Medical Research Foundation
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Formed by @The_MRC, we're dedicated to advancing medical research, improving human health and changing people's lives.
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https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/ 04-08-2017 14:05:47
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Excited to be heading to University of Rwanda and to be with the team again for our Medical Research Foundation #qualitative project around understanding youth peopleβs self-harm and suicide. Weβll share some early findings via Cultural Context: Youth Self-harm Suicide research as well!
Our team from South Korea, Ghana, UK, Rwanda and Brazil are developing research on how young people & families experience youth suicide &self-harm, across different global contexts Check out ccysresearch.wordpress.com for blogs & more GW4 Alliance #mentalhealth #AcademicTwitter
Fantastic day yesterday- sharing our initial analysis of interviews with parents and young people, with & without experience of suicide and self-harm. We were joined by key stakeholders, who provided feedback and support for our work! Thanks Medical Research Foundation for making this possible!
Data shared today by the @Guardian shows that NHS referrals for #anxiety in children have more than doubled compared to pre-Covid levels. We support pioneering researchers aiming to understand and address mental health conditions.π¬ β‘οΈ Read our Strategy: medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/about-us/our-sβ¦
Up to 28million people in the UK have chronic pain. One of our funded researchers, Lauren Heathcote, PhD, has published a study exploring emotional memory biases in #ChronicPain patients. Her findings could shed more light on pain memory mechanisms in adolescents with the condition.‡οΈ
Climate change is posing a severe threat to human life and health. At the Foundation, we have redirected a historic Medical Research Council fund to address this pressing modern health crisis. Read the full blog by our very own Alison Wallace Simmons, published by UKCDR: