Early Career Researcher Opportunities
Our Network is committed to promoting opportunities for early career researcher to build their skills and experience.
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We will post resources, funding avenues and development opportunities below that can help propel your research career forward.
Nutritional Psychiatry Special Interest Group
​Online workshop
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Date: Friday 27th February 2026
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Click here to join the Microsoft Teams meeting
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GIBA+ Network members are invited to join a workshop hosted by the Nutritional Psychiatry Special Interest Group, designed for researchers who are interested in or already working in nutritional psychiatry and would like a clearer understanding of how collaborations with industry operate in practice. Although especially relevant for early career researchers, the session is open to anyone interested in engaging with industry.
The workshop will bring together perspectives from:
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an industry-funded PhD student (Lewis Hepburn, PhD Researcher, Leeds Beckett University),
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a senior academic (Professor Lauren Owen, Director of the Human Behavioural Neuroscience Lab, Leeds Beckett University), and
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an industry research manager (Dr Daryn Michael, Senior Research Manager, Cultech Ltd).
Through short talks, a Q&A session, and open discussion, the workshop will explore how industry–academic partnerships are formed, the ethical and practical challenges involved, and the opportunities these relationships can offer. Attendees will gain practical insight into funding routes, transparency and conflicts of interest, differences between academic and commercial cultures, and how to maintain scientific integrity while working with industry. Overall, the session aims to build confidence, reduce uncertainty, and support informed and balanced engagement with industry across the field of nutritional psychiatry.