Rona Strawbridge

I am starting a computational lab at LIOS, Riga, Latvia, and going to recruit a few people. Please DM if you are interested in a postdoc or PhD position in my Metabolic Research Group. I can highly recommend Riga, it is a beautiful city with very good living conditions.

Today for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we are introducing you to the people who make our research happen 🌟 Meet the newest member of our Hub #community, Etsub, a PhD researcher @UofGlasgow exploring the genetic links between type 2 diabetes and SMI👇 tinyurl.com/mhawhub

Please share! 🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland: Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors and interventions Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett and myself Closing date: 11th June 2025, with an autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students only. 🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

📢Job alert! The UKRI MHP is seeking a Senior Project Manager, based in Edinburgh. Ideal for someone with a research background and project management expertise. rebrand.ly/mhp-role

No longer active here. See you on Bluesky (where my profile picture is a tree)

Got summer plans?☀️ How about diving into cutting-edge human #genomics?🧬 ✨Apply for the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics (July 27–31, 2025) at the Wellcome Genome Campus! 🔬Gain insights & career guidance from leaders in the field! 🔗More info: lpshg.com

🌟 New Opportunity! 🌟 We are looking for 3 people aged 16-25 with lived experience of reduced metabolic health and serious mental illness to join our lived experience advisory group! For more info and to apply check out the thread below 👇 #mentalhealth #livedexperience

🔥3yr #postdoc position available in my lab for a computational biologist to lead research in #genetics, #genomics and #metagenomics of gastrointestinal diseases🔥 want to know more? mdalabgenomics.com cicbiogune.es/people/mdamato linkedin.com/jobs/view/4135…

So excited re the new Wales National Centre for Self-harm and Suicide Prevention, led from @SwanseaUni with an amazing group of co investigators and partners…lots of opportunities to make a difference…more news very soon . Thanks to @ResearchWales

Genetics of psychiatric disease enters a completely new level🧬🧠 Massive trans-ancestry GWASs for: 1⃣depression: 690K cases & 4.3M controls❗️ 👉635 loci 👉6% of liability explained 2⃣bipolar disorder: 158K cases & 2.8M controls❗️ 👉298 loci 👉up to 9% of liability explained

The first paper of one of my fantastic PhD students @mindfulwithmadi

📢Applications for our Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders #PhD Studentship close on Sun 9 Feb. You will study the neurobiological underpinnings of clinical phenotypes in a large-scale, real-world population, commencing June 2025. ➡️maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/academic-caree…

Thought for the day: marking MSc dissertations takes so much longer when you suspect AI was involved and are trying to figure out how to be sure. Definitely demotivated by this.

We’re funding research to understand the intricate links between #Type2Diabetes and depression to better treatments into these conditions 👉diabetes.org.uk/our-research/a… 2/4

“Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?”: Advice from editors. bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Job advert now live for a new 0.7 FTE Events and Community Engagement Coordinator 3 year post in Byres Community Hub. Do you know someone who would thrive in a busy, community focused events and engagement role? Please share. Closes on 3rd Feb 2025. jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/events-and…

We are inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology - R&T (ref: 163375) and LTS (ref: 163432) career pathway. Apply by 3rd February jobs.gla.ac.uk

Professor Caleb Webber in the UK Dementia Research Institute @UKDRI at Cardiff University is seeking a Research Associate to work on understanding the metabolic dysfunction and genetic influences towards Parkinson’s Disease. Closing date: 5th February dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research-a…

We're inviting students from Black backgrounds to apply to our summer internship and PhD Studentship programme. Read more about these two schemes and apply by 12 January 2025👇🏿 diabetes.org.uk/our-research/f… #diabetes #research

We launched new funding schemes to support the next generation of Black research leaders in diabetes💡 We know Black researchers are under-represented in #diabetes #research & we're changing that✊🏿