DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research

🚀 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: datamind.org.uk/services-and-i…

📢 Abstract deadline: 9 March (17:00 GMT) Abstract submissions are now open for the MQ Mental Health Research & DATAMIND UK Data Science Meeting 2026 - we encourage abstracts across all areas of mental health data science, with a special interest in AI-focused work. Successful applicants will be invited to present their research (talk or poster) at our in-person meeting on the 23rd April in London, and Early Career Researchers will be eligible for the Dermot O’Reilly Memorial Prize 🏆 👉 Submit your abstract now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

“Mental health is one of the most important areas where technology can make a real difference.” 💬🎙️ PodMind Episode 5 is LIVE! 📣 Dr Pauline Whelan (CareLoop Health | B Corp™ & Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT) joins us to explore how digital innovation is turning research into real-world impact - and why collaboration across academia, industry & lived experience is key to the future of mental health. 🤝 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mn5Bb… 📽️ YouTube: youtu.be/5VzJL5FdDAk

“Mental health is one of the most important areas where technology can make a real difference.” 💬🎙️ PodMind Episode 5 is LIVE! 📣 Dr Pauline Whelan (CareLoop Health | B Corp™ & Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT) joins us to explore how digital innovation is turning research into real-world impact - and why collaboration across academia, industry & lived experience is key to the future of mental health. 🤝 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mn5Bb… 📽️ YouTube: youtu.be/5VzJL5FdDAk

💻 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: datamind.org.uk/services-and-i…

“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: open.spotify.com/episode/09vugK… 📽️ Watch: youtu.be/3u3a54F_l6c

💡 Expressions of Interest are now open for Social Finance's UK Mental Health Data Prize (funded by @wellcometrust)! If you’re using data or digital tools to support early intervention in mental health, this is a great opportunity. Applications will open mid-Feb 2026. 🔗 Find out more: socialfinance.org.uk/impact/the-wel…

We have an exciting #jobopportunity to join the National Centre for Mental Health @ncmh_wales, @SwanseaUni. Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist Apply today for the opportunity to develop as a global mental health researcher and leader. ➡️swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…

🎄 Happy Holidays from the DATAMIND team! Thanks for your support this year - together we’re making mental health data more findable, accessible and impactful for research and care. Wishing you a peaceful festive season and an inspiring start to 2026! ✨

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 👇 datamind.org.uk/reflecting-on-…

We’re inviting expressions of interest for 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 – A 4-week sprint (plus pre & post sprint workshop) to explore synthetic data. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 - dataciseopenlearning.org/synthsprint-a-… The aim is to generate insights that will inform a developing synthetic data utility framework to support more routine provision of synthetic forms of secure datasets. Participants will: • 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 synthetic datasets with different characteristics and fidelities (low, medium, high). • 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 what is and is not possible at each fidelity level across real-world use cases. • 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 collaborative, cross-disciplinary working (or individual exploration if preferred). • 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 to a synthetic data utility framework and a shared report/conference paper, with the opportunity to co-author. dataciseopenlearning.org/synthsprint-a-… @adr_uk , @UKDataService , @DPUKDataPortal , @SAILDatabank , @ADR_Wales , @HDR_UK , @hdrukwales , @ukserp , @DatamindUK , @PopDataSci_SU , @SwanseaUni

We need a #DataScientist (#LargeLanguageModel Officer) to join us at SeRP. 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 - swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse… supporting the @The_MRC-funded @DementiasUK @DPUKDataPortal collaboration. A unique opportunity to work on projects using #AI techniques & #LLMs. @SwanseaUni

We’re pleased to announce a recent new partnership between DATAMIND and @PopMHUK , joining forces to improve population mental health and tackle inequalities across the UK. Together, we’ll strengthen secure access to mental health data, co-produce research with lived experience, and drive innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration. 🤝 Read more about the partnership in our new blog post: datamind.org.uk/improving-popu…

PodMind Episode 3 - live now! 💬🧠 Marcos speaks with Professor Dan Joyce (University of Liverpool) - psychiatrist & data scientist - about how AI and NLP are redefining mental health research. 🎙️ A deep, thought-provoking episode on applying AI in mental health care with real-world impact. 🎥 Watch on YouTube → youtu.be/SzCUPbIV8no 🎧Listen on Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/7A4Xle…

This week you'll meet 🔹@braingenhub, Wales 🔹@ComplexEmotions, Sheffield 🔹@DatamindUK, Swansea 🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge 🔹@HubMetPsych, Edinburgh 🔹Social Health Hub, London #DiscoverMHPHubs

PodMind Episode 3 coming this Friday! 👀🎙️ AI is reshaping mental health care - but how do we keep the human at the centre? Marcos talks with Prof. Dan Joyce (University of Liverpool) about the promise and pitfalls of AI & NLP in mental health research. Preview below! 👇

💡 The AI for Complex Health Datasets Industry Forum is today with @MHPlatform & @HubMetPsych! Excited to see researchers, industry partners & people with lived experience come together to explore how data and AI can support collaboration in mental and physical health. 🤝 Discussions will include practical applications, from clinical insights to multi-omics and multi-modal datasets - through the lens of long-term collaboration.

🆕New #JobOpportunity Join the National Centre for Mental Health, @SwanseaUni as their new Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist 💼£46,735 to £55,755 |🗓️9 Nov 2025 🔗Apply to advance your career in mental health research: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse… @SAILDatabank

🚨 New data collection sweeps just dropped on the #CatalogueMHM! Explore fresh data sweeps from @CO90s, @uk_biobank, and the Southampton Women’s Survey (SWS). Check out the new sweeps using this link! 👉 cataloguementalhealth.ac.uk/?content=home