Director of the Mental Health Platform @MHPlatform. Supported by @UKRI_News I'm based at the University of Edinburgh @EdinUniMentalH & an NHS Psychiatrist
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2009
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
🚨New preprint from #DepGenAfrica!🚨
We are building a landmark study in #PsychiatricGenetics, the first large scale genetic study of Major Depressive Disorder #MDD in Africa 🌍🧬supported by @wellcometrust
Here’s what you should know 🧵👇
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
🎉 Exciting news from DepGenAfrica! Our Ethiopia site has now recruited 1,000 participants 🎉
Huge congratulations to the team and heartfelt thanks to all the participants who made this possible
@DrS_Teferra @wellcometrust
Happy to share the news that we have recruited 1000 participants in Ethiopia for @depgenafrica projet ahead of schedule, out of a total of 4,000. This project is the largest genetic study on depression in Africa funded by the @wellcometrust .
@psychgenomics , @mcintosh2001
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Congratulations to DepGenAfrica postdoc Dr @ChebiiVivien who has been awarded a @wellcometrust Early Career Award to study the shared links between depression and cardiometabolic traits using African genomic data!
🌟 Exciting news! 🌟
We’re proud to share that PGC Africa member @ChebiiVivien from the Sydney Brenner Institute of Molecular Biosciences @WitsUniversity has been awarded the prestigious Wellcome Early Career Award @wellcometrust
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Want to learn more about @depgenafrica? Our study protocol paper is now published in Wellcome Open Research
doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeope…
@Akanbiodi @jaredgmaina @wisdomnakanga @ChebiiVivien #RodneyTholanah @sir_cruzy @drjameswalters
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Day one concluded on a strong note, thanks to the brilliant partners pictured here and colleagues joining online
@wellcometrust
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
This week, @depgenafrica investigators meet in Johannesburg 🇿🇦 to review progress on the first large scale case control study of depression in Africa 🌍🧠🧬 supported by @wellcometrust.
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
We ended the day under the warm South African summer night, where PIs, analysts, and early career researchers took part in an interactive storytelling session to strengthen connection and team spirit
🌙😁💬
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
After lunch, we split into groups to discuss planned papers and analysis plans 📊📝👥, followed by a presentation from early career researchers @ChebiiVivien & @jaredgmaina summarising recent literature on the genetics of depression
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Let us recap a wonderfully productive Day 2 of the 2025 @depgenafrica annual meeting.
We began with sample collection updates from Ethiopia by @melkam_kebede and Nigeria by #ShamsudinAliyu who shared insights into the journey of samples from recruitment to processing.
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Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Happy to share the news that we have recruited 1000 participants in Ethiopia for @depgenafrica projet ahead of schedule, out of a total of 4,000. This project is the largest genetic study on depression in Africa funded by the @wellcometrust .
@psychgenomics , @mcintosh2001
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Work in Digital Data & AI, Lifestyle & Wellbeing, or Pharma & BioTech?
Join The Alliance: seeking industry partners to transform research into real-world impact for severe mental illness.
Find out more and apply here: mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/r…
In partnership with @DatamindUK
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Thanks to Heston Blumenthal for making Heston: My Life with Bipolar. Honest and intelligent programme and an excellent insight into life with the condition and difficulties balancing medication effects. An unselfish man, he’s moved by the stories of others bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
Pleased to share our new preprint on the 1st large-scale GWAS meta-analysis of panic attacks and panic disorder 👇
Our panic GWAS meta-analysis is now up as a preprint on @medrxivpreprint. We looked at both panic attacks (N case >61,000) and panic disorder (N>29,000) and found the first GWS genetic loci for both (16 and 7 respectively)
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
📢The MHP Industry Alliance is open for new members from Industry to join.
The next Industry Alliance Forum with @DatamindUK will focus on Digital, Data & AI. Join the Alliance to stay updated:
mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/r…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
📆 Save the Date: 10th Oct 2025
Join us in Edinburgh this #WorldMentalHealthDay for the MHP Research Summit, in partnership with @MQmentalhealth.
📝 Registration & abstract submission opening soon!
🔗 Add to calendar: rebrand.ly/research-summit-2…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
(3/3) The PGC #MajorDepressiveDisorder Working Group (chaired by @mcintosh2001, Fabien Streit & Lu Yi) is a global collaboration of researchers focused on the genetics of depression.
Find out more and how you can get involved: pgc.unc.edu/for-researchers/…
The John Slate Clinical Professor of Psychiary at @UniofExeter is now open for applications
Work with a terrific team, including people from the UKRI Mental Health Platform @MHPlatform and @UKRI_News Functional Genomics Institute @UK_FGx
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
📣New Preprint: Protocol for Depression Genetics in Africa (DepGenAfrica), supported by @wellcometrust osf.io/preprints/osf/pf3u9_v…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
The Industry Alliance Forum meeting will unite the UKRI Mental Health Platform with key industry partners to shape the future of mental healthcare.
To be invited to this influential event as an industry member, you need to first Join the Alliance:
mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/r…
Andrew McIntosh retweeted
🎉 Big news! The new VoiceIn app has launched!
Calling all #mentalhealthresearchers!
Are you struggling to get quick, meaningful public input for your research? VoiceIn makes it easy to connect with real people, get real feedback, and shape your work.
✅Upload your project
✅Get quick, real-time feedback
✅Reach diverse voices & improve inclusivity
Check it out & help spread the word! 👉 voicein.org/welcome
#VoiceIn #PPIE #ResearchMatters #researchers #mentalhealth #ECRchat
