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Mental Health and Bigger Bodies – Byres Road Hub Mondays

Monday 6 October, 2025 (and fortnightly)

University of Glasgow, School of Health and Wellbeing Byres Road Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road. G12 8 TB

If you’re new to the Hub, or if you’re already familiar, come and pop in! Free event.

• 10am: Tour of our Hub and Clarice Pears building
• 10.30am: Networking and refreshments
• 11am: Topic presented by a researcher or community partner and open discussion/networking (first floor)

Topic for 6th October

Mental ill-health and bigger bodies: what is the contribution of genetics? Come and chat with PhD researcher Madeleine Hayman.

Research has helped us understand the relation between mental and physical health is a complex subject. With many factors impacting people’s health, we explore if the genetics contributes to how people who experience mental ill-health store fat on their bodies. Come and chat with PhD researcher Madeleine Hayman about how genetics may play a role in both mental health and fat storage. Together we will think about things like what you know, want to know, and why empathy and understanding is key in this area of research.

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