M-BRIGHT Study

Francois has travelled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for a monitoring visit. Read about this and all our other news on the M-BRIGHT website: www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

Great to see a paper on the work that was done prior to the M-BRIGHT study - Promoting adolescent mental health in Tanzania and Vietnam through a co-created universal school-based initiative: Findings from a mixed method study.

Free to access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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@qmul.bsky.social @bartscharity.bsky.social Doctoral Training Programme - five fully funded 4 year PhD Studentships in Biomedical Research. Closing date for applications: Monday March 16th 2026 Please share - more info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness? It’s tempting to dismiss the proliferation of labels as a fad, but there’s more to this phenomenon than a simple culture-war reading allows

I'm in the Guardian today, writing about the question of overdiagnosis of mental illness. I argue we need to stop seeing this as a binary yes/no question - is overdiagnosis happening or is the increase real? - and acknowledge that multiple things can be happening at once

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It's Climate Action week at Queen Mary 🌱 Staff, students, friends & neighbours are invited to join us at 13 events taking place on campus and locally. With hands-on activities, talks and more, check out our full event schedule: buff.ly/JrodPdc

Abstract submissions have now closed, but there's still time to sign up for this free #healtheconomics conference on Friday, 20th March. Find out more:

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Phonics to help kids read Using research to boost reading skills.

Many people across the UK struggle to see how research affects their daily lives.

That's why we're sharing stories that are making a huge difference - to spread the word that R&I is improving lives and livelihoods.

Read our first one, here: www.ukri.org/news-and-eve...

Very much looking forward to this conference, to be hosted at @qmul.bsky.social The Octagon is a great venue, that we're sure will be a hit with attendees. Do read more, share and submit your abstract:
registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

Just enough time to get your abstracts in for this conference hosted at @qmul.bsky.social

Global health leap: an urgent call to action The ongoing global health crisis presents a pivotal opportunity to transform and reform the fragmented global health architecture. This Viewpoint issues an urgent call for coordinated action—a Global ...

"We need to address this crisis head-on to avoid a generational legacy of increased morbidity, mortality, and insecurity."

@sanianishtar.bsky.social calls for coordinated action—a Global Health Leap— to transform & reform the fragmented global health architecture: tinyurl.com/mvzw872t

Art therapists’ experiences of delivering manualised group art therapy for healthcare professionals at risk of burnout: a hybrid thematic analysis Burnout among healthcare professionals (HCPs) is a growing concern with wide-reaching implications. Manualised, evidence-based art therapy interventions offer a promising approach to staff support ...

A new paper alert - Art therapists’ experiences of delivering manualised group art therapy for healthcare professionals at risk of burnout: a hybrid thematic analysis - please share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Connected Belonging has 7 domains:
📚 School identity
🎭 Cultural identity
🏘️ Local community
🌳 Place attachment
✨ Social identity
💬 Peer groups
🗳️ Citizenship

Model needs testing. Still, timely for this week's focus on helping children feel they belong.

Read Alex Lloyd's great blog: buff.ly/P4mBgBv

Do check out our website for updates and news - new this week, a report on the recent statistics workshop that was conducted in Vietnam for the study team
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

What does 'This is My Place' mean?

🏫 For Day 3 of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we take the theme of 'This is My Place' and outline why schools are already a safe space for young people and how ReSET aligns with schools to support young people's mental health. Check it out below!

FindAPhD : Advanced AI for Multi-modal Spatial Biology at Queen Mary University of London Apply for a PhD: Advanced AI for Multi-modal Spatial Biology at Queen Mary University of London

Another PhD @qmul.bsky.social
Advanced AI for Multi-modal Spatial Biology PhD, fully PhD focused on applying AI & data science to cutting-edge biological questions, with a UKRI stipend (£22,780+) with enhanced training and industry engagement Deadline: 23 March 2026
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FindAPhD : Queen Mary University of London: Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme at Queen Mary University of London Apply for a PhD: Queen Mary University of London: Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme at Queen Mary University of London

A PhD opportunity @qmul.bsky.social Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme (Biomedical Research), a four-year fully funded PhD with a generous, tax-free stipend starting at £28,700 Deadline: 16 March 2026
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As we progress through #childrensmentalhealthweek we wanted to highlight the work we are doing in Vietnam and Cambodia to strengthen school-based mental health, policy and systems to address mental health. Read more about it and see our news updates & great pictures: www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

And followed by Dr Dan Hayes presenting on the role of Social Prescribing in youth mental health

To start off #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we are excited to be attending a set of lectures on promoting children’s mental health and wellbeing at UCL, London

What death certificates tell us about the inequities of living with dementia | British Geriatrics Society

"Our Age and Ageing article shows that 85% of people who died with dementia in England between 2013 and 2023 also had at least one other long-term condition (and up to ten) recorded on their death certificate" - @claudiacooper.bsky.social

Read more in Claudia's latest @gerisoc.bsky.social blog 👇

This week we celebrate our close ties with the @qmulresilience.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

PhD: Driving, Ageing, Vision & Cognition Queen’s University Belfast with Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure offers a PhD on vision, cognition and driving in ageing using NICOLA data.

Queen’s University Belfast is offering a PhD exploring how vision and cognition changes influence driving decisions in older adults, using NICOLA ageing data to inform policy and road safety. Closing date: 9th March

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-driv...

Our partners @uoy-sociology.bsky.social in Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life have a PhD studentship available for Prof Dave Beer’s cluster on “data” @leverhulmecal.bsky.social Please see here for more details & apply www.york.ac.uk/sociology/st...

New paper from our unit - pls share!

What a great mix of talks at our Centre Seminar today - a joint event between the DeNPRU-QM and the Behavioural and Social Sciences (BaSS) Policy Research Units, including an overview of DeNPRU-QM: by Charlotte Kenten and of BaSS by Fiona Graham. Also summaries of other work being done by the teams

Important paper from our own Prof Dennis Ougrin and team - please share

Graphic with colourful squiggles. Text reads 'Economic evaluation alongside trials, 20 March 2026. Conference co-hosted by UCL and the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration at Queen Mary University of London.

We're co-hosting the @ucl.ac.uk Health Economics Policy Lab economic evaluation alongside trials conference on Friday, 20 March 2026.

Visit the conference website for all the information you need to register and submit an abstract 👇

www.eeatconference.com/conference/h...

#healtheconomics

Children talking and taking part in the M-BRIGHT intervention in a school in Cambodia

Children talking in groups and taking part in the M-BRIGHT intervention in a school in Cambodia

Great pictures from the intervention underway - on the M-BRIGHT webpage, in the news section: www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...

Text reads: New publication. The Nottingham consensus on dementia risk reduction policy. Graphic shows three speech bubbles connected via arrows.

How can policy reduce dementia risk?

We convened a panel of experts to develop policy recommendations for dementia risk reduction, refining them through a modified-Delphi process.

The final result is the Nottingham consensus, published today in @natrevneurol.nature.com 👇

tinyurl.com/4rsz2yy6