Understanding the Mental Health–Diabetes Link: Insights from the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
Last week (9th-15th) June was Diabetes Awareness Week, a week dedicated to shining a spotlight on a condition that affects 4.3 million people in the UK and that can have a profound impact on both physical and mental health. In this blog, Caroline Jackson, Kelly Fleetwood and Sarah Wild, explore the link between severe mental illness and type 2 diabetes and share more about what they are doing to investigate this link as part of their research at the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry.
In Conversation with Christina Steyn
For our first post of 2025, we are continuing our 'In Conversation' series! In this blog, meet Christina Steyn a PhD student on the Wellcome Trust Translational Neuroscience programme here in Edinburgh, with a keen interest in uncovering the biological basis of psychiatric disorders.
Baszucki Trials Meeting 2024: The Impact of Lived Experience in Metabolic Psychiatry Research
In this blog, Dr Iain Campbell, our PPIE co-lead and Baszucki Research Fellow in Metabolic Psychiatry, explores some of the key themes raised at the Baszucki Trials Meeting he attended in October, and shares some of his thoughts on how the voices of those with lived experience are impacting the research taking place within this growing field for the better.
In Conversation with Dr Joanne Kenney
Today is World Mental Health Day, the perfect day to launch our 'In Conversation' series, where we will be getting to know more about the people who make the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry's research happen. For our very first 'In Conversation', meet one of our newest members, Dr Joanne Kenny, who recently joined the Hub as a Research Fellow specialising in machine learning and data science.
World Mental Health Day 2024: Introducing the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
To mark World Mental Health Day this year, we are launching the Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry's blog! In our inaugural post we introduce the Hub, its key aims and some highlights from our recent launch event.