👉 Looking for mental health funding? We’re awarding between £3 to £7 million to teams to develop scalable digital interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis. 💡 Why are we funding this? Mental health interventions aren't working well enough for everyone, have trade-offs and often aren’t scalable globally. Digital interventions could provide better ways to intervene early to help people. 🔍 What do we mean by digital interventions? The interventions can include (but is not limited to) software, artificial intelligence, web-based programmes, mobile applications, chatbots, extended reality, wearable devices or video games. 👤 Who can apply? Teams applying for this award must include researchers, lived experience experts and an organisation which can take the intervention to scale. 🗓 When is the deadline? 5 December 2024 ✍️ How do I apply? Head over to our website for more information, including how to apply: https://lnkd.in/eWRQye-H
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Wellcome supports research to transform health. We’re taking on climate change, infectious disease and mental health.
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Wellcome supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. We’re a global charitable foundation. And we want everyone to benefit from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. We support discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and we’re taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, climate and health and infectious diseases. Ask us questions, comment on posts and share your thoughts with us. We want to spark conversations, inspire debate and create new collaborations. Find out more about Wellcome: https://wellcome.org/who-we-are
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- biomedical_research, technology_transfer, public_health, genome, ethics, public_engagement, investments, innovation, humanities and social science, science, culture, education, vaccine, drug-resistant infections, diversity and inclusion, public engagement, Philanthropy, COVID19, mental health, climate change, global heating, and infectious disease
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Climate change is impacting all of our health – but not equally. Vulnerable groups like pregnant women and unborn children are particularly at risk from changes like extreme heat. In the last few decades, we’ve made significant progress when it comes to maternal and newborn health outcomes. But climate change threatens that progress, and even threatens to undo it. Rachel Huxley, Head of Mitigation in Wellcome’s Climate and Health Team, explains more.
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It's time for a new era of ambitious global action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR occurs when bacteria, fungi or viruses change in a way that makes the drugs used to treat them ineffective. These drug-resistant infections are much harder – if not impossible – to treat and cure. They kill over a million people every year, and this is expected to increase substantially over the next two decades. Despite this, global action has remained weak and fragmented. However, we have a unique opportunity to change that this year. Political leaders must set bold targets and establish better ways to monitor evidence and progress. Read more about our recommendations in our policy brief: https://lnkd.in/ehb2qtut
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Today, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has released a global call to action to save lives and limit the impacts of extreme heat. Extreme heat, driven by climate change, threatens the health of billions of people. And the world is not prepared for this intensifying crisis. At Wellcome, health-centred action on climate change is a key priority for us. We fund research to better understand the effects of climate change on health, as well as define climate interventions and policies that protect and improve health. How exactly does extreme heat affect health, who is most at risk – and what can be done to help? Read our explainer to find out 💡 https://lnkd.in/gPER7hri
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As we approach a landmark United Nations meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in September, there is widespread recognition that global leaders need to do more to respond to the escalating crisis of drug-resistant infections. But why is setting a target such an important tool for driving change? With my colleague Antonia Lombardi, I've written about why we at Wellcome Trust believe that this is such an important thing to be included in this year's political discussions in New York.
The case for a target-based approach to tackling drug-resistant infections
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Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, intense and longer-lasting, putting the health of billions of people at risk. From India to Greece to the US – many countries have been hit by prolonged periods of dangerous heat in 2024. And these conditions will continue to worsen until net-zero emissions are reached. Read our explainer to find out how extreme heat impacts health, who is most at risk – and what can be done to help ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gPER7hri
Effects of extreme heat on the body | News | Wellcome
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Our Mental Health Award, which will fund research using neuroscience to understand the symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychosis, has now closed. Thank you to everyone that applied! Learn more about what we’re funding and what we want to achieve ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gCjnxkmg
Neuroscience and mental health | Grant funding | Wellcome
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Extreme heat isn't just impacting our physical health. Research shows it's a growing mental health concern, too. From interrupting sleep to changing behaviour, extreme heat can negatively affect our mental health in several ways. Climate change is causing more extreme weather events, including more instances of extreme heat. We need more research on the physical and mental health consequences so we can design better policy to protect health. Read more from Alessandro Massazza in Carbon Brief: https://lnkd.in/gdtS-kb7
Guest post: The growing problem of how extreme heat damages mental health - Carbon Brief
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Floods have a huge impact on people’s health that lasts far beyond the event itself. From the spread of diseases like cholera and dengue, to the mental health effects and disruption to ongoing healthcare, find out more in our new explainer ⤵️ https://t.co/KiikIow76O
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What factors increase the risk of Zika moving to new places? There are several, including: ✈️ rising levels of international travel and trade 🌍 warming temperatures as a result of the climate crisis Learn more about how Zika spreads, its health impacts and what can be done to protect people against it ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eSR8seCh
What is Zika virus? Spread, prevention, and the threat to babies | News | Wellcome
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