Dr Arish / आरिश 🏳️🌈
@arishmrl.bsky.social
Researcher in neuroscience and psychiatry @EdinUniNeuro.bsky.social interested in HIV mental health & inflammation. I also do other stuff.
www.arishmrl.com
www.arishmrl.com
Pinned
@dsmith2025.bsky.social and I have another new paper out today in BMJ Mental Health. Excited to have published the first ever research study from the Our Future Health UK cohort, involving data from over 1.5 million adults. Highlights below 👇
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
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The "Szilard Point."
When we talk about The strain and the drain on scientific publishing, it's this.
Researchers are working more just to stay afloat, and less on what we actually want them to do: research, discover, innovate.
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
When we talk about The strain and the drain on scientific publishing, it's this.
Researchers are working more just to stay afloat, and less on what we actually want them to do: research, discover, innovate.
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The "Szilard Point."
When we talk about The strain and the drain on scientific publishing, it's this.
Researchers are working more just to stay afloat, and less on what we actually want them to do: research, discover, innovate.
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
When we talk about The strain and the drain on scientific publishing, it's this.
Researchers are working more just to stay afloat, and less on what we actually want them to do: research, discover, innovate.
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
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🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
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I'm old enough to remember having a reasonable expectation that a Labour government would be better than a Tory one.
A Health Secretary who repeatedly implies that chronically under-diagnosed things like ADHD are somehow over-diagnosed, bans trans healthcare & promotes NHS privatisation is not it.
A Health Secretary who repeatedly implies that chronically under-diagnosed things like ADHD are somehow over-diagnosed, bans trans healthcare & promotes NHS privatisation is not it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm old enough to remember having a reasonable expectation that a Labour government would be better than a Tory one.
A Health Secretary who repeatedly implies that chronically under-diagnosed things like ADHD are somehow over-diagnosed, bans trans healthcare & promotes NHS privatisation is not it.
A Health Secretary who repeatedly implies that chronically under-diagnosed things like ADHD are somehow over-diagnosed, bans trans healthcare & promotes NHS privatisation is not it.
Looking forward to speaking with the Edinburgh University Global Health Society later today for #WorldAIDSDay. We will discuss recent advances in HIV care, emerging priorities for the community, and the intersections of LGBTQ+ rights, mental health, and HIV.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Looking forward to speaking with the Edinburgh University Global Health Society later today for #WorldAIDSDay. We will discuss recent advances in HIV care, emerging priorities for the community, and the intersections of LGBTQ+ rights, mental health, and HIV.
#WorldAIDSDay is especially important this year.
US has cut nearly all support for HIV care and research, while UK has cut £150 million from its contribution to Global Health Fund.
HIV activism and NGOs continue to save lives while govts betray people with HIV.
www.iasociety.org/kigali-decla...
US has cut nearly all support for HIV care and research, while UK has cut £150 million from its contribution to Global Health Fund.
HIV activism and NGOs continue to save lives while govts betray people with HIV.
www.iasociety.org/kigali-decla...
Kigali Declaration
www.iasociety.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#WorldAIDSDay is especially important this year.
US has cut nearly all support for HIV care and research, while UK has cut £150 million from its contribution to Global Health Fund.
HIV activism and NGOs continue to save lives while govts betray people with HIV.
www.iasociety.org/kigali-decla...
US has cut nearly all support for HIV care and research, while UK has cut £150 million from its contribution to Global Health Fund.
HIV activism and NGOs continue to save lives while govts betray people with HIV.
www.iasociety.org/kigali-decla...
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2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024.
But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool.
If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW!
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...
#WorldAIDSDay
But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool.
If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW!
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
2.5M people accessed HIV prevention medicines in 2024.
But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool.
If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW!
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...
#WorldAIDSDay
But this year’s sudden funding cuts disrupted access to this essential tool.
If we want to prevent a resurgence of HIV infections, we must re-prioritize prevention, NOW!
Read more: www.unaids.org/en/2025-worl...
#WorldAIDSDay
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Today is #WorldAIDSDay.
The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united.
Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk.
Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.
The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united.
Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk.
Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today is #WorldAIDSDay.
The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united.
Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk.
Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.
The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united.
Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk.
Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.
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#WorldAIDSDay2025 | Spotlight has launched a new HIV dashboard and graph generator based on outputs from the Thembisa model.
Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/
Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#WorldAIDSDay2025 | Spotlight has launched a new HIV dashboard and graph generator based on outputs from the Thembisa model.
Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/
Our hope is that this dashboard will help the public and people working in healthcare to find important HIV numbers more easily: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/hiv-dashboard/
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These two have made a difference. This prize will help them make even more of a difference.
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
These two have made a difference. This prize will help them make even more of a difference.
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@hubmetpsych.bsky.social
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@hubmetpsych.bsky.social
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
Bringing together researchers, clinicians & lived-experience experts to drive innovation in metabolic psychiatry.
🌟 Focus: genomics, data science, biomarkers, metabolic intervention, lived experience.
🔗 metabolicpsychiatryhub.com
#DiscoverMHPHubs #MentalHealthResearch
New preprint!
TL;DR We looked at depressive symptom severity in a large sample of children in Uganda, and found that
- in children without HIV, symptom severity decreases over time
- in children with HIV, symptoms actually get worse *if* they had high baseline inflammation
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
TL;DR We looked at depressive symptom severity in a large sample of children in Uganda, and found that
- in children without HIV, symptom severity decreases over time
- in children with HIV, symptoms actually get worse *if* they had high baseline inflammation
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New preprint!
TL;DR We looked at depressive symptom severity in a large sample of children in Uganda, and found that
- in children without HIV, symptom severity decreases over time
- in children with HIV, symptoms actually get worse *if* they had high baseline inflammation
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
TL;DR We looked at depressive symptom severity in a large sample of children in Uganda, and found that
- in children without HIV, symptom severity decreases over time
- in children with HIV, symptoms actually get worse *if* they had high baseline inflammation
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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It was lovely speaking to @harmitmalik.bsky.social for @dmmjournal.bsky.social Infectious Disease Special Issue. We chatted about his work on host-viral evolution, the importance of blue-skies research and his approach to creating a supportive lab environment
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
For our #InfectiousDisease Special Issue we interviewed the marvelous @harmitmalik.bsky.social ! We discussed the #viral arms race, how to support mentees and the beauty of basic science 🔬
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
The viral arms race: an interview with Harmit Malik
Harmit Malik. Photo credit: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.Harmit Malik is Professor and Associate Director of the Basic Sciences Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, WA,…
journals.biologists.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It was lovely speaking to @harmitmalik.bsky.social for @dmmjournal.bsky.social Infectious Disease Special Issue. We chatted about his work on host-viral evolution, the importance of blue-skies research and his approach to creating a supportive lab environment
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
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Our #METPSY study explores how metabolism connects to mental health.
Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉
Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇
📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk
🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25
Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉
Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇
📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk
🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our #METPSY study explores how metabolism connects to mental health.
Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉
Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇
📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk
🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25
Yesterday, we hit 25% of our recruitment target! 🎉
Interested in taking part? Recruitment is still open! Get in touch with the team or visit our website to learn more 👇
📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk
🔗 tinyurl.com/metpsy25
Incredibly powerful and personal article. How often have we rushed to meet last-minute ("rapid") funding calls or squeezed projects into financial year-end deadlines? Time in academic does feel 'manic'. The authors describe so eloquently why this encourages us to disguise failures as learning.
Failure hurts. How can the concept of bipolar time help us understand it?
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
@lizziereed.bsky.social @robinskyer.bsky.social reflect on an unsuccessful research project, relentless demands for productivity, and the importance of radical acceptance.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/zb4uVL6
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Incredibly powerful and personal article. How often have we rushed to meet last-minute ("rapid") funding calls or squeezed projects into financial year-end deadlines? Time in academic does feel 'manic'. The authors describe so eloquently why this encourages us to disguise failures as learning.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Monica Gandhi delivered a powerful plenary at #EACS2025 on the history and the future of HIV treatment.
Although HIV and AIDS have largely dropped out of the headlines, the pandemic is not over.
More than 40.8m people are now living with HIV (Russian data is missing) more than at any other time.
1/5
Although HIV and AIDS have largely dropped out of the headlines, the pandemic is not over.
More than 40.8m people are now living with HIV (Russian data is missing) more than at any other time.
1/5
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Monica Gandhi delivered a powerful plenary at #EACS2025 on the history and the future of HIV treatment.
Although HIV and AIDS have largely dropped out of the headlines, the pandemic is not over.
More than 40.8m people are now living with HIV (Russian data is missing) more than at any other time.
1/5
Although HIV and AIDS have largely dropped out of the headlines, the pandemic is not over.
More than 40.8m people are now living with HIV (Russian data is missing) more than at any other time.
1/5
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Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV.
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...
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Seems very timely
"What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been."
— Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
"What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been."
— Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Seems very timely
"What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been."
— Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
"What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been."
— Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Fas...
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First-Person Psychiatric Accounts: A Substack Collection
Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...
Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...
First-Person Psychiatric Accounts
A Substack Collection
www.psychiatrymargins.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First-Person Psychiatric Accounts: A Substack Collection
Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...
Personal accounts of mental health challenges and mental healthcare, many of which are among the most widely read and appreciated posts in Psychiatry at the Margins.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/first-pers...
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🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨
We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.
📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.
📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨
We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.
📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.
📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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🚨Update: METPSY is now recruiting adults aged 16–35! 🚨
Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
Interested? Get in touch 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk or visit our website!
Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
Interested? Get in touch 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk or visit our website!
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚨Update: METPSY is now recruiting adults aged 16–35! 🚨
Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
Interested? Get in touch 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk or visit our website!
Adults aged 16–35 living in Scotland can now take part in our METPSY study (previously 16–25). Open to those with a diagnosis of depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
Interested? Get in touch 📩 metpsy@ed.ac.uk or visit our website!
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Calling all early-career researchers!! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to know: what kinds of resources do early-career researchers need? Share you thoughts anonymously at the link below:
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
What kinds of support do early-career researchers need?
Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Calling all early-career researchers!! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to know: what kinds of resources do early-career researchers need? Share you thoughts anonymously at the link below:
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
I love when this happens, and also feel frustrated when I can’t show them to the world. My human just ends up having to deal with me showing him all the pretty plots.
July 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I love when this happens, and also feel frustrated when I can’t show them to the world. My human just ends up having to deal with me showing him all the pretty plots.
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@arishmrl.bsky.social & colleagues have found that people with autoimmune conditions are at nearly double the risk of mental health issues - depression, bipolar, anxiety - compared to the general population. Read the full paper: edin.ac/40jxw9h; highlighted in the Guardian 25/06: edin.ac/44pQyfF
June 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@arishmrl.bsky.social & colleagues have found that people with autoimmune conditions are at nearly double the risk of mental health issues - depression, bipolar, anxiety - compared to the general population. Read the full paper: edin.ac/40jxw9h; highlighted in the Guardian 25/06: edin.ac/44pQyfF
@dsmith2025.bsky.social and I have another new paper out today in BMJ Mental Health. Excited to have published the first ever research study from the Our Future Health UK cohort, involving data from over 1.5 million adults. Highlights below 👇
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@dsmith2025.bsky.social and I have another new paper out today in BMJ Mental Health. Excited to have published the first ever research study from the Our Future Health UK cohort, involving data from over 1.5 million adults. Highlights below 👇
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social
LINK: doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...
@edinunineuro.bsky.social