Andrew McIntosh (@mcintosh2001) 's Twitter Profile
Andrew McIntosh

@mcintosh2001

Director of the Mental Health Platform @MHPlatform. Supported by @UKRI_News

I'm based at the University of Edinburgh @EdinUniMentalH & an NHS Psychiatrist

ID: 81882372

linkhttp://www.ed.ac.uk/psychiatry calendar_today12-10-2009 16:49:04

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Dr Cathryn Lewis (@cathrynlewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sameer Jauhar The Times and The Sunday Times The UK Biobank Mental Health Questionnaire 2 asked participants with depression whether taking SSRIs had helped them. 75% of people said 'Yes'. More info: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

<a href="/sameerjauhar/">Sameer Jauhar</a> <a href="/thetimes/">The Times and The Sunday Times</a> The <a href="/uk_biobank/">UK Biobank</a> Mental Health Questionnaire 2 asked participants with depression whether taking SSRIs had helped them.  75% of people said 'Yes'.  

More info: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Brain and Genomics Hub (@braingenhub) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👋 🌍 Hello world, we are the Brain and Genomics Hub! We are a new research centre focused on improving the lives of people living with severe mental illness.

👋 🌍 Hello world, we are the Brain and Genomics Hub! 
 
We are a new research centre focused on improving the lives of people living with severe mental illness.
Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry (@hubmetpsych) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌟Our NEW Website is now live! 🌟 Head over to metabolicpsychiatryhub.com for the latest on our research including upcoming events, opportunities and more! #metabolicpsychiatry #hub #SMI UKRI Mental Health Platform

Ella Davyson (@elladavyson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So pleased to see this work published in Nature Communications . Many thanks to the reviewers for their insightful comments and all the co-authors of this study in Edinburgh (Xueyi Shen, Mark James Adams Andrew McIntosh, MarioniGroup) and those who ran analyses in additional cohorts 🧬.

CoMorMent (@comorment) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔬 New research uncovers nearly 500 genetic sites that influence metabolism, showing how genes interact with sex to impact cholesterol, fat levels, and disease risk. A step toward personalized medicine! medrxiv.org/content/10.110… #Genetics #Metabolism #PrecisionHealth

🔬 New research uncovers nearly 500 genetic sites that influence metabolism, showing how genes interact with sex to impact cholesterol, fat levels, and disease risk. 
A step toward personalized medicine! medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 
#Genetics #Metabolism #PrecisionHealth
UKRI Mental Health Platform (@mhplatform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Applications open tomorrow! Our Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellowship Awards are focused on connecting at least two of our Hubs of SMI research. Curious about where to start with your application? find out more at our webinar on 4th March: bit.ly/mhp-ecr-webina…

📢 Applications open tomorrow! 

Our Early Career Researcher (ECR) Fellowship Awards are focused on connecting at least two of our Hubs of SMI research.

Curious about where to start with your application? find out more at our webinar on 4th March: bit.ly/mhp-ecr-webina…
DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research (@dataminduk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉 Big news! The new VoiceIn app has launched! Calling all #mentalhealthresearchers! Are you struggling to get quick, meaningful public input for your research? VoiceIn makes it easy to connect with real people, get real feedback, and shape your work. ✅Upload your project

🎉 Big news! The new VoiceIn app has launched!

Calling all #mentalhealthresearchers!

Are you struggling to get quick, meaningful public input for your research? VoiceIn makes it easy to connect with real people, get real feedback, and shape your work.

✅Upload your project
UKRI Mental Health Platform (@mhplatform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Industry Alliance Forum meeting will unite the UKRI Mental Health Platform with key industry partners to shape the future of mental healthcare. To be invited to this influential event as an industry member, you need to first Join the Alliance: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu…

The Industry Alliance Forum meeting will unite the UKRI Mental Health Platform with key industry partners to shape the future of mental healthcare.  

To be invited to this influential event as an industry member, you need to first Join the Alliance:
mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu…
Andrew McIntosh (@mcintosh2001) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The John Slate Clinical Professor of Psychiary at University of Exeter is now open for applications Work with a terrific team, including people from the UKRI Mental Health Platform UKRI Mental Health Platform and UK Research and Innovation Functional Genomics Institute UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

PGC Consortium (@pgcgenetics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

(3/3) The PGC #MajorDepressiveDisorder Working Group (chaired by Andrew McIntosh, Fabien Streit & Lu Yi) is a global collaboration of researchers focused on the genetics of depression. Find out more and how you can get involved: pgc.unc.edu/for-researcher…

(3/3) The PGC #MajorDepressiveDisorder Working Group (chaired by <a href="/mcintosh2001/">Andrew McIntosh</a>, Fabien Streit &amp; Lu Yi) is a global collaboration of researchers focused on the genetics of depression.

Find out more and how you can get involved: pgc.unc.edu/for-researcher…
UKRI Mental Health Platform (@mhplatform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📆 Save the Date: 10th Oct 2025 Join us in Edinburgh this #WorldMentalHealthDay for the MHP Research Summit, in partnership with MQ. 📝 Registration & abstract submission opening soon! 🔗 Add to calendar: rebrand.ly/research-summi…

📆 Save the Date: 10th Oct 2025

Join us in Edinburgh this #WorldMentalHealthDay for the MHP Research Summit, in partnership with <a href="/MQmentalhealth/">MQ</a>.

📝 Registration &amp; abstract submission opening soon!
🔗 Add to calendar: rebrand.ly/research-summi…
UKRI Mental Health Platform (@mhplatform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢The MHP Industry Alliance is open for new members from Industry to join. The next Industry Alliance Forum with DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research will focus on Digital, Data & AI. Join the Alliance to stay updated: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu…

📢The MHP Industry Alliance is open for new members from Industry to join.  

The next Industry Alliance Forum with <a href="/DatamindUK/">DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research</a> will focus on Digital, Data &amp; AI.  Join the Alliance to stay updated: 

mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu…
UKRI Mental Health Platform (@mhplatform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Work in Digital Data & AI, Lifestyle & Wellbeing, or Pharma & BioTech? Join The Alliance: seeking industry partners to transform research into real-world impact for severe mental illness. Find out more and apply here: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu… In partnership with DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research

Work in Digital Data &amp; AI, Lifestyle &amp; Wellbeing, or Pharma &amp; BioTech?

Join The Alliance: seeking industry partners to transform research into real-world impact for severe mental illness.

Find out more and apply here: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/resources-indu… 

In partnership with <a href="/DatamindUK/">DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research</a>
Robert Howard (@profrobhoward) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to Heston Blumenthal for making Heston: My Life with Bipolar. Honest and intelligent programme and an excellent insight into life with the condition and difficulties balancing medication effects. An unselfish man, he’s moved by the stories of others bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…