🚀 The new DATAMIND Mental Health Data Collection tool is here - making mental health research faster, easier & more connected.

The platform brings UK mental health datasets into one place, helping researchers:

🔍 Discover what datasets exist across the UK relevant to your topiaset contains - referrals, diagnoses, prescribing, inpatient care, safeguarding & more.

⚖️Compare datasets by nation, age group, access route & data type.

⏱️Save time on study planning.

👉 Explore the tool now: datamind.org.uk/services-and-i…

Building in health tech? The tricky bits just got easier. 🚀

Next week @DatamindUK & @MQmentalhealth are hosting a hands-on workshop in London on turning mental health tech ideas into deployable tools.

We’ll cover:
🧠 Co-design with clinicians & patients
⚙️ NHS governance, privacy pathways & sustainability

📅 22 April | London
⚠️ Limited places - book now:
👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-career…

🚨 We’re hiring: Programme Manager – DATAMIND TRE

Join DATAMIND UK within the Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP) team at Swansea University and be part of a nationally significant effort advancing secure, privacy-preserving mental health research, funded through the Mental ramme.

As a Programme Manager, you’ll lead the next phase of the DATAMIND Trusted Research Environment (TRE), shaping its strategic direction while ensuring effective delivery, governance, and stakeholder engagement across academic, clinical, technical and policy communities.

📍 Swansea University, Singleton Campus
💼 Full time, fixed term
£57,422 to £66,537 per annum

Find out more and apply: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…

📢 Abstract deadline: 9 March (17:00 GMT)

Abstract submissions are now open for the MQ Mental Health Research & DATAMIND UK Data Science Meeting 2026 - we encourage abstracts across all areas of mental health data science, with a special interest in AI-focused work.

Successful applto present their research (talk or poster) at our in-person meeting on the 23rd April in London, and Early Career Researchers will be eligible for the Dermot O’Reilly Memorial Prize 🏆

👉 Submit your abstract now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

“Mental health is one of the most important areas where technology can make a real difference.” 💬🎙️

PodMind Episode 5 is LIVE! 📣

Dr Pauline Whelan (CareLoop Health | B Corp™ & Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT) joins us to explore how digital innovation is turning resepact - and why collaboration across academia, industry & lived experience is key to the future of mental health. 🤝

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mn5Bb…

📽️ YouTube: youtu.be/5VzJL5FdDAk

“Mental health is one of the most important areas where technology can make a real difference.” 💬🎙️

PodMind Episode 5 is LIVE! 📣

Dr Pauline Whelan (CareLoop Health | B Corp™ & Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT) joins us to explore how digital innovation is turning resepact - and why collaboration across academia, industry & lived experience is key to the future of mental health. 🤝

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mn5Bb…

📽️ YouTube: youtu.be/5VzJL5FdDAk

📢 Abstract deadline: 9 March (17:00 GMT)

Abstract submissions are now open for the MQ Mental Health Research & DATAMIND UK Data Science Meeting 2026 - we encourage abstracts across all areas of mental health data science, with a special interest in AI-focused work.

Successful applto present their research (talk or poster) at our in-person meeting on the 23rd April in London, and Early Career Researchers will be eligible for the Dermot O’Reilly Memorial Prize 🏆

👉 Submit your abstract now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

💻 Collaborate with DATAMIND on GitHub!

We use GitHub to collaborate openly on code that supports mental health data science - from shared tools and repositories to community-led development.

You can:
🤝 Join our GitHub community
📊 Collaborate on existing repositories
👥 a new team for your project or partnership

👉 Join now: datamind.org.uk/services-and-i…

“I’d like to see a time where researchers don’t compete — they share ideas and data openly, with lived experience embedded from start to finish.” 💬🎙️

🎧 PodMind Episode 4 is LIVE

We speak with Professor Andrew McIntosh, Director of the @MHPlatform and Professor of Psychiatry inburgh, on how the MHP - of which DATAMIND is a hub - is accelerating mental health research through collaboration and data access across the UK. 🤝

🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/09vugK…

📽️ Watch: youtu.be/3u3a54F_l6c

💡 Expressions of Interest are now open for Social Finance's UK Mental Health Data Prize (funded by @wellcometrust)!

If you’re using data or digital tools to support early intervention in mental health, this is a great opportunity.

Applications will open mid-Feb 2026.

🔗 t.co/0QgowBWF8F

We have an exciting #jobopportunity to join the National Centre for Mental Health @ncmh_wales, @SwanseaUni.

Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist

Apply today for the opportunity to develop as a global mental health researcher and leader.
➡️swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…

🎄 Happy Holidays from the DATAMIND team!

Thanks for your support this year - together we’re making mental health data more findable, accessible and impactful for research and care.

Wishing you a peaceful festive season and an inspiring start to 2026! ✨

Great discussions at last month’s AI for Complex Health Datasets Industry Forum 🤝, co-hosted with the @MHPlatform and the @HubMetPsych .

Researchers, industry and lived-experience voices 🧠💡explored how AI can improve mental & physical health.

Read the highlights 👇
datamind.org.uk/reflecting-on-…

We’re inviting expressions of interest for 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 – A 4-week sprint (plus pre & post sprint workshop) to explore synthetic data. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 - dataciseopenlearning.org/synthsprint-a-…

The aim is to generate insideveloping synthetic data utility framework to support more routine provision of synthetic forms of secure datasets.

Participants will:

• 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 synthetic datasets with different characteristics and fidelities (low, medium, high).
• 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 what is and is not possible at each fidelity level across real-world use cases.
• 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 collaborative, cross-disciplinary working (or individual exploration if preferred).
• 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 to a synthetic data utility framework and a shared report/conference paper, with the opportunity to co-author.

dataciseopenlearning.org/synthsprint-a-…

@adr_uk , @UKDataService , @DPUKDataPortal , @SAILDatabank , @ADR_Wales , @HDR_UK , @hdrukwales , @ukserp , @DatamindUK , @PopDataSci_SU , @SwanseaUni

We need a #DataScientist (#LargeLanguageModel Officer) to join us at SeRP. 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 - swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse… supporting the @The_MRC-funded @DementiasUK @DPUKDataPortal collaboration. A unique opportunity to work on projects using #AI techniques & #LLMs. @SwanseaUni

We’re pleased to announce a recent new partnership between DATAMIND and @PopMHUK , joining forces to improve population mental health and tackle inequalities across the UK.

Together, we’ll strengthen secure access to mental health data, co-produce research with lived experience, rough interdisciplinary collaboration. 🤝

Read more about the partnership in our new blog post: datamind.org.uk/improving-popu…

PodMind Episode 3 - live now! 💬🧠

Marcos speaks with Professor Dan Joyce (University of Liverpool) - psychiatrist & data scientist - about how AI and NLP are redefining mental health research. 🎙️

A deep, thought-provoking episode on applying AI in mental health care with realon YouTube →
youtu.be/SzCUPbIV8no
🎧Listen on Spotify →
open.spotify.com/episode/7A4Xle…

This week you'll meet

🔹@braingenhub, Wales
🔹@ComplexEmotions, Sheffield
🔹@DatamindUK, Swansea
🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge
🔹@HubMetPsych, Edinburgh
🔹Social Health Hub, London

#DiscoverMHPHubs

PodMind Episode 3 coming this Friday! 👀🎙️

AI is reshaping mental health care - but how do we keep the human at the centre?

Marcos talks with Prof. Dan Joyce (University of Liverpool) about the promise and pitfalls of AI & NLP in mental health research. Preview below! 👇