Public talk on “Mental Health in Isolation” given by Olga Vvedenskaya, MD, PhD, Chief Organisational Officer of Dragonfly Mental Health on the 13th of October 2020. This talk covers how our body and mind function during this global disease outbreak and subsequent isolation. Olga pinpoints the main areas of daily life that are affected by the pandemic and provides suggestions, tips and tricks to gain a feeling of stability and sanity.
At the SMCU conference, Wendy Ingram, PhD, from Dragonfly Mental Health, presents the results of a mental health stigma intervention conducted at three university departments. Does hearing faculty talk about their own mental health struggles help reduce stigma in the department?
Breaking The Stigma – A film by Dragonfly Mental Health features interviews with Professors and a Nobel Laureate from the Life Sciences speaking about their own lived experience with mental health struggles. Through real stories of successful and prominent faculty at the University of California Berkeley and Davis, we are breaking the stigma and busting the myth that mental health struggles preclude one from an academic career.
Starring: Prof. Richard Harland, Prof. Elva Diaz, Dr Elçin Ünal, Randy W. Schekman, PhD and Prof. Kathy Collins.
Editing: David Ingram
Sometimes a picture can tell the whole story
Dr. Thais Langer, the founder of Science Writer Space, delivered an exciting talk titled: ‘How to navigate a scientific career path’. During her talk, she discussed her life and career in science. She also realistically talks about the difficult times, she had to endure to make her passion come true.
Throughout her talk, she loudly and clearly made the point that life is not always linear and that every step in it comes with an opportunity to learn something new. This was also her motivation to always look up when things go awry. Last but not least, she highlighted the significance of realising a proper work-life balance (she herself is a scientist, science communicator and writer, and a professional diver and sailor) and the real need for proper scientific knowledge dissemination.
Science should be about finding the truth
Interview with Sally Hurst: STEMterview
In this video, you will learn how to power up your presentation with easy and free resources. This video contains essential information about science communication, slide design, presentation recordings, and video editing with the use of free and easily available software.
You will also learn about increasing your presentation accessibility and hear some advice on overcoming a fear of your voice and showing your face.
Research is irrelevant if we can’t communicate it
Dr. Sarah Wettstadt, the Director of MicroComms delivered a talk entitled, ‘From the bench to the beach – A scientific career is as sunny as you make it’ on 29th July 2021 in a webinar hosted by BioBattalion. She discussed her scientific journey so far, her projects to make science communication an integral part of scientific research, challenges and prospects ahead in the knowledge sharing process.
