The Assured Study @assuredstudy.bsky.social Researching how to support people presenting to A&E with self-harm and/or suicidal ideation. Based at City St George's, University of London. https://assuredstudy.co.uk
https://researchcentres.citystgeorges.ac.uk/assured
Adi Palguna @adipalguna.bsky.social Mental health researcher with lived experience. Child and youth mental health. Participatory & mixed-methods research.
Views and opinions are mine.
linkedin.com/in/apalguna
Survivor Researcher Network @survivorresnet.bsky.social Survivor Researcher Network C.I.C. Mental health knowledge built by service users and survivors.
Paediatric Pharmacologist (Dan) @pharmaforkids.bsky.social Professor paediatric clinical pharmacology. Clinical Academic University of Liverpool (@liverpooluni.bsky.social) and Alder Hey (@alderhey.nhs.uk). Director of Liverpool Institute of Child Health and Wellbeing (@LICHW.bsky.social)
Hearing Voices at Mind in Camden @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social Hearing Voices projects based at Mind in Camden, supporting people who hear, see or sense things other people can't. Reposts≠endorsement.
www.voicecollective.co.uk
www.mindincamden.org.uk/services/lhvn
www.voicesunlocked.co.uk
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social Independent global health news written by experienced journalists. Non-profit media company with HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sign-up for daily email news alerts: http://healthpolicy-watch.news
Michelle McManus @michellemcmanus.bsky.social Professor of Safeguarding and Violence Prevention, Co-Director of the Institute for Children’s Futures, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Katie Acheson @ktacheson.bsky.social CEO of batyr, mental health advocate passionate about young people leading change.
PhD Participatory Research Network @phd-participatory.bsky.social We’re a network of PhD students across @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @qmul.bsky.social, and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, passionate about embedding participatory values in PhD research. Funded by LISS DTP. https://linktr.ee/phd.participatory
MindTech (NIHR HealthTech Research Centre Mental Health) @nihrmindtech.bsky.social MindTech is a national research centre founded in 2013, focusing on researching technology for mental healthcare and dementia.
https://mindtech.org.uk/
Darío Moreno-Agostino @dmorenoagostino.bsky.social Social inequalities in population mental health and healthy ageing | UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies & ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health | he/him
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/83395-dario-morenoagostino/
Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) @corc-annafreud.bsky.social Experts in using outcome & feedback measurement & data. Enabling more effective child-centred support, services & systems to improve children & young people's mental health & wellbeing.
Free resources, training and various services: www.corc.uk.net.
E-Risk Study @eriskstudy.bsky.social Nationally representative cohort of 2232 same-sex twin children born in 1994-1995 across England & Wales. Aims to improve understanding of the aetiology of mental health and behavioural problems to inform prevention.
Sabi Redwood @sabiredwood.bsky.social Professor of Social Science Applied to Health and Care at the University of Bristol Medical School; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West director. Researching implementation and inequalities using qualitative methods and coproduction approaches.
Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social Pākehā/Tangata Tiriti; critical psych, health/disability, feminism/gender/politics, bodies, equity & social justice. #ThematicAnalysis #QualitativeResearch!
www.thematicanalysis.net
www.storycompletion.net
https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/
(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social Lecturer in UKHE (North East).
Interdisciplinary. Qualitative.
Lost my brother to suicide and that matters in all I do.
Research: Mental Health in HigherEd settings; Sibling Suicide Loss. Lived(ing) Experience.
Mum 👧🏻👼🏻 🐶. 🇬🇧 🇲🇽
https://sibsas.blogspot.com/
QMiP @qmip.bsky.social Bluesky feed for the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society
https://www.bps.org.uk/member-networks/qualitative-methods-psychology-section
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social
@theattuneproject.bsky.social @theattuneproject.bsky.social
Jack Hanrahan @jhanrahan.bsky.social PhD-ing @kent.ac.uk | Classical Reception, Disability, Film
Una Foye @unafoye.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at KCL working in mental health, eating disorders and inpatient care. All views my own (she/her)
Dennis Ougrin @dennisougrin.bsky.social Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at QMUL
Family Wellbeing Research @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social Research team based in Health Sciences, University of York led by Dr Sarah Blower. Research on developing/evaluating interventions and measures to reduce inequalities in the health, development and wellbeing of babies, children, and families.
YPMH: The Foundation for Young People's Mental Health @ypmh.bsky.social Turning scientific research into better ways to prevent, detect & treat mental ill health in young people.
Blogs, insights and more: https://linktr.ee/ypmh
Midlands Mental Health Translational Research Centre @mhm-tc.bsky.social The MMHTRC is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) Mission. Based at the Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, at the University of Birmingham.
Anti-Bullying Alliance @anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk We are #UnitedAgainstBullying. We coordinate Anti-Bullying Week + Odd Socks Day in England, Wales & NI. Become a member/support us today https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/. Part of the #NCBFamily
Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social PI @thesolitudelab.bsky.social, Fellow @durham-university.bsky.social, research #Solitude.
Support #openaccess #openscience
Outside of academia I make and design happy things 🌱🌿🪴 and also run a YT channel https://www.youtube.com/@Solitude-Lab/shorts
Karen L Mansfield @karenlauram.bsky.social ResearchScientist:
EmergingTechnologies, MentalHealth/Wellbeing/Learning,
MetaScience, ResearchIntegrity, MixedMethods.
SocialEquity, People&Planet, ActiveTravel, Sustainability.
FirstGen ImposterInAcademia
Dr Giorgia Michelini @giorgiamichelini.bsky.social Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @qmul.ac.uk. Research on ADHD/Neurodiversity & Youth Mental Health using transdiagnostic, longitudinal, EEG & participatory approaches. Leads TREND Lab. Academic mama
https://www.seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/cbb/people/gmichelini/
Gemma Knowles @knowlesg42.bsky.social Lecturer in Epi and Youth Mental Health at ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London. Working with young people to find new ways to understand and tackle social inequalities in youth mental health. (Useless on socials!)
ATTUNE Research Study @attunestudy.bsky.social ATTUNE, a study funded by Three NIHR Research Schools' Mental Health Programme, focused on how voluntary organisations support young people at risk of suicide and self-harm. https://linktr.ee/attunestudy
Verena Hinze @hinzeverena.bsky.social Medical Research Foundation & Arthritis UK Fellow in Psychiatry @UniofOxford.
Research Fellow | Green Templeton College | University of Oxford
Interested in adolescent mental health | suicide prevention | chronic pain | psychological methods.
James Lind Alliance @jameslindalliance.bsky.social Bringing patients, carers, and health and care professionals together to identify and prioritise the unanswered questions they want health research to address.
Visit our website: https://www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/
International Patient and Public Involvement Network @ippin.bsky.social The International PPI Network connects individuals working in, involved with and interested in patient and public involvement across the globe. Join us at https://intppinetwork.wixsite.com/ippin
@brickisred.bsky.social @brickisred.bsky.social
Annie Walsh @awalsh9890.bsky.social Public Involvement in Research Manager at The McPin Foundation #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #LivedExperience Views my own.
Sally O'Keeffe @sallyok.bsky.social
Mental Health in Development @mhid.org.uk Developing targeted, effective, and accessible mental health interventions that meet the needs of diverse children and young people (aged 0-18 years) and their families.
Learn more about us here: https://mhid.org.uk/
Cathy Creswell @cathycreswell.bsky.social Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology and lead of the TOPIC multigroup research group at the University of Oxford, UK. Views my own.
British Psychological Society @bpsofficial.bsky.social For over 120 years we’ve championed our members & psychology as a discipline. For customer support contact: info@bps.org.uk. Shares & ❤ not (always) endorsements.
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social Research career development support and multidisciplinary networking opportunities for researchers and professionals working in mental health.
GROW programme for postdocs - applications open February each year
OCD Action @ocdaction.bsky.social The UK’s largest OCD charity.
We’re working towards a time when OCD is well understood, and everyone gets the treatment and support they need, when they need it.
ocdaction.org.uk
UMHAN @umhan.bsky.social We are the largest membership network of #StudentMentalHealth professionals working in education across the UK. Every day is #UniMentalHealthDay!
Learn more: linktr.ee/umhan
Thrive LDN @thriveldn.bsky.social Citywide movement supported by the Mayor of London (@london.gov.uk) and Health Board partners to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all Londoners. Latest updates: https://thriveldn.co.uk/newsletter
Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social Movement of people taking action to build a happier and kinder world together
Mindapples @mindapples.bsky.social UK charity promoting public #mentalhealth, #wellbeing and #psychology literacy in schools, universities, healthcare and workplaces. Also apple puns. Sometimes squirrels.
http://mindapples.org
Mind @mind.org.uk Fighting for mental health – for support, for respect, for you ✊
Student Minds @studentmindsorg.bsky.social We are the UK's student mental health charity.
Join us as we ensure no student is held back by their mental health🧡
Find out more 👉 studentminds.org.uk
The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social We fight for a better future for all children. We're working to end child poverty, halt the grooming and exploitation of children, and stop crisis in its tracks. Learn more: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk
National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk NCB is a leading charity driving change across society so all children can thrive. The #NCBFamily is united for #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
ncb.org.uk
📍 United Kingdom
Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social A Coalition of over 350 charities, organisations and individuals working to improve the mental health of babies, children & young people in Britain💜
https://cypmhc.org.uk/
Dr Emma Cernis @ecernis.bsky.social *Archived profile* find me on Instagram @emmacernis
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Centre Lead, Midlands Dissociation & Depersonalisation Centre (MDDC).
Mick Cooper @mickcooper77.bsky.social Dad of four; Professor of Counselling Psychology; psychotherapist; author on pluralistic, existential, and relational therapies; comments my own
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social Globally renowned institute for research excellence and education in #Psychiatry, #Psychology, & #Neuroscience based at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn
Tamsin Ford @tamsinford.bsky.social Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Epidemiologist at University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry & Hughes Hall; Honorary Consultant at Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Liz Jestico @lizjestico.bsky.social Researcher at University of Bristol & Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing at Oxford Brookes University. Interests include health care ethics; child and family wellbeing; & creativity in qualitative research.
AYPH @ayph.bsky.social The Association for Young People’s Health works to understand and meet the particular health and wellbeing needs of 10-25 year olds.
Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social The charity supporting & advocating for children & young people with Long Covid & overlapping illness.
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #PaediatricLongCovid
#LongCovidAwareness #MECFS
Lorna Fraser @paedpallcare.bsky.social Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health
King’s College London
Michael Absoud @mabsoud.bsky.social Paediatrician @EvelinaLondon ,clinical academic @KingsCollegeLon, Neurodevelopmental,epilepsy, long term conditions, mental health:Views personal #Recovery4Kids
Kathryn Ingold FFPH @kathryningold.bsky.social Consultant in public health, children and families. Leeds, UK.
@emiliaso.bsky.social @emiliaso.bsky.social Network Development Manager for the Child Health and Well-being Network, youth voice lead and passionate about YMHFA
Dr Kathryn Bates @kathrynbates.bsky.social Research Fellow at King's College London in youth development and mental health, host of The Science or Fiction Podcast www.scienceorfiction.co.uk
Dr Emma Ashworth @emmaashworth.bsky.social Associate Prof in Child & Adolescent Mental Health - Liverpool John Moores University | school-based interventions, SEND, suicide prevention, risk, co-production | she/her
Young Canadians Roundtable on Health @ycrh.bsky.social Canadian youth passionate in driving change for children and youth health through research 👩🏫 collaboration 🤝 advocacy 🗣 and engagement 💪
sandboxproject.ca/ycrh-home
DrRajYouthWorker (He/Him) @rajyouthworker.bsky.social #YouthWorker
#CreativeLearning
#CrispEater
#Academic Semi-Retired
#MancunianFromNairobi
Kate Knighting 😷💙 @kateknighting.bsky.social Reader in Palliative & Supportive Care: CYP & young adults with life-limiting conditions, cancer care, SEND, carers, PPI
https://x.com/KateKnighting
https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/katherine-knighting
Bernie Carter @profberniecarter.bsky.social Professor of Children’s Nursing and qualitative researcher by inclination. Love cycling, walking, embroidery, calligraphy, yarn and reading; not necessarily in that order.
Jim Reeder @jimreeder.bsky.social NIHR Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow at University of Exeter. Children’s physiotherapist @ekhuft. @OfficialCAHPR Research Champion for Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social We are delighted to announce the launch of #ACAMHLearn - our innovative #OpenAccess resource, bringing together specially commissioned videos from world-leading experts in the field of #CYPMentalHealth. Visit https://bit.ly/3AV958F to learn more!
@soniamalik.bsky.social @soniamalik.bsky.social Associate Director - Policy, Influencing and Voice at children and young people’s cancer charity - Young Lives vs Cancer. Into evidence based policy change - esp on children's health & disability. Own views. She/her
@linecaes.bsky.social @linecaes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Psychology at Univeristy of Stirling, Scotland. Passionate about reducing child pain. Mom, dog lover & huge fan of all things Disney.
Sarah MacQuarrie @smqpsych.bsky.social Senior Lecturer and researcher at the University of Manchester.
Interested in psychology, education and all things research related. Open research and open science supporter.
Find out more about me here: https://t.co/slC1giXjDI
Dave McPartlan @drdavemcp.bsky.social Post Doc.
Independent action researcher (YPAR) collaborating with young people. An advocate for young people as knowledge creators in schools! Mental health in schools.
Toon fan ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️ and outdoor enthusiast 😎
Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social Director Social Prescribing Youth Network, Deputy Director National Centre for Social Prescribing and Analysis, Senior Research Fellow @UCL_SBB
UCL profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44018-daniel-hayes
Lizzie Wortley @lizziewortley.bsky.social Paediatrician on verge of CCT (aug 2025). Works for NHS & Association for Young People's Health. Special interest - young people's health; advocacy; data translation; communication; participation; integrated mental and physical health; health inequalities
Kapil Sayal @kapilsayal.bsky.social Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham | Clinical Academic | Children & Young People's Mental Health Services Research
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/people/kapil.sayal
Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social Researcher in digital, recovering academic. Data feminist.
On about games, books, cats, telly.
Always #LWithTheT
She/her
Sarah O'Brien @sarahobrien.bsky.social 👩🏼🏫 autism trainer across North Central London
🎓 inclusive public involvement PhD @kcl.ac.uk
📚 So, I'm Autistic out now
she/her - autistic and disabled
generally funny, views + typos own
@SarahMarieOB on Twitter
Andi Skilton @andiskilton.bsky.social I support capacity and capability building for societal impact and participatory research practices | Chair of trustees for a rare disease charity | Cat daddy | LGBTQIA+ | he/him
Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome.
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
I block if you have no bio or posts
She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
Dr Rebecca Goulding @rgouldinguom.bsky.social reh-beh-kah gold-ing (she/her). Researcher at The University of Manchester. Researching health communication, access to care, patient involvement, patient safety and treatment burden, particularly for people with (multiple) long-term conditions
Sarah Hutchinson @sarahhutchinson.bsky.social Heath and social care policy. Maternity and patient and public involvement. Feminist mum to boys.
Vanessa Bennett @nessbennett.bsky.social Creating safe, #compassionate spaces & partnership approaches to support change
#psychology, #psychiatry #coproduction, #Involvement, #Health #Social research #ethics #evaluation #youngpeople
PPIE specialist/Patient Partner/Med Comms
Annette Boaz @annetteboaz.bsky.social Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org
LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social ❤️ music, arts, literature, poetry, travel, health, co-pro, PPI, equality, spirituality, theology, psychology, cats, nature. Celt, Christian, socialist, activist. Up for new adventures albeit small ones. Woke & proud!
Kim Ozano @kimozano.bsky.social Global health researcher, expert in participatory research & co-production approaches. Director of The Stop Collaborate and Listen Agency and Host of Connecting Citizens to Science Podcast https://bit.ly/Follow_CCS
Julie Roberts @drjulieroberts.bsky.social Research Fellow, Sapphire, University of Leicester.
Sociologist, Qualitative health researcher interested in maternity and neonatal care, visual culture of reproduction, PPIE, qualitative research methods
Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk NHS Englander. Ex VCSE and BBC.
Mainly interested in volunteering, VCSE sector, public participation and engagement, so stuff around people, building communities, health, power, digital, media etc.
Husband | 🚸 Dad x2 | 💔 #ACHD
🌍 Warwickshire, UK
Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social Professor of Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Passionate about participatory autism research that truly benefits autistic people.
Research interests include education, healthcare, employment and criminal justice.
Daniel Masterson @danielmasterson.bsky.social Associate Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Skövde, Sweden
#Coproduction #Codesign #Cocreation
#healthpsychology #healthcommunication
#healthyurbanplanning #behaviourchange
www.co-produce.com
Gobby.io @gobbyio.bsky.social Qualitative surveys – discover attitudes, ideas, and lived experiences.
Experience the power of peer interaction with Gobby. Analyse overlapping experiences and ideas to uncover nuanced trends within interconnected communities.
https://gobby.io
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch
(he/they)
Barbara Molony-Oates @barbaramolony.bsky.social Public Involvement Manager, Neurodivergent, #2e, Dyslexic, Late Diagnosed Autistic, INFJ, Advocate, Amateur Photographer, Runner, Mum, Dog mum
Cristina Serrao (she/her) @acserrao76.bsky.social 🇵🇹🏳️🌈♿️💃🏽💃🏼
National Lived Experience Ambassador, NHS England - OWN VIEWS #QICopro #CoProSky
#London born but #Madeira where my ❤️ longs for
#DisabilityPower100 2021 and 2022 #AuADHD #ADHD #Autism diagnosed ‘24 at 47 #EDS #MSK
🪩🎤#LadyLXA @LemonadeRadio
Mary Madden @feministgothic.eurosky.social Twitter migrant. Retired senior academic precariat. Sociologist. Applied qual research (health and lack of social care). Concerned about research quality and integrity. Monsters. Lit. Cult.
'A woman's place is in the resistance'
@azza-warraitch.bsky.social @azza-warraitch.bsky.social PhD student | Global health | Adolescent Mental Health | Youth involvement in research using participatory approaches. 🇮🇪🇵🇰
Holly Schofield @hollscho.bsky.social Patient and Public Involvement Officer and Adviser. Clinical trials PPIE and inclusive research.
Experienced PPI lead in stroke research. Personal interest in mental health and neurodiversity research
Love music, visual arts, nature walking and gaming