Tom Metherell
@tommetherell.com
/ˈmɛðərəl/. He/him. PhD candidate in Mental Health Science @clscohorts.bsky.social, @sriucl.bsky.social. Social media + mental health 📱🧠🏳️🌈
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Voted yes/yes in the @ucu.org.uk strike ballot. Our sector is crumbling and now we're expected to take another pay cut - enough! #wearetheuniversity
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Voted yes/yes in the @ucu.org.uk strike ballot. Our sector is crumbling and now we're expected to take another pay cut - enough! #wearetheuniversity
It's been a great @sllshome.bsky.social #SLLS2025! On Tuesday I presented the initial results of our study on social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in adolescents in England. You can read the preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a great @sllshome.bsky.social #SLLS2025! On Tuesday I presented the initial results of our study on social media use and psychiatric diagnoses in adolescents in England. You can read the preprint here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Today I presented my work on data from the @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social Disrupting Harm survey at #IPC2025 in Brisbane! It was a great opportunity to engage with other researchers interested in investigating youth mental health in the population.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
July 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today I presented my work on data from the @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social Disrupting Harm survey at #IPC2025 in Brisbane! It was a great opportunity to engage with other researchers interested in investigating youth mental health in the population.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Had a great first day at #SIPS2025! Don't miss our session tomorrow morning on the challenges of public engagement in a post-truth society 🗯️
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Had a great first day at #SIPS2025! Don't miss our session tomorrow morning on the challenges of public engagement in a post-truth society 🗯️
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
(@sarahbakirci.bsky.social @zefreeman.com)
Today I was in Birmingham for the @popmhuk.bsky.social Innovation Lab in Children and Young People's Mental Health! It was really great to see researchers, practitioners, public institutions, community organisations and young people in one room to connect and identify areas for collaboration 📈🤓
June 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today I was in Birmingham for the @popmhuk.bsky.social Innovation Lab in Children and Young People's Mental Health! It was really great to see researchers, practitioners, public institutions, community organisations and young people in one room to connect and identify areas for collaboration 📈🤓
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(but the real answer is that the pipeline is locked up in a secure data environment and everything is fine, it just looks more complicated than I imagined)
(but the real answer is that the pipeline is locked up in a secure data environment and everything is fine, it just looks more complicated than I imagined)
June 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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(but the real answer is that the pipeline is locked up in a secure data environment and everything is fine, it just looks more complicated than I imagined)
(but the real answer is that the pipeline is locked up in a secure data environment and everything is fine, it just looks more complicated than I imagined)
June 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In Westminster today for #AIUK! This morning we had a great session promoting @harmonydata.bsky.social, an AI tool for harmonising survey data 🥳
March 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In Westminster today for #AIUK! This morning we had a great session promoting @harmonydata.bsky.social, an AI tool for harmonising survey data 🥳
Captured on candid camera by @sarahbakirci.bsky.social at today's @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & DATAMIND meeting! A great event as always with interesting discussions about the benefits and risks of data linkage, following on from yesterday's excellent natural language processing workshop 🙌
October 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Captured on candid camera by @sarahbakirci.bsky.social at today's @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social & DATAMIND meeting! A great event as always with interesting discussions about the benefits and risks of data linkage, following on from yesterday's excellent natural language processing workshop 🙌
We need to have a reckoning in academia about conflicts of interest and what they really are. IMO, it is unacceptable to describe this report as "independent
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We need to have a reckoning in academia about conflicts of interest and what they really are. IMO, it is unacceptable to describe this report as "independent
It was an honour and a privilege to march with #OutatUCL at this year's @PrideInLondon, and to stand up for the human rights of my trans siblings, which should never be up for debate.
(📸: James Tye
(📸: James Tye
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It was an honour and a privilege to march with #OutatUCL at this year's @PrideInLondon, and to stand up for the human rights of my trans siblings, which should never be up for debate.
(📸: James Tye
(📸: James Tye
I have had concerns about editorial standards at The @ObserverUK for a while now, but this really is a new low
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have had concerns about editorial standards at The @ObserverUK for a while now, but this really is a new low
I'm in Nairobi for SIPS 2024 (@improvingpsych.bsky.social)! Tomorrow I'm leading an Unconference session about resources to help in switching to open-source software 🤓
June 10, 2024 at 5:44 AM
I'm in Nairobi for SIPS 2024 (@improvingpsych.bsky.social)! Tomorrow I'm leading an Unconference session about resources to help in switching to open-source software 🤓
Thrilled to be in Montréal 🇨🇦 for @LHRS2024! Tomorrow afternoon I'll be presenting our work on the relationship between mental health in childhood and sleep duration in adulthood 🎉
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thrilled to be in Montréal 🇨🇦 for @LHRS2024! Tomorrow afternoon I'll be presenting our work on the relationship between mental health in childhood and sleep duration in adulthood 🎉
Great first day of the "Promise and Pitfalls of Pre-registration" meeting @royalsociety today! Looking forward to hearing more debate tomorrow on this important subject
January 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great first day of the "Promise and Pitfalls of Pre-registration" meeting @royalsociety today! Looking forward to hearing more debate tomorrow on this important subject
January 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
this is what they took from us
January 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
this is what they took from us
i truly love being forced to answer questions like this as part of my "skills development" 🫠
January 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i truly love being forced to answer questions like this as part of my "skills development" 🫠