This fellowship is a unique opportunity to develop your research ideas by bringing together two or more Hubs of research at the UKRI Mental Health Platform, and working closely with people with lived experience of SMI throughout the project.

Closing Date: 30.04.25

This project aims to improve understanding of risk factors and long term outcomes of postpartum psychosis by utilising 40 years of national linked electronic health records in Scotland.

The Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry is looking for 3 people aged 16-25 with lived experience of reduced metabolic health and serious mental illness to join their lived experience advisory group.

This fully-funded PhD Studentship will involve developing and evaluating a digital self management resource for metabolic health in people with severe mental illness, and will work on workstream six of the MRC Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, which is focused on translation of the Hub’s activities towards patient benefit.

The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with experience in data science and machine learning to support the application of advanced statistical learning methods across the newly-established UKRI Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry.

The College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine are looking to appoint an outstanding academic (non-clinical and clinical applications welcome) as the Chair of Metabolic Mental Health to establish an internationally leading programme of research in metabolism and mental health, with a focus on severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. 

ECAT-i (Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track – inclusive) is the University of Edinburgh’s prestigious academic track for health professionals. These posts provide research opportunities for registered health and care professionals.

The Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry seeks a Project Manager to support and coordinate all of its scientific, collaboration and public engagement activities. The Hub focuses focused on the interface between metabolism and severe mental illness and is part of the new UKRI-funded mental health platform.