Daniel Smith

@ProfDanielSmith

Chair of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh. Research and clinical practice: bipolar disorder, circadian neuroscience, chronopsychiatry, metabolic psychiatry.

Edinburgh, Scotland ed.ac.uk/profile/profes… Joined October 2013

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Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith Dec 6, 2025

Quite the dinner party guest list here! Congratulations to all the awardees - very much enjoyed meeting everyone and sincere thanks to the @Saltire_Society

SALTIRE SOCIETY @Saltire_Society Dec 5, 2025

We had a wonderful gathering last night celebrating the 2025 Fletcher of Saltoun awardees Nicola Benedetti CBE & Stewart Conn (Arts & Humanities), Andy Wightman, Prof Dame Sally Mapstone & Carol Grigor CBE (Public Life) and Prof Daniel Smith (Science)

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Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith Jun 14, 2025

"Lithium use, and timely access to psychiatrists are both directly linked to a reduction in suicidal thoughts in people with bipolar disorder" Heston Blumenthal: Mood swings fuelled the chef's genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker
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www.bbc.co.uk Heston Blumenthal: How bipolar diagnosis changed chef’s life A new BBC documentary looks at how a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at 57 changed the celebrity chef's life.

Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith Jun 10, 2025

Check out our Topic Collection on Chronopsychiatry now available on BMJ Mental Health. #circadian #sleep #MentalHealth mentalhealth.bmj.com/pages/chronops…

Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith May 26, 2025

We have a new postdoctoral opportunity available in Edinburgh working on the Wellcome HELIOS-BD project, collecting and analysing data on #sleep, #circadian rhythms, light sensitivity and #bipolardisorder. More details 👇
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elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com Postdoctoral Research Associate We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate to join our chronopsychiatry research team in Edinburgh. The postholder will work on the Wellcome-funded HELIOS-BD project “Lithium's mechanism in...

Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith May 21, 2025

📣 We are now recruiting people with #bipolardisorder in the UK for our @wellcometrust study 'AMBIENT-BD'
Read more and register your interest 👇
Volunteer to take part here: ambientbd.com/take-part
Read the AMBIENT-BD protocol: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-254

www.ambientbd.com Study Information | Ambient BD Find out more about taking part in the AMBIENT-BD Co-production study and receive updates as our research progresses.