Youth Resilience Unit
Launched on March 1, 2021. Our team researches how young people use resources to prevent and overcome mental distress. Please see more at qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre…
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitQueen’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...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitOur 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...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitHospital at home is 1 way we could support people living with dementia who do not need to be in hospital. But not the only way & for some hospital is still best. Our new study is looking at how these services can support people with dementia at home. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
- New paper from our unit - pls share!
- Great paper on views on why #mentalhealth difficulties might arise in young people from central #Asia and a research agenda for gathering data to substantiate this - please share with colleagues who work in this area www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit📢 𝗥𝗲-𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴! UNU-IIGH is looking for a 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝟯 (𝗣𝗦𝗔) to join our Digital Health Governance workpackage. In this position, you will contribute to the work programme on digital health & governance in global health. 🗓️ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 go.unu.edu/7hO51
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitLooking for some inspiration for your SSMPH EuroEpi abstract? Why not check out last year's top scorers? Highest scoring pre-PhD ECR abstract prize: Lucy Barrass - ‘Maternal social support and child health and developmental outcomes: an analysis of the Born in Bradford cohort’ bit.ly/4q2QxqU
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitGreat venues around @qmul.bsky.social for this conference - do check them out!
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitLast chance for an #AAICNeuro Manchester Conference Place - everything #dementia biomarkers - join us on the 26th Feb - registration closes at midnight www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitWhat 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
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- Important paper from our own Prof Dennis Ougrin and team - please share
- Important paper summarises two randomised controlled studies: one showed no benefits of relaxation training for kids remaining in Ukraine, another showed significant benefits of problem solving training for Ukrainian kids who are relatively safe in Poland www.nature.com/articles/s44... #mentalhealth
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitWe'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
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitGreat pictures from the intervention underway - on the M-BRIGHT webpage, in the news section: www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitClosing soon!
- Research Programme Manager role at Queen Mary University of London leading delivery of the GRACE dementia programme with partners, carers and professionals. Closing date: 23rd January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/grace-re...
- Great PhD opportunity!
- #PhD - Evaluating community singing programmes to support the mental health of new fathers at Queen Mary University of London, CASE non-academic partner: breatheahr.org 📅 Start: Oct 26 ⏰ Deadline: 04 March 26 🤝Interviews: 19th March 26 For more info, and pls share: liss-dtp.ac.uk/project/incr...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThe countdown to SSMPH & EuroEpi 2026 begins! This year’s conference will be hosted at 3 venues all located at Queen Mary University of London Mile End Campus. First up, hosting several lectures, is the People’s Palace, opened in 1887 by Queen Victoria for cultural activities to East London.
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit“Off to Nepal for a week-long academic writing workshop! Excited to learn, grow, and embrace the culture, mountains, and memories. Thanks to the @m-bright-study.bsky.social Project, NIHR for making this possible 🌄❤️ ✈️🇳🇵 #AcademicJourney”
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit* Abstract submission open! * 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology, 9-11 Sep 2026 Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London Submission deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 2nd March Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitDon't miss our partner the Mental Health Foundation's webinar - a great opportunity for professionals to integrate diverse lived experience voices into their work. Register here: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/pol... #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #Webinar
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThe REAL Supply Research Unit, part of our REAL Centre, is looking for exceptional students to apply for two funded PhD opportunities to join the Centre for Health Economics @york.ac.uk. The deadline is 30 January 2026. Find out more and apply ⬇️
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitCome and work with us, as the manager of the new Alzheimer's society Centre for Inequalities! @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @hdemnitzking.bsky.social @jbudge.bsky.social @qmuldementia.bsky.social @denpru-qm.bsky.social
- Research Programme Manager role at Queen Mary University of London leading delivery of the GRACE dementia programme with partners, carers and professionals. Closing date: 23rd January www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/grace-re...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit🚨PhD Opportunity: Virtual Wards & Health Inequalities 🚨 in East London at QMUL - Closing date for applications: 27th February 2026 liss-dtp.ac.uk/project/virt...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitA paper on the work which precedes M-BRIGHT has been published - Promoting adolescent mental health in Tanzania and Vietnam through a co-created universal school-based initiative. Do share! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitSo great to see this up and running thanks to the hard work of the Vietnamese team, Cambodia is next! @mkhangpsy.bsky.social @bunna2025.bsky.social @dinabalabanova.bsky.social
- Update on the new Psychology Clubs that have been set up in schools in Vietnam for our project - great to see how the project is progressing www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitUpdate on the new Psychology Clubs that have been set up in schools in Vietnam for our project - great to see how the project is progressing www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
- Really great presentation today on social media use in preadolescents from our DEER study in East London at the #ELFTresearch annual conference. Screen time is associated with greater anxiety, depression and poor sleep habits - especially in girls. Important findings.
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitNew Paper! Research recently showed that the APPLE-Tree lifestyle and wellbeing intervention increased healthy eating and showed a trend towards improved cognition over two years in people with memory concerns. Here they look at how and why this happened. #dementia www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitLooking for a career in Early Years? 🌱 Join us on Wed 26 Nov, 5-7 pm for our Recruitment Evening! ✅ Meet the team ✅ Explore our setting ✅ Discover a culture that values YOU 📍 Kids Nursery, Shakespeare Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9BP
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitEvery child deserves medicines that are safe, effective, and easy to take. On #WorldChildrensDay, WHO and partners in the Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations Network (GAP-f) are working to close the gap in access to child-friendly medicines worldwide.
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThank you to @alzsocresearch.bsky.social and @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social for this article and all the support so far in my career! @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
- From PhD student to Professor and now co-lead of the I-CARE Doctoral Training Centre, Professor Nathan Davies’ journey shows the power of investing in dementia research careers. Read his story: alzheimers.org.uk/for-research... Find out more about this DTC: alzheimers.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitSome more pictures from Aisling’s visit to Cambodia this week past week. A great opportunity to catch up with the team!
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitLove being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit📢 calling colleagues to participate or help with recruitment for study on #depression experienced by #neurodivergent young people Specifically: 👩👧👦Parents/carers 💼Mental health professionals See poster @ehayashibara.bsky.social @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitGreat to have Aisling meeting with the Cambodian team in Phnom Penh today. Looks like a productive meeting! Always great to visit the Royal University of Phnom Penh
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit🌅 Had a great morning filming the @acamh.bsky.social podcast on our paper examining the phenotypic & aetiological overlap between subclinical hypomania with psychiatric & neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Podcast will be out in the New Year @qmul-wiph.bsky.social @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
- *New paper* showing that subclinical #hypomania @ 18: -sig linked to 14 psychiatric/neurodev diagnoses -Highest genetic correlations: ADHD, drug & alcohol misuse -Highest enviro correlations: psychosis, anorexia & bipolar acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @angelicaronald.bsky.social
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitGreat to see work from our student Rosie Youngman on the challenges of young adults from ethnic minority backgrounds in accessing mental health care - doi.org/10.53841/bps...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitTime is an under-recognised social determinant of brain health. In The Lancet Healthy Longevity, authors call for temporal justice through research and policies that recognise time as both a resource and a site of inequity in ageing and dementia: tinyurl.com/bdhfy93p
- New paper alert! Developing a logic model for hub-based social prescribing (SP) to support youth mental health - The hub-based SP model shows potential to enhance mental health support for CYP in underserved communities. Pls share! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThe LISS Doctoral Training Programme 2026 Open Competition is now open. The deadline for completed applications is 23rd January 2026, 17:00 GMT Take a look for further details, and come and study with us! liss-dtp.ac.uk/applying-to-...
- New publication alert! A systematic review of #dramatherapy interventions which are used to support #migrant and #refugee populations - open access should follow soon! intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitAva Kanyeredzi, who sadly passed away this year, was awarded a special recognition award during the Education Excellence Awards for her consistent and deep commitment to student-centred, inclusive learning. All her colleagues and students deeply valued her contribution www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThe Apple-Tree intervention offers hope and support for people facing memory loss - the first study to show promise in terms of improved cognition in people living with non-dementia memory problems - launch of the findings and new paper @qmul-wiph.bsky.social www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/news/la...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitHow can we advance the evidence base for youth #SocialPrescribing? 🔎 We spoke to researchers & academics to answer this question – we’re delighted to share learning in our latest blog and accompanying illustration. Take a look 👇 sbbresearch.org/advancing-th...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThe recording of this webinar is now available on the @nihr-rss.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNz...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitCongratulations to the APPLE-Tree study team who launched their study findings at the House of Lords this morning coinciding with the publication of our primary outcome paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Please do share this link to anyone working in UK mainstream secondary schools. Incentivised participation in a focus group about ADHD students - 22nd October or 5th November, both at 4:00–5:30pm UK. Register your interest below: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitAre we adequately preparing for future health crises? In a new Offline, Richard Horton explores how scenario planning can shape resilient health policies and ensure justice for health worldwide: tinyurl.com/28nt54xu
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitWelcome! This is the official account of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology 2026. Here, we'll be sharing all the important updates and information related to the upcoming congress. Feel free to visit our official website for more details: easp2026strasbourg.com
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit🚨ABSTRACT PORTAL OPEN🚨Submit your #QHRNConf26 abstracts now at qhrn2026.exordo.com Theme: ‘The Transformative Power of Qualitative Research: Insights, Impact and Innovation’. Our 5 streams and info on keynotes can be found at tinyurl.com/yhr8ez7r 🗓️Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
- Reposted by Youth Resilience Unit🧬🧠 Genes, brains & self-harm: New study links adolescent risk to biology & disadvantage 4-year cohort study of 5,000 young people, genetic risk scores & brain scans were linked to increased self-harm. Females from disadvantaged backgrounds were especially at risk. #SelfHarm 🧵 THREAD
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitOur Panel includes Nisreen Alwan, Professor of Public Health, James Sheppard, Professor of Applied Health Research, Hajira Dambha- Miller, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Helen Atherton, Professor of Primary Care Research 🎤 Read more about the panel here: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/spcr-... #SPCRTrainees
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitStuck for weekend plans? Why not visit The Festival of Social Science! The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science. 📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov 🎟️ Free entry 📍 Across the UK and online 🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitResearch Associate Vacancy at Newcastle University, studying biomarkers in Parkinsons and dementia with Lewy bodies using chemical and protein analysis. Closing date: 28th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitQuitting smoking in middle age or later is linked to slower cognitive decline over the long term, according to a new study led by Dr Mikaela Bloomberg @mapbloom.bsky.social that suggests, for cognitive health, "it is never too late to quit" @ucliehc.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitResearcher Vacancy in Sport & Brain Health, Manchester Metropolitan University. Study how football heading affects brain blood flow, cognition, and dementia risk. Closing date: 2nd November www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitA new scoping review from King's College London and @kingsmaudsley.bsky.social has found that parents are "overwhelmed" by the amount of conflicting parenting information they see online. #IoPPNNews #CYP #Families #ParentingSupport
- Reposted by Youth Resilience UnitThree Research Schools' Online Seminar | What should emotionally safe coproduced research with lived experience researchers on sensitive topics look like?, 22 October 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/emoti... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social
