Institute of Mental Health:
IMH Research Day 2025

Friday 6th June 09:00 – 17:00
Rooms A06 & A07, Institute of Mental Health, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU

This will be the 12th IMH Research Day event, and the aims are to highlight the work of the Institute’s doctoral candidates, Managed Innovation Networks (MINs), and early-career researchers (including research assistants, research fellows, and research-active clinicians and service users). The event celebrates the breadth of ideas and research work currently taking place within the Institute of Mental Health.

We prioritise those who are affiliated with the Institute of Mental Health, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Nottingham when selecting presentations for this event.

Programme for the day:

09:15  Registration

09:45  Chair's welcome and Event Introduction - Dr Elena Nixon - Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham

10:00  Plenary Talk: ‘Interdisciplinary mental health: from philosophy to applied translational research’ - Professor Matthew Broome - Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, and Director of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham

11:00  Engaging and involving the public in your research - Kate Horton - Public Involvement Lead

12:00  Lunch Break and Poster viewing/voting

13:00  The effects of forest school on the mental health and wellbeing of children with neurodevelopmental, behavioural and emotional difficulties: a mixed-methods study - Caitlin McKenzie - Research Support Officer, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

13:30  Meeting intimacy needs of older people in care homes – is this the final taboo? Results of a pilot study - Rachael Carroll - Research Fellow, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham

14:00  Refreshment break and poster viewing/voting

14:30  Series of talks: Boosting the effectiveness of neuromodulation treatments - Yue Peng - MRes Medicine, Institute of Mental Health, Sue Fen Tan - Academic Clinical Fellow Specialty Psychiatry Trainee 2, Institute of Mental Health, Lucy Webster - Research Fellow, BRC Mental Health and Technology

15:15  What Types of Courses are Offered by English Recovery Colleges and what does this tell us about them? - Simran Kaur Takhi - Research Assistant, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham

15:45  Comfort break

16:00  Presentation of the following awards:

• The Craig Dixon memorial prize for Best Oral Presentation
• Runner-up for Best Oral Presentation
• The Peter Bartlett prize for Best Poster – voted for by the event delegates
• IMH STAR Award 2025 - Best Contribution to Research Facilitation and Development
• 2024 IMH Publication Awards

16:15  Closing Statements

Event Registration

Registration is now closed

Abstract submission

Abstract submission is now closed.

Plenary speaker - Professor Matthew Broome, Professor of Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham

Interdisciplinary mental health: from philosophy to applied translational research

Bio info:

Professor Matthew Broome is an academic psychiatrist and Director of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham. He has PhDs in both Psychiatry and in Philosophy. He is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist for the East Birmingham Early Intervention in Psychosis service  and Director, NIHR Midlands Translational Centre, Mental Health Mission and Deputy Director Midlands Mental Health and Neuroscience PhD Programme and West Midlands Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Mental Health Specialty Lead.  He leads Wellcome, NIHR, EU and NIH funded research and his research interests include youth mental health, the prodromal phase of psychosis, delusion formation, mood instability, functional neuroimaging, interdisciplinary methods, mental health humanities, and the philosophy and ethics of psychiatry.

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