Sheffield United Football Club, Bramall Ln, Cherry St, Highfield, Sheffield S2 4SU
Get directionsThe MHP Research Summit in partnership with MQ is an annual event for scientists, clinicians and health care professionals to network and share the latest advances in research into severe mental illness.
Research Summit registration fee: £160
At this all-day event, expect keynote talks, poster sessions, and interactive workshops that showcase new ideas and findings from across the MHP and the mental health research landscape. Throughout the day, structured networking sessions and informal discussions create opportunities for collaboration, feedback, and building lasting academic and professional connections.
A full agenda will be available to download soon, but scroll down to get an idea of the sessions.
Plenary talk from Professor Cynthia Fu, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
"Mind, Brain and AI: Towards Personalised and Mechanism-Based Treatments for Depression"
Plenary talk from Professor Belinda Lennox, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Belinda's research focuses on the causes of psychotic illness, and improving its treatment.
Opening talk from Emily Wheeler, Lived Experience Champion, Director of Strategic Growth, The Alan Turing Institute.
"The stories not captured by the data"
Mapping the impact of mental health interventions on metabolic and social health. This workshop aims to stimulate conversations around the value of a ‘whole-person’ approach to mental health interventions.
In a session co-led by Metabolic Psychiatry and Brain & Genomics, learn more about how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting severe mental illness research.
This session co-led by Brain & Genomics Hub, ImmunoMIND and Complex Emotions will consider diagnostic questions and how these are relating to evolving research within the platform.
Early Career Researchers give short research talks, selected from abstract submissions.
Showcasing emerging researchers from across the landscape of SMI research.
Members of the MHP Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement groups give short talks, selected from abstract submissions.
Talks are followed by a panel discussion with the presenters, inviting questions from the audience.
Explore posters showcasing research across the MHP and the wider SMI research landscape, with a prize for people's choice.
Network with other researchers over coffee breaks and lunch.
Led by MQ Mental Health Research and DATAMIND, this session will focus on wearables and mental health data science.
It will feature presentations from ECRs, short talks from invited speakers and a 30 minute panel discussion.
This interactive session will be led by our partners Medicines Discovery Catapult, and will feature experts from drug discovery.
It will allow researchers to hear from experts to gain an insight into how to frame their projects to best appeal to Industry.
In a session co-led by Complex Emotions, Brain & Genomics and ImmunoMIND, find out more about how to integrate creative practice into SMI research.
Join us the day after the Summit for further learning and networking.
The ECR Workshop hosted by MQ and DATAMIND in partnership with MHP is part of their ongoing series supporting early career researchers in mental health. Join us for a day of connection, learning, and practical insights to help you take the next step in your career.
