ABOUT COVID-MINDS
The COVID-Minds Network has three main aims:
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To support the establishment of high-quality longitudinal Covid-19 studies in countries internationally exploring the effects of the pandemic on mental health
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To enable international collaboration in longitudinal data analysis to understand cross-cultural differences in the mental health effects of Covid-19​
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To catalogue and disseminate findings from mental health research on Covid-19
Our work is underpinned by three core values:
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Patient & public involvement & engagement: encouraging individuals to take part in mental health research and supporting study teams to involve young people and adults with lived experience in the design and running of studies
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Open science: supporting researchers in sharing protocols, data, and findings​
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Policy and sector support: providing summaries of evidence to health bodies and governments internationally
The network is led by an international steering group of scientists and mental health professionals including:
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Dr Daisy Fancourt (University College London, UK)
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Dr Nils Fietje (World Health Organisation)
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Prof Matthew Hotopf (King's College London, UK)
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Prof Kathleen Merikangas (NIHR/Johns Hopkins, US)
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Prof Naja Hulvej Rod (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Dr Catherine Sebastian (Wellcome Trust, UK)
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Grace Gatera Uwineza (Lived experience, Rwanda)
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The network is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
For enquiries about the organisation of the network, please contact
Dr Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UCL.
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