Exploring the Linkages between Mental Well-Being and Physical Health Outcomes

Course Objectives

Course Aims

The short course aims to achieve the following objectives:

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To provide up-to-date, state-of-the-art knowledge on the linkages between mental well-being and physical health outcomes;
 

To teach skills to critically evaluate research in this field;
 

To develop participants’ research skills and their ability to identify appropriate epidemiological and other research methods that can be used to study mental well-being and physical health outcomes;
 

To build a network of scholars who will lead the next generation of research in this area.
 

Logistics

The first course will be held from July 12-16, 2021. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions, the course organizers are currently exploring options for offering the course in-person, virtually, or a combination of the two. A final decision on the course format will be made in early 2021, but we encourage you to apply early as space is limited on the course. Applicants will have an opportunity to indicate if they are only interested in an in-person course, only interested in a virtual course, or interested in either format.

Following this inaugural year, the course will be hosted every July. As a collaboration between the Center for Health and Happiness and the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at UCL, the course will rotate between the two institutions every year. This rotating model will allow the short course to have a more global reach and will assist in building an international community interested in and committed to building the science around linkages between mental well-being and physical health outcomes. In addition, it will allow course organizers to maximally utilize academic and human resources from both institutions.