Justin C Yang (he/him)
@justinyang.me
Insatiably curious mental health researcher (@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social) studying severe mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and neurodevelopmental conditions using causal inference, epidemiology, and geospatial analysis. Funders: ADR UK & UKRI MHP.
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
Social Health Hub
How where we’re born, live, work & age shape SMI.
🌟 Highlights: new place-based social health indicators, resources for researchers & exploring social prescribing.
🔗www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-health-third-pillar-health #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
How where we’re born, live, work & age shape SMI.
🌟 Highlights: new place-based social health indicators, resources for researchers & exploring social prescribing.
🔗www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-health-third-pillar-health #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Social Health Hub
How where we’re born, live, work & age shape SMI.
🌟 Highlights: new place-based social health indicators, resources for researchers & exploring social prescribing.
🔗www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-health-third-pillar-health #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
How where we’re born, live, work & age shape SMI.
🌟 Highlights: new place-based social health indicators, resources for researchers & exploring social prescribing.
🔗www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/social-health-third-pillar-health #DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
@hubmetpsych.bsky.social
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@hubmetpsych.bsky.social
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
ImmunoMIND Hub
Uncovering immune & metabolic pathways to develop new therapies for SMI
🌟 Highlights: MHRA-approved cardio-metabolic risk tool (TP2) and peer-reviewed publications.
💬 Co-produced with PWLE
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/research-hubs/immunomind
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Uncovering immune & metabolic pathways to develop new therapies for SMI
🌟 Highlights: MHRA-approved cardio-metabolic risk tool (TP2) and peer-reviewed publications.
💬 Co-produced with PWLE
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/research-hubs/immunomind
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ImmunoMIND Hub
Uncovering immune & metabolic pathways to develop new therapies for SMI
🌟 Highlights: MHRA-approved cardio-metabolic risk tool (TP2) and peer-reviewed publications.
💬 Co-produced with PWLE
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/research-hubs/immunomind
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Uncovering immune & metabolic pathways to develop new therapies for SMI
🌟 Highlights: MHRA-approved cardio-metabolic risk tool (TP2) and peer-reviewed publications.
💬 Co-produced with PWLE
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/research-hubs/immunomind
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
@datamind.bsky.social
👉Driving better mental health outcomes: ethical, transparent and inclusive data use.
🔍 FAIR access, collaboration & tackling inequalities.
💬 Our SRAG lived-experience group helps shape research
🔗 datamind.org.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
👉Driving better mental health outcomes: ethical, transparent and inclusive data use.
🔍 FAIR access, collaboration & tackling inequalities.
💬 Our SRAG lived-experience group helps shape research
🔗 datamind.org.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@datamind.bsky.social
👉Driving better mental health outcomes: ethical, transparent and inclusive data use.
🔍 FAIR access, collaboration & tackling inequalities.
💬 Our SRAG lived-experience group helps shape research
🔗 datamind.org.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
👉Driving better mental health outcomes: ethical, transparent and inclusive data use.
🔍 FAIR access, collaboration & tackling inequalities.
💬 Our SRAG lived-experience group helps shape research
🔗 datamind.org.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
🧠 @complexemotionshub.bsky.social
We’re improving care for people with complex emotions, guided by lived-experience experts.
🌟How everyday triggers shape intense emotions, working to reduce stigma, drive new research.
🔗 complexemotions.co.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
We’re improving care for people with complex emotions, guided by lived-experience experts.
🌟How everyday triggers shape intense emotions, working to reduce stigma, drive new research.
🔗 complexemotions.co.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🧠 @complexemotionshub.bsky.social
We’re improving care for people with complex emotions, guided by lived-experience experts.
🌟How everyday triggers shape intense emotions, working to reduce stigma, drive new research.
🔗 complexemotions.co.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
We’re improving care for people with complex emotions, guided by lived-experience experts.
🌟How everyday triggers shape intense emotions, working to reduce stigma, drive new research.
🔗 complexemotions.co.uk
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
🧠 @braingenhub.bsky.social
We’re exploring how genes, environment & development shape severe mental illness - combining brain imaging, genomics & lived experience to drive real-world impact.
Find out about B-SPRINT study:
🔗 ncmh.info/bsprint
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
We’re exploring how genes, environment & development shape severe mental illness - combining brain imaging, genomics & lived experience to drive real-world impact.
Find out about B-SPRINT study:
🔗 ncmh.info/bsprint
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧠 @braingenhub.bsky.social
We’re exploring how genes, environment & development shape severe mental illness - combining brain imaging, genomics & lived experience to drive real-world impact.
Find out about B-SPRINT study:
🔗 ncmh.info/bsprint
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
We’re exploring how genes, environment & development shape severe mental illness - combining brain imaging, genomics & lived experience to drive real-world impact.
Find out about B-SPRINT study:
🔗 ncmh.info/bsprint
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
This week you'll meet
🔹@braingenhub.bsky.social, Wales
🔹@complexemotionshub.bsky.social, Sheffield
🔹@datamind.bsky.social, Swansea
🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge
🔹@hubmetpsych.bsky.social, Edinburgh
🔹Social Health Hub, London
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔹@braingenhub.bsky.social, Wales
🔹@complexemotionshub.bsky.social, Sheffield
🔹@datamind.bsky.social, Swansea
🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge
🔹@hubmetpsych.bsky.social, Edinburgh
🔹Social Health Hub, London
#DiscoverMHPHubs
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week you'll meet
🔹@braingenhub.bsky.social, Wales
🔹@complexemotionshub.bsky.social, Sheffield
🔹@datamind.bsky.social, Swansea
🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge
🔹@hubmetpsych.bsky.social, Edinburgh
🔹Social Health Hub, London
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔹@braingenhub.bsky.social, Wales
🔹@complexemotionshub.bsky.social, Sheffield
🔹@datamind.bsky.social, Swansea
🔹ImmunoMIND, Cambridge
🔹@hubmetpsych.bsky.social, Edinburgh
🔹Social Health Hub, London
#DiscoverMHPHubs
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
Mystified by the #mentalhealth #research acronyms? Welcome to the jargon buster! If we are missing anything from our list you can let us know and we will add it in! We would love as many specialist entries as possible!
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/jargon-buster/
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/jargon-buster/
Jargon Buster – Mental Health Research
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mystified by the #mentalhealth #research acronyms? Welcome to the jargon buster! If we are missing anything from our list you can let us know and we will add it in! We would love as many specialist entries as possible!
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/jargon-buster/
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/jargon-buster/
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
🎉"Discover The Hubs” Week🎉
We’re reintroducing our Hubs and highlighting our mission to advance understanding of severe mental illness.
🧠 5 research programmes + 1 data hub, funded by @ukri.org and coordinated in Edinburgh.
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/who-we-are
We’re reintroducing our Hubs and highlighting our mission to advance understanding of severe mental illness.
🧠 5 research programmes + 1 data hub, funded by @ukri.org and coordinated in Edinburgh.
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/who-we-are
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎉"Discover The Hubs” Week🎉
We’re reintroducing our Hubs and highlighting our mission to advance understanding of severe mental illness.
🧠 5 research programmes + 1 data hub, funded by @ukri.org and coordinated in Edinburgh.
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/who-we-are
We’re reintroducing our Hubs and highlighting our mission to advance understanding of severe mental illness.
🧠 5 research programmes + 1 data hub, funded by @ukri.org and coordinated in Edinburgh.
#DiscoverMHPHubs
🔗 mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/who-we-are
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
Moral: Be careful what you ask for.
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Moral: Be careful what you ask for.
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
New in @jama.com from NORC’s @sdc.norc.org: 80% of promotional prescription drug posts lack disclosure, just 1 in 3 mention risks alongside benefits. Our research highlights the regulatory challenge when thousands of creators drive pharma marketing.
Find out more: go.norc.org/48d66Gv
Find out more: go.norc.org/48d66Gv
High-Engagement Social Media Posts Related to Prescription Drug Promotion for 3 Major Drug Classes
This study analyzes high-engagement social media posts for 3 major drug classes to assess their alignment with Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission oversight.
go.norc.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New in @jama.com from NORC’s @sdc.norc.org: 80% of promotional prescription drug posts lack disclosure, just 1 in 3 mention risks alongside benefits. Our research highlights the regulatory challenge when thousands of creators drive pharma marketing.
Find out more: go.norc.org/48d66Gv
Find out more: go.norc.org/48d66Gv
I've been much less productive than I would have liked today and I have to admit that brain and body are telling me that it's not going to get much better. :/ Any tips for recharging?
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've been much less productive than I would have liked today and I have to admit that brain and body are telling me that it's not going to get much better. :/ Any tips for recharging?
I’m starting to see WorkTribe in my dreams…it’s probably a sign I need to take on less at work, isn’t it?
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I’m starting to see WorkTribe in my dreams…it’s probably a sign I need to take on less at work, isn’t it?
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
📢@oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social is launching #CountMeIn a new way to connect you with research into #depression, #anxiety, #bipolar & #dementia.
More participants, faster progress, better care.
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/CountMeInOH
More participants, faster progress, better care.
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/CountMeInOH
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📢@oxfordhealthnhs.bsky.social is launching #CountMeIn a new way to connect you with research into #depression, #anxiety, #bipolar & #dementia.
More participants, faster progress, better care.
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/CountMeInOH
More participants, faster progress, better care.
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/CountMeInOH
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
📣 Introducing new funding schemes from the SSA and Office for Life Sciences tinyurl.com/mrxwrh8k | Applications for PhD studentships and fellowships open on 3 November
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📣 Introducing new funding schemes from the SSA and Office for Life Sciences tinyurl.com/mrxwrh8k | Applications for PhD studentships and fellowships open on 3 November
That’s enough internet for the day. 🫠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
www.nature.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
That’s enough internet for the day. 🫠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Funders who post things like “XYZ funding application…due TODAY!” on LinkedIn/X… who are these posts for? There’s no way anyone coming across that post for the first time is going to get institutional sign-off on a submission in time, and anyone working on a bid is surely well-aware of the deadline…
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Funders who post things like “XYZ funding application…due TODAY!” on LinkedIn/X… who are these posts for? There’s no way anyone coming across that post for the first time is going to get institutional sign-off on a submission in time, and anyone working on a bid is surely well-aware of the deadline…
I know it must be a tough research job market right now and as someone involved with hiring at the moment, I encourage jobseekers to please be discerning in the jobs for which you apply, use generative AI judiciously and sparingly (if at all), and read the job description carefully and in full.
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I know it must be a tough research job market right now and as someone involved with hiring at the moment, I encourage jobseekers to please be discerning in the jobs for which you apply, use generative AI judiciously and sparingly (if at all), and read the job description carefully and in full.
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
Do you have a desire to develop as a global mental health researcher and leader?🧠
Join the National Centre for Mental Health as their new Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist✨
📌£46,735 to £55,755
➡️Apply by 27th Oct: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@swanseauni.bsky.social
Join the National Centre for Mental Health as their new Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist✨
📌£46,735 to £55,755
➡️Apply by 27th Oct: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@swanseauni.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Do you have a desire to develop as a global mental health researcher and leader?🧠
Join the National Centre for Mental Health as their new Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist✨
📌£46,735 to £55,755
➡️Apply by 27th Oct: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@swanseauni.bsky.social
Join the National Centre for Mental Health as their new Senior Research Officer - Psychiatric Epidemiologist✨
📌£46,735 to £55,755
➡️Apply by 27th Oct: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan...
@swanseauni.bsky.social
Apply to work with me and a great team at @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social to do some exciting research using electronic health records! The position is funded for 19 months in the first instance and you’ll be joining a fascinating NIHR project: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Apply to work with me and a great team at @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social to do some exciting research using electronic health records! The position is funded for 19 months in the first instance and you’ll be joining a fascinating NIHR project: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
It’s been a busy few weeks at work and I’m definitely feeling the exhaustion, weariness, and pace catching up to me, my body, and my mind. What are some good ways to recharge that work for you? I feel guilty for focusing on myself and not 100% on work, but I need to look after myself first.
October 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It’s been a busy few weeks at work and I’m definitely feeling the exhaustion, weariness, and pace catching up to me, my body, and my mind. What are some good ways to recharge that work for you? I feel guilty for focusing on myself and not 100% on work, but I need to look after myself first.
I'm so lucky to have the multidisciplinary training I've had in my career. I absolutely *loved* taking Prof Judy Segal's rhetoric of science, medicine, and technology class, in which I first felt my dual training as a humanist and scientist might actually be an asset in a research context...
October 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I'm so lucky to have the multidisciplinary training I've had in my career. I absolutely *loved* taking Prof Judy Segal's rhetoric of science, medicine, and technology class, in which I first felt my dual training as a humanist and scientist might actually be an asset in a research context...
Absolutely incredible few days learning, connecting, and being inspired at the @mhplatform.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social research summit and ECR workshop! Thank you to the organisers who put on such a great event — amazing to see representation across academia, policy, practice, and…
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible few days learning, connecting, and being inspired at the @mhplatform.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social research summit and ECR workshop! Thank you to the organisers who put on such a great event — amazing to see representation across academia, policy, practice, and…
Reposted by Justin C Yang (he/him)
"My career path has been winding, but my motivation has never wavered."
💼 In our latest case study, Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day.
Read more: 🔎
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...
💼 In our latest case study, Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day.
Read more: 🔎
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"My career path has been winding, but my motivation has never wavered."
💼 In our latest case study, Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day.
Read more: 🔎
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...
💼 In our latest case study, Dr Simona Skripkauskaite reflects on variety - both in her career path as a #mentalhealth #researcher, and in her day-to-day.
Read more: 🔎
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies...