TEAM News, Events & Blog

I left the halls of the university to embark on an unexpectedly exciting journey. I was a bit nervous but mostly excited to experience the building of an app. This marked the start of my secondment at Create Health.

Not every road is the right one to take. But, be sure that eventually every wrong road leads you, at some point, to the right one. So, you then just have to choose to "walk". Which I did and which I do and, as I walk, this makes me a pilgrim. And a pilgrim accepts the occurrence of a wrong road, as getting lost, somehow, helps.

TEAM ITN researchers at the Marie Curie Alumni Association Conference and General Assembly will lead a mental health workshop for early stage researcher on the 24 February in Vienna, Austria.

Problematic use of the internet (PUI) and its impact on the health and wellbeing of European citizens is a primary focus the PUI Cost Action.  Problematic behaviours relating to bullying, social media and gaming is become a growing concern across all age groups.  This represents an emerging challenge for mental health research.

Bettina Moltrecht, MSCA researcher at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, is developing a mental health app for children. The app teaches children strategies in how to regulate their feelings.

For three months, I had an exciting research stay at University College Dublin where I managed to make new friends and spend more time collaborating on research activities and projects with fellow TEAM and MSCA researchers.

In October, TEAM & MSCA researcher, Pegah Hafiz, joined other #JigsawHeros and undertook a challenge which scaled many heights in order to raise funds for Jigsaw, a mental health support service for young people aged 12 – 25 in Ireland.  Jigsaw is working to create an Ireland where every young person’s mental health is valued and supported. 

In June I attended the SICSA (Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance) PhD Conference, which took place at the modern (and very stylish) campus of Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen. It’s a yearly event which brings together PhD students from Universities all over Scotland, academics and industry practitioners, for 2 days of workshops, keynote presentations and social events.

I had the opportunity to attend the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI) from 3rd – 6th September in Barcelona, Spain. It was held at Universitat Pompeu Fabra’s Campus Ciutadella, right at the heart of Barcelona.

TEAM ITN researchers and MSCA fellows will offer demonstrations at the 30th European Union contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) during the 14 - 19 September.