TEAM News, Events & Blog

In May, I attended the 10th TRIPLE i conference in Piran, Slovenia. TRIPLE i is an international annual conference organised by the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research that aims to promote intuition, imagination and innovation in the research and prevention of suicide and suicidal behaviour.

TEAM ITN & MSCA researchers Darragh McCashin, Claudette Pretorius and Hidde van der Meulen win The Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition - Mental Health Innovation Prize.

A few weeks ago I attended a 2-day writing retreat organised by our project. Since this was the first time I took part in such an event, I didn’t have any expectations, or prior experience to compare it with. But in the end, I left with a lot work done, and learned useful things which I can apply to my work in the future.

Darragh McCashin from UCD School of Psychology and the Insight Centre for Data Analytics was one of the runners-up of the UCD Thesisin3 competition with his talk: ''Integrated computer games and apps to support structured delivery of mindfulness-based CBT for children in primary care''. 

TEAM researchers digital mental health innovation project is shortlisted for the Ireland Funds Business Plan Competition. This competition promotes both creativity and entrepreneurial skills for Irish-based early-stage technology entrepreneurs. The Ireland Funds has partnered with NDRC to help bring ideas from concept to pitch.

The 18th Congress of the "European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP)" will take place in the Imperial Palace - Hofburg, Vienna from June 30 to July 2, 2019. TEAM researchers will deliver a symposium at this congress on Technology for Youth Mental Health: Involving Users, Oportunities and Ethical Implications on the 30th of June.

Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week.   Mental health problems can affect anyone for a many different reasons.  Much like physical health, mental health needs to be looked after and there are a variety of ways to do this.  

TEAM bids a fond fairwell to partner lead Prof Miranda Wolpert.  Prof Wolpert will be leaving TEAM consortium member Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF) to take up a new post at the Wellcome Trust from May 2019.

On the 26th April 2019, TEAM researcher Darragh McCashin joins others to discuss Pesky gNATs and digital health issues at a Digital Health Behaviour Change Research meeting at Dublin City University.

International Women's Day 2019 takes place today (8th March) and this year's theme is Balance for Better. The #Betterforbalance is a call-to-action to drive gender balance across the world.