Breaking the Silence: Graduate Student Mental Health

Our last episode of 2018 is about graduate student mental health and wellness. Rosalind, a PhD student shares her struggle with mental health and navigating barriers within her academic institution (13.48mins). Dr.Teresa Evans explains her team's study published this year in Nature that found grad students 6 times more likely to experience depression and anxiety compared to the general population (25.48). Lastly, we have a roundtable discussion about the roles students play to form community in graduate student spaces, with Benny Niles (Just Tryna Grad) and Susanna Harris (The PhDepression)39.28mins. On BiteSize Science, hosts Rackeb and Alyssa chat about Dr. Jess Wade's mission to improve the representation of women scientists on wikipedia (8.23mins). Lastly, we shout out Dr. Sunshine Menezes and her Metcalf Institute team for hosting the Inclusive #SciComm Symposium in Rhode Island. https://web.uri.edu/inclusivescicomm/ Links: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05947-8 Start an edit-a thon?: https://www.sciencerising.org/2018/07/23/hosting-an-edit-a-thon/?fbclid=IwAR11gzngH_hTTaRitkrzUAGKLtQsiy0MISvm8c7-qtgNINdVbYbxJu02QIM https://www.thephdepression.com/ https://trynagrad.com/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4089 A: This episode was put together with the help of our wonderful team, including Mixing by Ryan Macfarlane R: Music by Louis Stein A: In partnership with CKUT 90.3fm More Resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l4Uwq_bsoVNmtrzdUq0bd0ntDVdPJndlkXG42Z-_lfk/edit?usp=sharing