Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration and Mental Health Mission

Celebrating the success of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in 2024

19th December 2024

Recently over 30 service users, carer representatives and public advisors met with colleagues for Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre’s (M-RIC) final PPIE workshop of the year to celebrate their achievements….

Mood disorder professional network established

20th November 2024

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) secured over £42m of funding to establish the Mental Health Mission (MHM) in 2023. The MHM, in collaboration with the ASCEnD trial…

GPs supported to help patients with depression through new specialist clinics

11th November 2024

GPs will be able to support patients with difficult to treat depression through 7 new specialist clinics across the UK, widening access to clinical assessments and new treatments. The NIHR…

OH BRC Director Designate honoured in the Kings birthday honours list 2024

8th October 2024

We would like to congratulate our esteemed colleague Professor Rachel Upthegrove MBE, MBBS, FRCPsych, PhD on her recent achievement of receiving the Member of the Order of the British Empire…

Reflections – New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health Conference

2nd October 2024

The New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health Conference was held on 16 September 2024 at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford. The event was organised by Betina Nair and Dr…

Embedding Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in children and young people’s mental health research

4th September 2024

Dr Dominic O’Connor, Research Associate at the University of Manchester, is working with the Mental Health Mission’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health workstream to improve the experiences of vulnerable…

Industry Internships Funding Programme

30th August 2024

The Mental Health Mission’s (MHM) Capacity Development workstream is inviting applications from researchers employed by or connected to the MHM for industry internship funding. The Industry Internships Funding Programme aims…

Fully-funded GROW programme for Mental Health Mission (MHM) early career researchers

30th August 2024

The MHM has partnered with the NIHR Incubator for Mental Health Research to offer the GROW programme, a bespoke career development programme open to and designed for MHM early career…

Mental Health Mission (MHM) Implementation Lead praises MHM demonstrator site progress

29th August 2024

Tim Nicholls, who recently joined the MHM as Implementation Lead, said he was left “optimistic about the work being carried out” after a visit to the Mental Health Research for…

What are the barriers and enablers in mental health research?

20th August 2024

The Mental Health Mission’s Capacity Development (CD) workstream have recently published a report on barriers and enablers to mental health research in the UK, led by Aiste Adomaviciene, Project Manager…

New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health

18th July 2024

Academia Meets Industry – Grand Challenges and New Horizons 16th September 2024, Mathematical Institute, Oxford The New Therapeutic Approaches in Translational Mental Health conference will bring together industry, academic and…

Have you participated in a mental health clinical trial?

12th July 2024

MQ Mental Health Research would like to hear form you if you have taken part in a mental health clinical trial that involved testing new medicines. They are putting together…

Mental Health Mission (MHM) representatives pay visit to MHM demonstrator site

11th July 2024

The Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) recently welcomed senior representatives from the MHM and charity MQ Mental Health Research to see their pioneering approach to co-production. M-RIC’s newly…

Professor Rachel Upthegrove made MBE

17th June 2024

Professor Rachel Upthegrove, who joins the University of Oxfords Department of Psychiatry and our BRC as Director Designate in August, has been made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours…

Improving recovery for people with first episode psychosis

3rd June 2024

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) is a UK-wide network currently comprising eighteen centres of excellence. The MH-TRC delivers the NIHR and Office for Life Science (OLS) Mental…

Mood Disorder Research Clinic funding

28th May 2024

Launched 21 May 2024: Funding for new sites to join the Mood Disorder Research Clinic Network This is open to all Trusts across the 4 Nations. Please contact Julie Bieles…

Is there a link between short sleep duration in childhood and the development of psychosis in young adulthood?

28th May 2024

The Mental Health Mission Midlands Translational Centre (MH-MTC) is one of two demonstrator sites for the NIHR/OLS Mental Health Mission whose aim is to accelerate regional mental health research capacity…

Joint Oxford Health and Oxford BRC Open Day: Shaping the Future of Healthcare

26th April 2024

Come and join us for our BRC Open Day at the Westgate Centre in Oxford between 10am and 3.30pm on Thursday 30 May. The event – held jointly with Oxford…

Professor Rachel Upthegrove appointed Director Designate of the Oxford Health BRC

14th March 2024

We are delighted to announce that Professor Rachel Upthegrove has been appointed as the new director designate and Senior Clinical Researcher of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC)…

NIHR MH-TRC Mental Health Mission Research Posts Award Scheme 2024

8th February 2024

Opportunity for research posts that align with the Mental Health Mission Work Packages, and Demonstrator sites. Deadline for application: 1 March 2024 Queries to MHM-capacity@manchester.ac.uk. MHM Work Packages Capacity development…

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