Health Research
The Mental Health Research (MHR) Incubator is hiring! We're looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to help us with the running of our various programmes (including events) and manage…
Reminder: The MHR Incubator is #hiring! We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to help us run events, manage budgets and co-lead the Incubator. Apply now to be a part of our friendly team!
Know anybody who fits the bill? Please share this job description with them!
22.01.2026 09:15 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Want to find other #mentalhealth & #addiction researchers? 🔎 Or are you keen for others to find you?
Check out our interactive #mentalhealth researchers map! Start building your #network, now!
📍 buff.ly/sQ00QuL
23.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Work with our team at @topicgroup.bsky.social (Now called Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research)! We're hiring a postdoc and a research fellow on projects related to neurodiversity and strengths in children and adolescents. Links below:
27.01.2026 13:25 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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New year new job? Come and work with us as the manager for the Mental Health in Development theme of the @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social.
Post available 60% fte until 31/3/28.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
30.12.2025 17:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎄❄️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 👋
19.12.2025 10:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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 🎄⛄
19.12.2025 16:28 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
"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
16.12.2025 10:01 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...
01.12.2025 09:50 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Research Assistant at University of Oxford
Apply now for the Research Assistant role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
🌟 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...
03.12.2025 19:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!
26.11.2025 13:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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
28.11.2025 10:32 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
MQ Fellowships | MQ Mental Health Research
The MQ Fellows Award supports early-career scientists globally, encouraging them to advance mental health research. The aim is to retain top talent and increase diversity within the field.
📢 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...
12.11.2025 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Slide introducing Cathy Creswell’s talk, titled “Taking digital interventions for youth from research to practice”
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
13.11.2025 16:03 — 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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📢📢 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)
11.11.2025 12:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fully-funded PhD in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals at KCL – apply now – Mental Health Research
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...
27.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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! 😁
04.11.2025 10:27 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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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...
08.11.2025 14:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢📢 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...
08.11.2025 14:55 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
MindTech is a national research centre founded in 2013, focusing on researching technology for mental healthcare and dementia.
https://mindtech.org.uk/
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to fund medical research.
The NIHR OH BRC, based at Oxford Health NHS FT is run in partnership with University of Oxford with 13 partner university and NHS Trusts across England.
We design collaborative immersive experiences that bring young people together, boosting mental health and sense of belonging ✨
Funded by the EU and UKRI.
https://www.augmentedsocialplay.com/
Supporting applied health and care research for local populations. One of 15 regional @nihr.bsky.social Applied Research Collaborations – @nihrarcs.bsky.social
Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching, comprised of 16 core departments and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
The UK’s campaign for improving health opportunities. Together, let's #MakeHealthEqual.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/healthequals
We are an independent think tank and delivery unit dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
Associate Professor in Psychology, University of East Anglia. Researcher in adolescent mental health and sleep.
Our aim is to promote the healthy mental and physical development of children, adolescents & their families globally, irrespective of life circumstances.
Learn more here: https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/research/cap
Associate Professor at the University of Sussex and NIHR Advanced Fellow. Work focused on parental mental health and the intergenerational transmission of mental health challenges.
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham | Clinical Academic | Children & Young People's Mental Health Services Research
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/people/kapil.sayal
the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist | Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy
Managing Editor @stephcurnow
tCBT E-i-C @thwaites
BCP E-I-C @ psalkovskis
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-cognitive-behaviour-therapist
Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Health NHS and University of Oxford
Clinical Lead, Clinical Psychologist
AnDY Oxford Research Clinic
https://andyoxford.mhid.org.uk/
TOPIC Group, University of Oxford
https://bsky.app/profile/topicgroup.bsky.social
Own views. She/Her.
NIHR Advanced Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, based at King's College London.
DPhil (PhD) student in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford 🎓
Researching digital interventions for child anxiety problems 💻
