Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry

A new interdisciplinary research Hub focused on the interface between metabolism and severe mental illness @EdinburghUni
Contact: [email protected]

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

🚨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 are eligible.

Interested? Get in touch 📩 [email protected]

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

Join us in March for the next in our webinar series on PPI In Action, drawing on the experiences of public contributors and researchers.

This time we’ll be looking at 'addressing anti-psychotic weight gain: a PPIE-led approach to the NIHR RESOLVE study'.

💬 Hear from speakers: Dr Annabel Walsh and Professor Ian Maidment on 12 March at 11am.

Register here ⬇️
https://t.co/vYiDL3x9An

[MQ Mental Health Research @MQmentalhealth]

Join MQ & @DatamindUK for an in-person Data Science Meeting.

A full day to share findings, explore best practice, and connect with others using large‑scale data, AI and novel analytics to advance mental health research.

📅 23 April 2026 | 📍 London

https://t.co/ZJRK62VrJN

[Equally Well UK @EquallyWellUK]

New study from @KingsCollegeLon reveals health crisis: people with SMI live 15–20 years less on average, yet most of us think it's only 7 years. Shockingly, many believe suicide is the biggest cause but it only accounts for 9% of the excess mortality.
https://t.co/1mteyvjNSH

[Katherine E. Paterson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @KEPatersonRD]

METfoRmin In psyChosis (METRIC) for weight gain prevention trial
https://t.co/t9vb7uWUOj

[DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research @DatamindUK]

💻 Collaborate with DATAMIND on GitHub!

We use GitHub to collaborate openly on code that supports mental health data science - from shared tools and repositories to community-led development.

You can:
🤝 Join our GitHub community
📊 Collaborate on existing repositories
👥 Request the creation of a new team for your project or partnership

👉 Join now: https://t.co/gkXyAg7vbz

[Equally Well UK @EquallyWellUK]

New @TheLancetPsych research shows people with severe mental illness are less likely to receive proper diabetes care. This is unjustifiable and costs lives.

The NHS must act now to ensure equitable diabetes care. Read the open-access study 👇
https://t.co/FMqKkHscH7

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Just announced! 📢

@UniofEdinburgh & @unibirmingham to co-lead ENERGISE-BD, a Wellcome-funded clinical trial exploring whether dietary interventions can reduce depression in people with bipolar disorder 👇

https://t.co/tXDDyTfv1w

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Great to see our Hub PI @ProfDanielSmith presenting today at the @rcpsychscot Winter Conference! If you're attending today, take a moment to speak with Hub researchers about our METPSY study and more!

Programme 👉 https://t.co/B30gZsTI7s

#MetabolicPsychiatry #Research

[DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research @DatamindUK]

“I’d like to see a time where researchers don’t compete — they share ideas and data openly, with lived experience embedded from start to finish.” 💬🎙️

🎧 PodMind Episode 4 is LIVE

We speak with Professor Andrew McIntosh, Director of the @MHPlatform and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh, on how the MHP - of which DATAMIND is a hub - is accelerating mental health research through collaboration and data access across the UK. 🤝

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/QMgsDs573I

📽️ Watch: https://t.co/8SZc0Hv0A8

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

🚨TODAY! 🚨

Join us at 4pm GMT for our first special lecture of 2026!

Register: https://t.co/Ktiip05e1q

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye!

📅 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 4-5pm GMT
📍 In-Person & Online
🎟️Register: https://t.co/oRkP4L7C9I

#metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

🚨 Tomorrow, 21st Jan! 🚨

Last chance to sign up for our first special lecture of 2026 with guest speaker, Prof Mark Frye! 👇

https://t.co/Ktiip05e1q

#metabolicpsychiatry #bipolardisorder #research #keto #SMI

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye!

📅 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 4-5pm GMT
📍 In-Person & Online
🎟️Register: https://t.co/oRkP4L7C9I

#metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture

[Katherine E. Paterson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @KEPatersonRD]

‘The Evidence of Bipolar Disease Risk (GWAS, functional genomics) and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk that Informs Ketogenic Studies at Mayo Clinic’ 👇👇

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Happy New Year! 🎉

There's still plenty of time to register for our first special lecture of 2026 👇

Join us on Weds 21st Jan, 4-5pm GMT, online & in person: https://t.co/cXcxdmkZIk

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Happy New Year! 🎉

There's still plenty of time to register for our first special lecture of 2026 👇

Join us on Weds 21st Jan, 4-5pm GMT, online & in person: https://t.co/cXcxdmkZIk

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye!

📅 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 4-5pm GMT
📍 In-Person & Online
🎟️Register: https://t.co/oRkP4L7C9I

#metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture

[DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research @DatamindUK]

Great discussions at last month’s AI for Complex Health Datasets Industry Forum 🤝, co-hosted with the @MHPlatform and the @HubMetPsych .

Researchers, industry and lived-experience voices 🧠💡explored how AI can improve mental & physical health.

Read the highlights 👇
https://t.co/Rosu5aR6YO

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

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.

Much more to come in 2026! ✨

#metabolicpsychiatry #research #mentalhealth #SMI

[DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research @DatamindUK]

🚀 The new DATAMIND Mental Health Data Collection tool is here - making mental health research faster, easier & more connected.

The platform brings UK mental health datasets into one place, helping researchers:

🔍 Discover what datasets exist across the UK relevant to your topic.

📊See what each dataset contains - referrals, diagnoses, prescribing, inpatient care, safeguarding & more.

⚖️Compare datasets by nation, age group, access route & data type.

⏱️Save time on study planning.

👉 Explore the tool now: https://t.co/0ovFYGuAfd

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Registration is now OPEN for our Special Lecture with Prof Mark Frye!

📅 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 4-5pm GMT
📍 In-Person & Online
🎟️Register: https://t.co/oRkP4L7C9I

#metabolicpsychiatry #mentalhealth #research #lecture

[Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @HubMetPsych]

Huge congratulations to our Hub PI, @ProfDanielSmith on being awarded the Fletcher of Saltoun Award for Science 2025 by the @Saltire_Society last week! 🥳

[SALTIRE SOCIETY @Saltire_Society]

Shown in this photo are the Fletcher of Saltoun Awardees 2025 with the presenters of their awards, Saltire Society Convenor Susan Garnsworthy (front, 3rd from left), and Dr Scott Hames, Chair of the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature (centre back)