Byres Community Hub - Hub Monday
Byres Community Hub - Hub Monday
School of Health & Wellbeing
Date: Monday 07 October 2024
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Venue: Clarice Pears building
Category: Social events, Academic events, Open days and visits
Speaker: Dr Rona Strawbridge
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/byrescommunityhub/events/
Byres Community Hub is a unique space for research and community collaboration in the School of Health and Wellbeing.
Every second Monday, we have a dedicated time for people to come in and visit our space, and to meet our researchers and volunteers.
10am: Welcome with tea, coffee, and biscuits
10.30am: Tour of the Hub and Clarice Pears building
11am: Topic presented by a researcher or community partner and open discussion/networking
The overlap of mental illness and obesity, diabetes, and heart disease
Mental illness is often associated with poor physical health, with obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease being more common in those with mental illness, than the general population. For a long time it was assumed that lifestyle factors (such as smoking, poor diet and sedentary lifestyle) and medications (anti-psychotics and anti-depressants) were the reason for this. Recent research suggests that the reality is more complex, with shared biological pathways being responsible for both mental and physical illness. Join us to share what you know about this area, what you’d like to know, and hear about some of the research that Dr Rona Strawbridge and her colleagues are working on.