A great picture of our own Jennifer Lau at the The Mental Health Platform Research Summit, a space for the next generation of mental health researchers to present their work, connect with peers, and learn from leading experts in the field
on #WorldMentalHealthDay

A great team-building hike from Eastbourne last Friday. A lovely day out with the team members.

And Julia Michalek presented on "Harnessing personal and social resources in managing internalising and externalising symptoms in children living in low resource settings." She also presented on "Trust perception in refugee children" at a symposium on psycho-social functioning in refugee youth.

Last week we had two researchers presenting at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology in Lithuania. Alina Marinca presented on "The impact of ADHD on physical, psychological, and socioemotional outcomes in children from underserved communities". And, more below...

We had a great picnic yesterday to welcome our work experience students to the Youth Resilience Unit and celebrate summer with colleagues from @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social

Prof Jennifer Lau & Dr Laura Riddleston, alongside collaborators Dr Helen McIntyre, Prof Pamela Qualter, and Dr Lily Verity, have published a practical guide to tackling #loneliness in #schools primarily written for school staff & aims to support them - pls do share!
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Catarina Duarte & Prof Jennifer Lau are presenting at a workshop they have helped organise in Leiden, on youth loneliness, which brings together experts from different disciplines, with practitioners, policy-makers, & people with lived experiences

www.lorentzcenter.nl/loneliness-w...

A few more pictures from the inspirational joint inaugural lectures from Professor Claudia Cooper and our own Professor Jennifer Lau

More travels - Aisling Murray and Laura Paulauskaite (Youth Resilience Unit, pictured) during a visit to the UN House in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) on 7th March 2025 after meeting with representatives from UNICEF and UNFPA. They also travelled to Uzbekistan to meet with NGOs and UN organisations.

Professor Jennifer Lau, Lauren Turner, Catarina Duarte, and Imogen Hensler attended the Conference on #Youth #Loneliness at the London Royal Danish Embassy on the 13th of March. The event featured leading Danish and British organisations sharing their strategies to combat youth loneliness.

Are you aged 18-24? Have you experienced repeated periods of #loneliness? Take part in our #study and share your experiences! All the details are in the attached poster - please share! We are eager to hear from people with a range of different life and loneliness experiences!

Some more photographs of beautiful Cambodia taken by Dr van Loggerenberg currently supporting stakeholder analysis workshops in Kampong Chhnang and Siem Reap.

Great to hear an update today from PhD student Mariana on her project exploring social prescribing for children and young people

Want an interesting insta to follow? A group of researchers from @qmul.ac.uk and @kingsioppn.bsky.social exploring #social connections and the role they play in our lives #loneliness
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A very welcome second networking seminar with the colleagues from @hsrcza.bsky.social visiting this week. Dr Zaynab and Dr Humphries outline the excellent community based research being done in South Africa. Hope to build future collaborations!

This week we have been hosting Dr Zaynab Essack and Dr Hilton Humphries from @hsrcza.bsky.social to discuss research collaboration and their work in South Africa. Great collaboration potential! Say hi if you are around @qmul.ac.uk

The Great Friendship Project and Florence Eshalomi MP hosted a policy event at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday addressing the loneliness crisis among young adults.

Our own Prof Jennifer Lau presented key findings on loneliness amongst young people & outlined priorities for future work

Thanks! A few more photos attached.

Are you 10-24? Take part in a survey for this research project on hashtag#youth hashtag#loneliness! Researchers at the University of Manchester & Queen Mary University are looking to learn more about what loneliness means to young people - read & share! www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...