Podcasts about phd balance

Susanna Harris is the Director of Community at Breakout Ventures. She is also the Founder of PhD Balance, a collaborative community empowering graduate students to build their personal and professional resilience and the 2023 recipient of the SAMPS Young Person of the Year Award.This episode is a little different. For the last couple of years, I have interviewed the winner of that SAMPS award on this podcast. Susanna has been a guest before and although we've chatted a few times since and both live in the Bay Area, we had never met face to face. Susanna mentioned hiking in one of our calls so I thought this would be an opportunity try something new. I suggested we meet up for a hike and record some stuff along the way. Thank you Susanna for being game for one more experiment. We had a free-flowing conversation covering our inspirations in science, science communication, marketing, career paths, longevity, mental health, and more. AI, psychedelics and The Andromeda Strain all came up as well. Give it a listen to find out the context.I typically focus these episodes around a theme and try to point toward a specific takeaway. While there is a thread to the topics we discussed, the takeaway for me this time was simply about the value of conversation. I trust that the listeners to this podcast will learn something about each of us and may be prompted to think about something they heard from a new perspective.As a listener, you don't have to be part of a conversation to benefit from it. That's the magic of this medium. You can listen in as if you were there. Taking that beyond podcasts, consider the value of people listening to your team members, executives and subject matter experts in their natural, unscripted style. Podcast listeners report (and I can verify this both as a host and a listener) that they feel like they know the people they hear from regularly. There is a level of know, like, and trust that is hard to replicate except face-to-face.Finally, one never knows where having a conversation will lead in the long run. I don't even remember how Susanna and I connected initially. Yet here we were, 3 years later, hiking the hills, sharing our experiences in science and creating unique content along the way. If we get a chance to help one another out in the future, that would be icing on the cake. It all started with a conversation.Mentioned in this episode:Books: Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven JohnsonThe End of the World is Just The Beginning by Peter ZeihanMovie: The Andromeda Strain (also a book by Michael Crichton)Your deepest insights are your best branding. I'd love to help you share them. Chat with me about custom content for your life science brand. Or visit my website. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cclifescience.substack.com

Today the hosts speak with Dr. Susanna Harris, founder of PhD Balance, on how we can use self-awareness to better practice communication and advocate for our mental health. Links:PhD BalanceDr. Susanna Harris's TwitterDragonfly Mental Health

This week, we will be joined by Ti'Air Riggins (she/her). Ti'Air Riggins is a current Biomedical Engineering PhD researcher at Case Western Reserve University who just became the first Black Biomedical Engineering PhD recipient from MSU. She received her bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2011, also becoming the first black undergraduate student to receive a bachelors in science in BME from OSU, and proceeded to earn a master's from the University of Cincinnati in 2013. Beginning her PhD at Purdue in 2014, she transferred to Michigan State in January 2019. Her research focus is integrating tissue engineering with implantable electrodes to tune immune response in the brain, in the REIL lab under the direction of Dr. Erin Purcell. She is a co-founder for Black In Neuro, serves as the Academia Chair for the Health Innovations special interest group of the National Society of Black Engineers, is a local organizer for Com Sci Con MI, and is in the speaker's bureau for the Rape And Incest National Network. She has also served in the community under her platforms of sexual assault awareness and exposing underrepresented students to STEM as Miss Indiana United States 2015 and has received awards for her Social Justice in 2016 and Humanitarianism in 2018. She was named a fellow in the Society for Neuroscience from 2016 – 2018 and is also a NIH F99/K00 fellowship awardee. She just accepted a postdoc position in the Capadona lab at Case Western Reserve University where she will do her K00 funded research. Her future goals include managing her own lab exploring neurodegeneration and foreign body response to brain computer interfaces and being a successful educator and mentor for students who are underrepresented students in neuroscience and engineering. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 9 am Eastern Time, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Courtney on Twitter: @CApplewhiteX Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Jennifer Van Alstyne (she/her). Jennifer van Alstyne is a communications strategist for professors and researchers. At The Academic Designer LLC, Jennifer helps people share their work effectively online. The Social Academic blog has articles and interviews on managing your online presence. Jennifer is a Peruvian-American poet with a BA in English from Monmouth University, an MFA in Writing & Poetics from the Jack Kerouac School, and an MA in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Connect with her on Twitter (@HigherEdPR) and LinkedIn (Jennifer van Alstyne). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Kasia Kuzmicz-Kowalska (she/her). Kasia is a PhD Student at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria studying Developmental Biology. She is also the host of the Science on Trial [and Error] podcast. You can connect with Kasia on Twitter @kuzmiczkowalska and find Science on Trial [and Error] on Twitter @scienceontrial, Instagram @scienceontrialpodcast and on Podbean https://scienceontrialanderror.podbean.com/ A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week's guest is Manasi Apte, PhD (she/her). Manasi is a Scientist and Communicator, currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She is an accomplished science research scientist, seasoned science communicator, and avid public engagement practitioner, working with several initiatives in the United States and India for more than a decade. Manasi believes in building connections via communications and for her, impactful storytelling is one of the meaningful ways for connecting any two ideas, data points, stories, and people. She recently got featured in a STEMterview as well as in Lifeology SciCommer spotlights series. She is also one of the #WomeninSTEM role models and aspires to continue her journey in the field of science communication and public engagement. You can find her on Twitter at @Manasiapte. Her website referenced in the show is www.highlight-communications.org. The views/ opinions/ observations/ comments expressed during the podcast are her own and do not represent her employer's views and opinions about said topics. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 9 am Eastern Time, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Courtney on Twitter: @CApplewhiteX Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week's guest is Julia Jones, PhD (she/her). Julia Jones is a scientist, coach, and founder of the Academic Life Community. With over two decades of experience in academia, Julia studied and worked at institutions across seven countries. She holds two masters degrees in biology and in demography and earned her PhD in Zoology from the University of Oxford in 2015. In 2020, Julia has completed a life and business coaching program accredited by the International Coaching Foundation (ICF). She is also currently completing a BSc in Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. These days Julia runs a learning platform and community to support academics in achieving their academic goals while maintaining their physical and mental wellbeing. She regularly shares insights around mental health in academia through her blog, workshops, and group training programs. You can find her on Twitter (@juliajonesdotdk) and via her website (https://www.juliajones.dk/). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week's guest is Dan Jefferies, PhD (he/him). Dan received his PhD in Chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 2019 after which he did a postdoc at Harvard University. Although he is no longer in a fume hood, he has been able to find a career that keeps him close to the action and involved in his passions. Outside of work Dan, enjoy visiting new breweries, hiking & camping, and spending time with his fiancé and cats. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @aidan_mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Suyash Naik. Suyash (he/him) is from India and currently lives in Vienna, Austria. He is interested in studying the mechanics of development and currently is working on understanding the role of keratin intermediate filaments in zebrafish early epithelial development. In his spare time, he is also the Social Media Director for PhD Balance. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form [link] https://tinyurl.com/Be-A-Guest Want to watch the video? All Grad School Life episodes are also available on the PhD Balance YouTube Channel. Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor

Let's talk about pregnancy in grad school! A bonus episode of Grad Chat by PhD Balance. Big thank you to our panellists: 1. Javi Rudolph, PhD (Twitter @javirudolph) 2. Alexa M. Quinn, PhD (Twitter @AlexaMQuinn) 3. Iben Rickett Sullivan, PhD, MPH (Twitter @imickrick) 4. Pamela Fullerton, NCC, LCPC, CCTP, C-DBT (LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-fullerton-ncc-lcpc-cctp-c-dbt-9a5b83104/). A full-text transcript is available via google doc. You can connect with PhD Balance on social media at PhD_Balance on Twitter and Instagram and visit our website at www.phdbalance.com

This week, we will be joined by Victoria Gray, PhD (she/her). Victoria just finished her PhD in (Statistical) Cancer Genetics at Cardiff University and is getting ready to start a research position at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on genetic variation in patients with various types of cancer. Outside of work, Victoria is a keen singer, performer and F1 fanatic. She's active in science communication, and is passionate about reducing educational inequality and changing the perceptions of scientists through my new project ‘I'm A Scientist And…' You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @viclougray & @imascientistand. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 9 am Eastern Time, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Sangeeta Nair, PhD (she/her). Sangeeta recently graduated with her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience and is currently enjoying her life as a small business owner. Today she's here to chat about finding a community in graduate school, working to fill your cup back up, and some of the disappointments and difficulties she faced along the way. You can find her on Twitter @sangeeters. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Niba on Twitter: @NotesByNiba Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Sean Bittner, PhD (he/him). Sean holds a PhD in Bioengineering and the Associate Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation. His graduate research focused on 3D printing and biomaterials research, and he has a combined 6 years of writing & presentation consulting and leadership & career coaching experience. Sean currently serves as the director of a medical technology accelerator program. In graduate school, Sean gained a true passion for personal and professional development for graduate students and entrepreneurs. He pursued both research and non-research based opportunities that combined his interest in science and technology with a passion for people development and leadership. As a coach, Sean works with rising leaders in graduate school and healthcare entrepreneurship on self-discovery and improving their communication and emotional intelligence skills. In his spare time, Sean enjoys running and playing volleyball, learning to play piano and speak Italian, and spending way too much time building model kits. You can find Sean on Twitter @thelifescicoach and on Instagram @seanwithoutanh! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @aidan_mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Mikel Joachim (she/her). Mikel Joachim is a research program manager with Badger Athletic Performance and a full-time PhD student in Clinical Investigation, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research broadly focuses on injury prevention and recovery in athletes, with specific expertise in biomechanics and injuries in distance runners. She currently holds a master's degree in kinesiology and anticipates defending her PhD dissertation in December of 2022. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @aidan_mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

Dr. Gregory Lesinski is a Professor and the Vice-Chair for Basic Research in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University. Dr. Lesinski earned his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from The Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio. He obtained his MPH in Clinical Investigation from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and completed his post-doctoral training at The Ohio State University and joined the faculty there before being recruited to Emory. Today he shares his professional journey and provides insights into his career as a translation researcher. Credits: Our thanks to Dr. Lesinski for being on the podcast. Follow Dr. Lesinski on Twitter: @LesinskiLab Dr. Lesinski's faculty page: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/lesinski-gregory-b.html Host: Bejan Saeedi Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh Associate Producer – Josh Owens Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson Twitter: @behindthescope_ Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1 Website: behindthemicroscope.com

This week, we will be joined by Erin Berlew (she/her). Erin is a PhD candidate in bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focus is on making optogenetic tools to control the cytoskeleton and, more generally, thinking about how to use natural photoreceptors to perturb cell physiology. She is also interested in teaching, lab organization and culture, coding, cats, and Wikipedia deep dives. You can find her on Twitter @eerinberr. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Liesl on Twitter: @sourkrause94 Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

This week, we will be joined by Susan Egbert! Susan (she/her) is the current PhD Balance president and a third-year PhD candidate in the department of chemistry at the University of Manitoba. Coming from an untraditional background (PharmD), graduate school is quite a transition to make. Susan has 3 cats (Milo, Chonker, and Tuna) who help bring some balance into her life. Outside of school, Susan enjoys seeing new things in the area that she lives in. Find her on Twitter and Instagram (@lichenlady94). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form [link] https://tinyurl.com/Be-A-Guest Want to watch the video? All Grad School Life episodes are also available on the PhD Balance YouTube Channel. Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor

This week, we will be joined by Holly Prescott, PhD (she/her). Holly is currently the Careers Adviser for Postgraduate Researchers at the University of Birmingham (UK) and author of the new PhD Careers blog "PostGradual" (phd-careers.co.uk). She completed her PhD in English Literature at the University of Birmingham in 2011. Since completing her PhD, she gained four years experience in graduate student recruitment before moving over to postgraduate careers support. To aid this move, between 2014-16 she went back to studying part-time for a professional career guidance qualification. Outside of work, Holly keeps her literary interests alive as a member of the in-house company at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham (UK) and as Co-Artistic Director of Ottisdotter Productions in London. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @aidan_mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat.

Dr Susanna Harris, Science Communicator, Manager of Engagement and Communications at Xontogeny & founder of PhD Balance, discusses her experience starting up PHD Balance, a community support organisation, to help students in academia suffering with mental stress. And in weekly science news, the team discuss new cancer therapies, synthetic tooth enamel, January temperature statistics, and bushfire recovery in Victoria. With presenters Dr. Shane, Dr. Ray and Dr. Linden and Stacey.Program page: Einstein-A-Go-GoFacebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go

CW: This episode contains mentions of death and the context of death. This week, we will be joined by new Grad Chat host, Courtney Applewhite (she/her). Courtney Applewhite is a PhD Candidate in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara studying death. When she is not volunteering for Grad Chat, you can find her trail running, lifting weights, and spending time with her cats. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

In this episode of Dear Grad Student, Elana chats with 3rd year PhD student and part of the PhD Balance team, Aidan Mowat, about putting yourself before grad school & knowing when it's time to make a BIG change...Connect with PhD Balance: on Twitter (@PhD_Balance), Instagram (@PhD_Balance), and MOREListen to my episode on GradChat: Isolation in Grad School w/ Elana Gloger Find all episodes, merch, & ways to support the podcast at: https://deargradstudent.comFind the podcast on Twitter: @DearGradStudentFind the podcast on Instagram: @DearGradStudentPodFind automated closed-captioning on: YouTubeFind Elana on Twitter: @elana_glogerMusic provided by: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BetterHelp - Online Counseling Get 10% OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH of the world's largest, 100% online, professional counseling serviceDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://patreon.com/deargradstudent)

This week, we will be joined by Elana Gloger (she/her), host of the Dear Grad Student Podcast! Elana is a brand new PhD Candidate in health psychology. She is also the creator, and host of the amazing Dear Grad Student Podcast. You can find Elana on Twitter (@elana_gloger) and you can find Dear Grad Student on Twitter (@DearGradStudent), Instagram (@deargradstudentpod), their website and wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Grad Chat!!). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT, check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

CW: This episode contains mentions of suicidal ideation This week, we will be joined by Zoë Ayres, PhD (she/her). After spending several years in academia post-PhD, Zoë moved to industry and is now an analytical Senior Scientist in the water industry. She is also a mental health advocate in her spare time, working towards improving mental health in research settings, primarily focusing on academic mental health. She raises awareness of the common issues people face throughout academia through various campaigns, talks and initiatives, and is the author of the #academicmentalhealth poster series on Twitter. You can find her on Twitter (@ZJAyres) and find her posters on her website! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Grad Chat episodes are posted every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Niba on Twitter: @NotesByNiba Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Ubadah Sabbagh, PhD (he/him) & Kaela S. Singleton, PhD (she/her)! Dr Kaela S. Singleton is a Black, Samoan, Queer developmental neuroscientist and postdoc in Dr Victor Faundez's lab at Emory University. Her research focuses on the cellular and molecular signals that control neuron development in normal and disease states. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Biology Department at Agnes Scott College and President-Elect and Co-Founder of Black In Neuro. Dr Ubadah Sabbagh is a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute at MIT, where he is a postdoctoral associate in Dr Guoping Feng's laboratory. Dr Sabbagh attended community college for three years before transferring to the University of Missouri–Kansas City, where he earned his bachelor's degree in biology. He later earned his PhD in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health at Virginia Tech, where he studied connections between the eyes and the brain. Outside of the lab, Dr Sabbagh is heavily involved in science outreach, advocacy, and policy. He co-founded and serves on the Board of Black In Neuro and has written extensively on topics at the intersection of science and policy. Check out Dr Sabbagh's website for his full guide on How to find, apply for, and choose a postdoc. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Liesl on Twitter: @SourKrause94 Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

I've been a fan of Susanna for a long time following her on her social media. She's one of my favorite personalities in science communication, and it's been impressive and inspiring to watch her grow her platform over the last few years. She just recently graduated with her PhD in microbiology from University of North Carolina. During her time in grad school, she founded PhD Balance, which seeks to raise awareness about the prevalence of mental health issues in graduate school by sharing stories and building communities. She is currently manager of engagement and communications at Xontogeny, which is a bio-tech accelerator—taking seed-stage biotech startups and helping them to grow. In this conversation, we talk finishing up one's grad school work and making sense of how to take the next step. We start off talking about Susanna's recent move across the US, and her experience graduating during March 2020. It's at this point that I ask Susanna a rather subversive question, and from there we talk about growing as a person during grad school, Susanna's own story of mental health in grad school which motivated her to found PhD balance, and her strategies for productivity: from hanging out with her dogs, to organizing her to-do list. It was a conversation I really enjoyed! You can find Susanna at susannalharris.com and on Twitter/Instagram @susannalharris. You can find more about my work at codykommers.substack.com and on socials @codykommers. Thanks for listening!

This week, we will be joined by Heloise Stevance, PhD (she/her). Originally born and raised in France, Dr Stevance moved to the UK to study Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. She earned her Masters of Physics in 2015 and her PhD in 2019. She is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland studying the evolution of massive stars to better understand how they die and produce Supernovae and Kilonovae. Outside research Heloise is passionate about public outreach. Find Heloise on Twitter (@sydonahi) or visit her website hfstevance.com. The two blog pieces Dr Stevance mentioned in the episode can be found on her website: 1. Switching PhD Advisor: The “Good”, The Bad And The Ugly 2. Advice From People Who Switched PhD Advisor. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Schuyler Borges (they/them). Schuyler is a 4th year PhD student in Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University. Their dissertation research focuses on astrobiology; specifically, they study Antarctic microbial mats as potential analogs for life on Mars and exoplanets. Over the course of their graduate experience, Schuyler has felt very alone as a result of their identities and values. As a result, they've been actively involved in numerous efforts to provide a support network for those with marginalized identities in STEMM including Thrive Lifeline, a trans-owned grass-roots crisis hotline staffed by and for marginalized people in STEMM. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Zori Paul (she/her). Zori is a clinical mental health counselor and doctoral candidate in counselor education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Currently, her research interests include bisexual+ women of color and identity affirmation, which she's focusing her dissertation on. Zori is also one of the co-founders of @BlackInMH. For Zori, seeking and gaining both formal and informal mentorship throughout her academic career has helped her navigate academia's vast and often confusing world. A full-text transcript is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Niba on Twitter: @NotesByNiba Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Bennett Collins (he/him). Bennett is a 4th-year international relations student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and the co-founder of a small education think tank that develops climate change-based materials for formal and informal educators. Outside of this he loves working out and going on runs, playing dodgeball in his local gay dodgeball league, watching movies that inspire, scare, and/or make him think, practising languages, and being an active member in communities he holds dear to his heart. A full-text transcript is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Susanna Harris, PhD (she/her) to talk about Graduate Student Mental Health. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. At the 37:30 mark, Liesl discusses a technique to calmly call out those who say inappropriate things in meetings. This technique of saying “ouch”, is meant to be used as a way for someone with power to bring attention to themselves and correct the situation, while keeping marginalized groups safe. We recognize that some organizations have misused this technique and not allowed the correcting portion of the technique to take place. We believe that using this technique in full with the original intent is still a valid method of standing up for others when you can. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Liesl on Twitter: @SourKrause94 Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Marta Oliveira, PhD (she/her). During the PhD in Berlin, Marta crossed paths with a sexual harassment victim that fuelled her energy to engage in mental health advocacy and organizational culture/design. Her focusing was on the prevention and tackling of power abuse and improving the lives of graduate students and survivors of harassment and power abuse. Currently, she works with Dragonfly Mental health, delivers talks, and consults Universities and scientific institutes to help them improve their culture. You can reach out to Marta at marta.oliveira.scientist@gmail.com for specific advice or with questions you might have. Or get in touch on Twitter (@Martaboliv) and LinkedIn. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us Saturdays at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Silvina "Silvi" Di Pietro, PhD (she/her). Dr Silvina "Silvi" Dr Pietro is a postdoctoral graduate fellow within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). She graduated from Florida International University (FIU) in March of 2021 with a PhD in environmental chemistry. But her journey to grad school might be a bit different from some people's. Many go straight from undergrad to PhD or from undergrad to masters to PhD but Silvi decided to take a short break before going to grad school and she going to talk about that and what it was like starting grad school after that break. You can find her on Instagram (@silvidipietro) A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us Saturdays at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Monica Molinaro, PhD (she/her). Monica just defended her PhD at Western University on Thursday! Her research involved critically examining the caregiving narratives of pediatric oncology nurses. Through her dissertation research, Monica came to understand the importance of stories – how accessible they are, how powerful they can be, and how some stories hold more power than others. Monica also saw that graduate students all had stories about their experiences with their research, their graduate studies, as well as their lives outside of graduate school. She started two podcasts – first, the #Gradlife podcast on Gradcast, which is a medium for graduate students to talk about their experiences in the academy, and her own podcast, Humans of Grad School, where she talks with students who have been or are in graduate school about who they are, how they ended up where they are, and where they'd like to be. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us Saturdays at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Ariane Panzer (she/her). Ariane Panzer is currently a 6th year PhD candidate. After working as a research technician for several years, she joined the Biomedical Sciences program at UC San Francisco. In her spare time, Ariane focuses on her other passions: science communication, equity and inclusion in the sciences, and open science. She also enjoys walks in the park with her dog Sophie, reading and discussing books with her book club, journaling, and recently has started watercolor painting. You can find Ariane on Twitter (@STEMbiosis). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Liesl on Twitter: @SourKrause94 Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Caitlyn Cardetti (she/her). Caitlyn is currently a PhD candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stoney Brook University in New York. As she is finishing her graduate school career, she has been reflecting a lot on her experiences and realized how influential getting involved in Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE) and other extracurriculars have helped her succeed and she is here to talk about them today! You can find out more about Caitlyn on her Twitter (@CaitlynCardetti). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @Aidan_Mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Lipi Gupta, PhD (she/her). Lipi just defended her PhD in Physics 10 days ago from The University of Chicago!!! She is now headed into a software engineering-focused postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Being a woman in academia, STEM or research comes with its own challenges and self-advocating is necessary but that doesn't mean it's easy! Lipi is here today to share her experiences on this! You can find her on Twitter (@_lipigupta) and LinkedIn! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Niba on Twitter: @NotesByNiba Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Haley Branch (she/her). Haley is currently a PhD candidate in Botany at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Being a disabled person in the academy can be challenging but when you are in a discipline that includes fieldwork, like hers, there are additional barriers to navigate. Haley's experiences have led her to found some new initiatives at her university, including a well-being initiative and the Disabled Graduate Student Association. In addition to this, she works as a graduate research assistant with the Equity and Inclusion Office at her university. You can find her on Twitter (@HaleyABranch)! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

BONUS episode - #PhDStrongerTogether presents Future Careers: A panel on careers outside of academia! Our host Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) chats with Dr Andrea Hindman (AAAS Technology Fellow), Dr Camillia Monestime (Medical Writer), Dr Amanda Preske (Owner of Circuit Breaker), and Dr Paul Evans (Head of Scientific Training at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) on how to break the barriers of academia post-grad school, and the many options students may not even consider when considering their future careers. A full-text transcript of this panel is available via google doc. Check out the Stronger Together series on the PhD Balance website for more information and to check out this month's Stronger Together topic! You can also revisit all our past Stronger Together topics at any time - examples include Imposter Syndrome, Mental Health during a Crises, Work-Life Balance, Finding Your Academic Home, Mental Illness in Grad School and MUCH MORE!

This week, we will be joined by Alexandra Bobb-Woodson (she/her). Alexandra (Allie) is currently a doctoral candidate in school psychology. She became a mom for the first time in 2014, two years after she failed out of undergrad. Allie returned to school when she found out she was expecting her 2nd child and has been going ever since! Parenting in graduate school has given her an interesting perspective on her work and has been the motivation for every big leap she takes! Find her on Instagram (@alexandrawdsn). A full-text transcript of the episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Abby Nissenbaum (she/her). Abby is an MBA candidate and a data analyst in Nashville, Tennessee. After refusing to falsify data as requested by her advisor, she received retaliation and was asked to leave her PhD in Social Psychology. Abby is ALSO a talented musician and singer currently working on a forthcoming single (coming out on June 18th!) and EP, centred on themes of harassment and abuse in academia, as well as mental health consequences. You can find Abby on Instagram (@abbynissenbaum) and Twitter (@abbynissenbaum)! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Niba on Twitter: @NotesByNiba Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Stephanie Deppe, PhD (she/her). Stephanie is a science communicator with the Vera C Rubin Observatory! After completing her PhD in Physics from the University of Michigan in 2019, she decided to pursue a career in Science Communication and even though she had a lot of varied experiences in SciComm during her PhD, she still had a lot of career uncertainty going into post-PhD life. And to complicate things, the world went into a pandemic and Stephanie was also suffering from extreme burnout. You can find Stephanie on Instagram and Twitter (both @SpaceSciSteph) & also check out her work with the Vera C Rubin Observatory on Twitter (@VRubinObs) and Instagram (@rubin_observatory). A full-text transcript of the episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week's guest is Ben David-Purcell (he/him). Ben is a physics PhD candidate at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He works on the ATLAS Experiment, based in CERN, Switzerland. ATLAS is an international collaboration with about 5000 members worldwide (Woah!) He's here to talk about finding your voice in a large collaboration. You can find Ben on Twitter at @BenDavisPurcell. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Aidan on Twitter: @Aidan_Mowat Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week's guest is Fátima (she/her/he/him)! Fátima is currently an assistant researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison researching ECR training spaces and developing mentor training interventions. She's going to be talking to us about all the transitions in her life so far! Find her on Twitter (@HappyStemCell)! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Linda on Twitter: @LindaCCor Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week we will be joined by Kiara Sofia Vega Bellido (she/her). Kiara is a Neuroscience PhD student at Baylor College of Medicine studying the neuroplasticity underlying contextual fear memory in the Schaffer collateral synapse. Kiara joins us to discuss her experiences navigating Bipolar II in grad school. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Kyle M. Kabasares (he/him). Kyle is currently a PhD Candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he studies supermassive black holes. Kyle completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of California, Merced where he worked on research projects in condensed matter physics. In addition, Kyle spent one summer as a NASA intern studying atmospheric science. A few months into his first year of grad school, Kyle realized that he was not truly committed to the research of the PhD program that accepted him. As a result, he decided to stay in Physics at UCI but change sub-fields. Kyle's search for a new PhD focus led him to interview multiple professors and graduate students in different areas of research at UCI. Ultimately, he decided to pursue research in his childhood interest in astrophysics. Follow Kyle on Twitter (@AstronoMisfit) and Instagram (@astronomisfit). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Niba Nirmal (she/her). Niba's video, 10 Stories on Leaving Grad School + Why I Left premiered on April 15th, 2021! "Last year, I made a choice to leave Duke University -- not with a PhD as I had originally planned, with a masters degree. Though it was the right choice for me, I was not prepared for the backlash of that decision. Leaving has a weird stigma around leaving and assumptions about being able to “succeed” or not being "smart enough". In dealing with the repercussions of my decision, I felt alone and reached out to others who had left to learn from their experience. This video is their perspectives, experiences, and thoughts on leaving." - Niba Niba is a multimedia science communicator based in Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco, CA). Niba creates scientific content through articles, photos, social media, and primarily through science video hosting. She received a science film making fellowship from Jackson Wild and has created videos for platforms such as Stanford and Seeker. As a visible and invisible minority, Niba strives to be inclusive of all minority statuses.As a model turned scientist turned content creator, Niba explores the science in cosmetics, fashion, and skincare through YouTube and Instagram as @NotesByNiba. One of her favorite videos blends her Indian heritage, plants, and the science of henna body art. As an undergraduate at UC Davis, Niba investigated the effects of climate change on crops and pursued diversity studies. Her graduate work at Duke researched the genetics, form, and function of plant roots. Find out more on Niba's Website. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

PhD Balance is celebrating its 3rd anniversary! In this special Grad Chat, we'll talk with founder Dr Susanna Harris (she/her) about the PhD Balance journey thus far, and the launch of the PhD Balance speaking team! Check out the PhD Balance website for more info about our speaking event services! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week Tracy Eames, Founder of TEAMES & CO, sits down with Troy Johnson, CEO of YM4C, a non-profit enrichment program that is committed to building strong, trusting relationships, positive attitudes, and life skills in youth through practical teachings and social entrepreneurship.  YM4C is a community centric organization that partners with local businesses, public schools, community centers, churches, and law enforcement. They believe that a good role model and a positive environment bring out the best in young people. Mentoring works best when it's long-term, centered in community, and built around fun activities. A positive attitude can transform a life, regardless of what one is going through. We should all strive to be more compassionate, kind, and respectful.  Show Highlights  Learn more about the 4S model - Strengths, Struggles, Supports and Sparks  - ( 9:59) Using sports and team building, Troy helps youth members set goals, develop critical thinking, build healthy communications skills around conflict resolution, peer support (22:30) Related Links Learn more about YM4C www.ym4c.org or follow them on social media at: Facebook -  YM4C  Instagram - @youngmen4christ  You can follow Troy JOhnson on on Instagram @troyjermainejohnson Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://teamesandco.com/teams/organizational-design Related Episodes: Listen to Episode 13  where we speak to Susanna L Harris about PhD Balance and leading virtual teams (https://teamesandco.com/podcast/13) Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of Teames and Co. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by Teames and Co. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

We are thrilled to be kicking off Season 2 of the podcast with our guest Susana L Harris, from PhD Balance. Susanna shares the mission of PhD Balance, a community creating space for academics to learn from shared experiences. They want graduate students to be able to openly discuss and get help for difficult situations, from navigating academia to dealing with mental health struggles.  We also have the great pleasure of diving into topics around leading virtual teams, and how she and the PhD Balance team manage remote work across timezones.  Show Highlights  Learn more about how PhD Balance was started and its mission (1:47). How PhD Balance learns from their audience and focuses on what their audience finds most valuable (6:25) How the PhD Balance team navigates working virtually and across time zones. Learn a few of the tips and tricks they use to stay connected, replicate the co-working time in offices, and find more informal times to connect as a team(14:35) Related Links Learn more about PhD Balance at https://www.phdbalance.com (https://www.phdbalance.com) or follow them on social media at: Instagram - phd_balance Twitter @PhD_Balance,    LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/thephdbalance/ You can follow Susanna on Instagram or Twitter at @SusannaLHarris Want to learn more about leading virtual teams read our blog https://teamesandco.com/blog/how-to-lead-virtual-teams-successfully Related Episodes: Listen to Episode 7 in Season 1 to  learn more about leading virtual teams (https://teamesandco.com/podcast/07 (https://teamesandco.com/podcast/07)) Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of Teames and Co. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by Teames and Co. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

This week we will be joined by Dr Dessie Clark (she/her)! Dessie completed her PhD in Community Sustainability at Michigan State University in 2020. Her doctoral work focused on evaluating community-based programs and organizations that serve survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). As such, Dessie is passionate about supporting those who have experienced discrimination, harassment, or abuse. Dessie is currently the Research Collaboration Coordinator for the University of Massachusetts' ADVANCE Program. In this role, she focuses on institutional transformation by cultivating faculty equity, inclusion, and success, specifically for women and BIPOC faculty in STEM fields. During Dessie's PhD, she reported complaints against her advisor including discrimination and harassment based on her disability (ADHD), stalking, research misconduct, human-subjects noncompliance, financial misspending, retaliation, and violations of her right to privacy under FERPA. She spent time reporting these issues within her institution and to other oversight bodies within the federal government. Dessie ended-up leaving her advisor, changing departments, and eventually graduating with her PhD, but not without learning a lot along the way. Since sharing her story, Dessie receives many messages and emails for help from graduate students who are navigating similar issues and are looking for advice. You can find out more about Dessie on her Twitter (@dessielclark) and Instagram (@dessieleec) accounts. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week we will be joined by Dr Chrissy Stachl (she/her/ella)! Chrissy earned her PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. She is now the Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity at the Center for Genetically Encoded Materials. Chrissy started her PhD in physical chemistry, as one of only a few Latinx students in her department of over 400 graduate students. Her experiences during the first two years of her program motivated her to find ways to diversity her department and make it more inclusive. After launching a longitudinal study of her department's academic climate, Chrissy switched into a chemistry education group and spent the rest of her PhD studying sense of belonging and the role it plays within academic culture. You can find out more about Chrissy on her Twitter (@ChrissyStachl) and Instagram (@chrissystachl) accounts! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week we will be joined by Sameera Nayak (she/her). Sameera is a PhD candidate in Population Health in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and a graduate researcher at the Institute for Health Equity & Social Justice Research at Northeastern University. Sameera has a background in Clinical Psychology, and she's a proud alumna of UCLA & Columbia University! Sameera's research is in social epidemiology, more specifically in the social & political determinants of health & health inequities. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods to better understand the health and experiences of women, children, and families. Sameera has conducted research globally in East Africa as well as domestically in the US. Sameera first came to the US in 2010 as an international student from India and has spent the last decade navigating the complicated US immigration system. On this week's episode of Grad Chat, Sameera will discuss the challenges of navigating status during graduate school, the heterogeneity of immigrants in the US, the intersections of mental health & immigration, and how her own personal experiences catalyzed her interest in making immigration the focus of her research! A full-text transcript of this episodes is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream where we talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week we will be joined by Brianna Baker (she/her), co-founder of Black In Mental Health. Brianna is a first-year Counseling Psychology PhD student at Columbia University's Teachers College studying intersectional approaches to mental health and wellness at the individual, community, and policy level. In 2019, she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill for undergrad with a double major in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies where she created her own public health major on African American Community Health and Wellness. Brianna started a YouTube Channel called "Becoming Dr Baker" in 2020 to provide educational videos about Black mental health, increasing representation in the academy, and mental health activism. Learn more about Black In Mental Health on Twitter (@BlackInMH) and check out their other work via their linktree. Find Brianna on social media, Twitter (@briannaabaker), YouTube (Becoming Dr Baker), Instagram (@becomingdrbaker) or visit her website. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT to talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Fay on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week we will be joined by Layne Scherer (she/her). Layne is a senior program officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where she works for the Board on Higher Education and Workforce. Layne recently led an expert committee on the report, Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education: Supporting the Whole Student. She also had the opportunity to lead the report, Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century, released in 2018. Layne cares deeply about higher education policy, the research enterprise, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior to her time at the National Academies, she worked at the National Science Foundation in their directorate for education and human resources. Layne experiences ADHD, anxiety, depression, and ongoing focus issues related to multiple concussions. In Fall 2020, she took a 3-month leave of absence from work to take time to address her mental health issues. During this time, she was working on a mental health report while experiencing some of the worst symptoms of her life. Layne has also been in the process of exploring multiple identities in her early 30s: adopted, disabled, and queer. During this chat, we will discuss higher education, mental health, student well-being, and identity. Find Layne on Twitter (@LayneScherer). A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT to talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

How can we make STEM accessible for underrepresented scientists? Join us as we chat with the co-founders of Cientifico Latino, Dr Robert Fernandez (@latinodeciencia) and Olivia Goldman (@oliwiagoldman)! "Científico Latino is a volunteer-run grassroots STEM organization dedicated to increasing the pool of underrepresented scientists by creating a platform where everyone—regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or immigration status—has equal access to opportunities and guidance to become successful STEM professionals. Last year, we started our graduate student mentorship program (GSMI) to help underrepresented scientists navigate the hidden curriculum of graduate school applications. As part of this program, our scholars are paired with science professionals that provide feedback on all aspects of their graduate school application, access to webinars on demystifying the graduate school application process, one-on-one mock interviews, and a community of mentors and scholars in STEM. We have also generated open-access STEM resources from the high school to graduate level, to help students find summer research programs, fellowships, post-bac programs, and graduate school visit weekends. Our open-access resources and programs are only possible through the dedication of our amazing Científico Latino team, composed of STEM professionals across several universities, who are passionate about changing the narrative and enabling underrepresented scientists to succeed in STEM." Learn more about Cientifico Latino through their website and follow them on Twitter (@cientificolatin) and Instagram (@cientificolatino) A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT to talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

What do taxes, money management, investing, student loans, and more mean, while you're going through a PhD program? This week we will be joined by Dr Emily Roberts. Emily earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke in 2014. After realizing that her peers had a great need for financial education and support that was not being met by the universities or financial services industry, Emily started her business, Personal Finance for PhDs, shortly after defending. Through Personal Finance for PhDs, Emily gives webinars for universities, hosts a podcast, coaches individuals and small groups, creates courses and workshops for individuals, and runs a community. Emily encourages you to join her mailing list. If you do so through this link, and you'll receive a PDF that details five ways you can improve your finances today as a graduate student or postdoc. To learn more, follow Emily on Twitter (@PFforPhDs) and check out the Personal Finance for PhDs website. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT to talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Dr Darryl Boyd (he/him) AKA Dr Boyd "The Chemist." Darryl is a Research Chemist at the US Naval Research Lab (NRL) in Washington, DC, and the co-founder of Science Made Simple LLC, which is STEM Outreach Company he started with his wife. "There are so many “terrible mentor” stories that I'd like to share my many positive experiences that I've had with various mentors. I'll also be imparting what positive qualities I think these mentors displayed. The end goal is to help people identify mentors that will get the best out of their mentees. It has been a decade since I was in grad school, but since earning my PhD, I have frequently visited Colleges & Universities throughout the country to discuss my experiences with students at those institutions. So I hope my perspectives are helpful to everyone. I'm both honored and excited to be joining the chat. See you there!" - Dr Boyd "The Chemist" Darryl runs a STEM-focused YouTube channel that is meant to give simple explanations for fun, hands-on science experiments. Check it out here. Follow Darryl on social media: Twitter: @DrBoyd_Chemist & Instagram: @sciencemadesimple_llc A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

PhD Balance continues to grow and our efforts to support academic mental health are constantly evolving. In this Grad Chat, we are so excited to welcome our new president, Liesl Krause! Liesl Krause is a third-year PhD candidate at Purdue University Polytechnic. She is currently studying graduate student mental health, especially as it relates to their advisor and online support systems. Previously, she obtained her bachelors in electrical engineering from Villanova University and her masters in biomedical engineering from Purdue. Liesl is excited to be the next president of PhD Balance and hopes to expand the resources the organization can provide to graduate students internationally. In her free time, Liesl is learning how to train dogs through positive reinforcement behavior modification. She also enjoys going on runs, hiking, crafting and reading. Follow Liesl on Twitter @SourKrause94 A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our guest host Fay Lin on Twitter: @xiaofei_lin Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

What can we expect for graduate school interviews in 2021? Finding the right grad program has always been intimidating, but students have even less of an idea of what to expect for this year's rounds of interviews. This week, we will be joined by Dr Joshua Hall (he/him). Josh is the Director Of Graduate Admissions for the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP) in the Office of Graduate Education at UNC School of Medicine. BBSP is an umbrella admissions mechanism and first-year training program for 14 biomedical PhD programs at UNC-Chapel Hill. Each year BBSP recruits a class of 85-95 biomedical PhD students. Josh will be here to answer your questions about dealing with virtual interviews this year, as well as give some basic guidance about how to keep your cool and make a great impression. Hello PhD Podcast, run by Drs. Joshua Hall and Daniel Arneman takes a casual approach to help students, postdocs, faculty and scientists navigate the hard questions they face. Find them online or follow them on Twitter at @HelloPhD- The podcast is available for download across all major streaming platforms! Follow Josh on Twitter: @JDHallPhD To learn EVEN MORE about how to ace your virtual grad school interview, check out Episode 146 of Hello PhD here! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our guest host Jaedyn on Twitter: @JaedynRuli Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

CW: Mentions of Eating Disorders This week, we will be joined by Jaclyn Siegel (she/her) (@jacasiegel). Jaclyn is a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at Western University, where she holds a doctoral fellowship in the Network for Economic and Social Trends. Jaclyn is a feminist social psychologist, and her research spans a variety of topics related to gender, sexuality, stigma, social justice, and mental health. Before entering her PhD program in 2017, Jaclyn faced the challenges of her mother's ALS diagnosis while fighting an eating disorder. "I let myself lean into healing my relationship with my body and unlearning how to be a 'good woman.' I practiced being angry and taking up space. It made other people feel uncomfortable. It made me feel powerful...I continued speaking up, asking questions, and interrogating norms and expectations in academia, and I earned a reputation as a “mouthy feminist,” a title I wear with pride." - Jaclyn Siegel A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Ariana Castillo (she/her/ella) (@ArianaElena97). Ariana is a Disabled, Latinx PhD student in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University with a focus on atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and climate. She also does part-time research at NASA Langley Research Center studying wildfire emissions. Ariana was diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety, panic, and bipolar disorders in the middle of undergrad. From withdrawing due to her life-threatening illnesses and an attempt on her life to interning at NASA, applying to graduate school, and graduating late, her unconventional journey has opened her eyes to ableism, elitism, and racism in academia. Check out Ariana's Mental Health/Disability Twitter: @DisMHMatters A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

How do we thrive in grad school among repeated disruptions? This week, we will be joined by Dr Prerana Sabnis (she/her) (@preranasabnis). Prerana's PhD program was an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate hosted by 5 universities in Italy, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and the UK. From the beginning, Prerana expected her PhD to be disrupted by a few moves. However, she did not anticipate countless additional disruptions, such as a complete change in PhD topic, a painful heartbreak, her mother's cancer diagnosis, carer responsibilities, burnout, depression, anxiety, and 9 international moves in 3.5 years. All this while being an international student with a constantly changing social support system. Tune in hear her story and tips for managing disruptions in grad school. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

CW: Mentions of Suicide This week, we will be joined by Dr Wendy Marie Ingram (@pyromanticism) (she/her). Wendy did her PhD at UC Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology and her postdoc at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Psychiatric Epidemiology. Her research focuses on understanding psychiatric illness from molecules to populations CW. Suicide. Wendy's mental health advocacy is highly personal. In addition to her own struggle with mental health, Wendy tragically learned that she was not alone. In 2013, Wendy's research community at Berkeley was devastated by the loss of a classmate to suicide and depression. Wendy founded a nonprofit called Dragonfly Mental Health. Dragonfly is dedicated to cultivating excellent mental health among academics worldwide. They are a volunteer-driven global consortium that develops, deploys, and researches evidence-based approaches to improve mental health among academics. Visit their website to learn more! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

How can we work to establish effective and inclusive teaching and learning environments (especially during pandemic conditions)? This week, we will be joined by Graham H. Read (he/him). Graham is a PhD candidate in Radiation Biology at UCLA, as well as the chair of the Graduate Program in Biosciences (GPB) Mental Health Committee, a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and one of the TA Coordinators for the Life Sciences Core. He is also an Undergraduate Research Mentor at the Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences, where he runs workshops to teach research-based skills to undergraduates. In the lab, Graham is a proud mentor to four terrific students- one from each class year! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Nick Edwards (@Nick__Edwards) (he/him). Nick did a PhD and postdoc in Neuroscience. As an undergrad, Nick decided to become a neuroscientist to contribute to the understanding and treatment of mental health. His interest in mental health largely stems from watching his mom struggle from severe bipolar disorder, and his own experience with ADHD. During his postdoc, Nick helped a friend start a company and volunteered to evaluate startups for an angel investing group (mostly at night after lab). These experiences convinced Nick that he could potentially make a real-world impact on important issues through business. Since that time, Nick has pursued a career in consulting at BCG, and commercial strategy at Illumina. Nick runs a podcast, called Once a Scientist, which shares the stories of people who have made the transition into various industries, and other important topics (on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc). Check them out on Twitter and Instagram @_OnceaScientist Check out Fay and Nick's episode of Once a Scientist here! A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Krystal Vasquez (@CaffeinatedKrys) (she/her). Krystal is a PhD candidate in Atmospheric Chemistry at Caltech. Due to a genetic condition, Krystal's health took a turn for the worst during her 3rd year of grad school. The stark difference between her experiences before and after identifying as disabled led Krystal to advocate for increased accessibility in academia (especially within the STEM disciplines) and the inclusion of disabled voices in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. As a part of these efforts, Krystal runs the blog "Chronically Invisible" which works to highlight all the disabled scientists you never learned about in your textbooks. She also co-founded the Caltech Disability Coalition, which is the university's first disability-related organization. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Abe Asfaw (@abe_asfaw) (he/him). Abe is completing his PhD at Princeton University focusing on experimental quantum computation. His research has three focus areas: stabilizing magnetic fields for quantum computers based on electron spins, pulsed electron spin resonance experiments using superconducting resonators fabricated from materials with high kinetic inductance, and transport measurements of electrons floating on shallow superfluid helium. He also serves on the board of the Ethiopian Physics Society in North America, with the goal of promoting physics education and research among Ethiopians in Ethiopia and North America. Here is a link to the demo. Abe got the results back from the quantum computer, so you can see how the quantum computer gave us back results. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

How can we navigate the job market right after graduation? Is it important to practice self-care when searching for a job? What is the interview process like? This week, we will be joined by Dr Matthew Facciani (@MatthewFacciani) (he/him). Matthew is a postdoc researcher at Vanderbilt University who just graduated with a PhD in sociology from the University of South Carolina this summer. Before that, he was in a different PhD program studying cognitive neuroscience before changing fields. He is studying how different social factors impact the health of LGBTQ individuals, while his dissertation was on political polarization and misinformation. Matthew's goal is to become a professor someday, even though that is such a challenge with the current job market. Outside of academia, he is passionate about science communication and social justice activism. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

What are the incentive structures of graduate education and academia? Can these incentive structures improve to better support the career goals, personal/intellectual development, and wellness of graduate students? This week, we will be joined by Dr Rob Brown (@RobertPaulBrown) (he/him). Rob is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA working on computational genetics and medicine. Rob is the co-founder of Big Bio (@bigbiotweets), an organization that provides training to a wider range of student researchers via online tutorials on various biological concepts. Over his last 9 years of grad school and postdoc research, Rob has been involved in many non-research initiatives supporting mentorship and wellness in graduate education. To find out more about Big Bio, visit their webpage. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Anwesha Dasgupta (@AnweshaDG) (she/her). Anwesha is a PhD candidate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the Department of Biochemistry. Anwesha lived in southern and western parts of India before moving to Knoxville for her PhD. During this chat, Anwesha will share her experiences as an international student while navigating significant personal loss and mental health struggle. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

CW: Mentions of Eating Disorders/Anorexia Seeking professional help is an extremely valuable way to address mental health struggle. What does the process of seeking professional help look like? What are the challenges? How do we seek professional help amidst rampant mental health stigma? This week, we will be joined by Dr Brittany Uhlorn (@BrittanyUhlorn) (she/her). Brittany recently finished her PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Arizona. She is currently pursuing a career as a science writer. After developing an eating disorder in grad school, Brittany is here to share her journey navigating recovery among mental health stigma, and how professional help was the right fit for her lifelong wellbeing. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

Ableism is present in academia. How can research students access support and tackle internalized ableism and perfectionism? How can we be an advocate for all disabled people? This week, we will be joined by Linda Corcoran (@LindaCCor) (she/they) who is a Teagasc Walsh Scholar/MSc Research Student studying food science in Dublin, Ireland. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

Processing grief is a challenge by itself. How can we navigate processing grief in grad school? This week, we will be joined by Janay Franklin (she/her), who is currently pursuing her PhD in Neuroscience at UNC-Chapel Hill. After losing two loved ones during grad school, Janay is here to chat about her experiences processing grief during a PhD. You can follow Janay on Twitter at @justbe_frank A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

This week, we will be joined by Gülsün Demirezen (she/her). Gülsün was born and raised in Turkey. She is currently a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. Gülsün will soon be completing four years as an international student in Canada. We'll be chatting about the challenges and joys of living in another country as a student, as well as Gülsün's experiences as a woman from a developing country, and a woman in STEM. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

How can we talk about taboo topics in Academia? From mental health to relationships to trauma, what can grad students do to both express and protect themselves? A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. This week, we will be joined by Rob Ulrich (he/him or they/them), a PhD student in Biogeochemistry and the co-founder of Queers in STEM. Find Rob on Twitter at @robertnulrich Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

From advisors to peers to society at large, we are often confronted with difficult situations and toxic environments. How can we stand up for ourselves through all of this, especially as trainees in a system like Academia? A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc This week, we will be joined by Nour (she/her), a Postdoc and Neuropharmacologist at Yale. You can follow Nour on Twitter at @Nouronal Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

Getting through grad school has its challenges. How are those challenges compounded with moving to a new country? Let's chat about the international student experience and being abroad. This week, we will be joined by Thiago Arzua (he/him), a PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Thiago was born and raised in Brazil. In August, he will be completing his 8th year as an international student in the US. You can follow Thiago on Twitter at @thiagoarzua A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc! Join us each Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the Youtube live stream! The podcast will be posted each Tuesday! Grad Chat focuses on maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

The world changes. Our research changes. We change. So how can we learn to maintain momentum in grad school, even as we are forced to pivot? Can we create plans, or do we have to accept that everything is out of our control? A full transcript is available as a google doc Join us each Saturday at 3pm EDT/ 12pm PDT on Youtube live to talk about maintaining mental health and balance in grad school. Podcast posted each Tuesday! A casual discussion between a current and a recent graduate student about all things mental and personal health. Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Fay Lin @xiaofei_lin Susanna Harris @SusannaLHarris Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form!

How can we look at ourselves with empathy and compassion while still finding areas for improvement? Does this help us to succeed? Full transcript available as a google doc Grad Chat is live-streamed each Saturday (with occasional breaks) at 3pm ET/ 12pm PT/ 8pm GMT on Youtube! Each episode is processed into an audio podcast with a transcript so you can enjoy it whenever it suits you! Not medical or professional advice. Follow our hosts Fay Lin (@xiaofei_lin) & Susanna Harris (@SusannaLHarris) on Twitter Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form!

PART TWO. Lyss and Kait continue the conversation with some practical tips on how to manage the responsibilities of coursework, teaching, research, and life. Supportive grad-school instagram accounts: @PhD_Balance, @blackwomenphds, @blkingradschool, @the.doctoral.support.team, @women.transforming.science, @academeology, @PhD_Comics, @My_PhD_Experience Leave us a review and you could win a FREE Little Lyss product! Be sure to leave your Instagram handle in the review, or send a screenshot to @themessymiddlepodcast on Instagram! SOCIAL: Follow Alyssa on Instagram Follow Kait on Instagram Follow the podcast on Instagram SUPPORT US: Get your FREE 30 day Audible trial Get 20% off your first order of Legion Supplements with code: messymiddle Buy Lyss & Kait a cup of coffee --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-messy-middle-podast/support

PART ONE. Lyss and Kait chat about their graduate school experiences and answer big ticket questions like: How do you know when grad school is right for you? What is the application process like? How do you get funding for your program? How do you decide what program is best for you? Supportive grad-school instagram accounts: @PhD_Balance, @blackwomenphds, @blkingradschool, @the.doctoral.support.team, @women.transforming.science, @academeology, @PhD_Comics, @My_PhD_Experience Leave us a review and you could win a FREE Little Lyss product! Be sure to leave your Instagram handle in the review, or send a screenshot to @themessymiddlepodcast on Instagram! SOCIAL: Follow Alyssa on Instagram Follow Kait on Instagram Follow the podcast on Instagram SUPPORT US: Get your FREE 30 day Audible trial Get 20% off your first order of Legion Supplements with code: messymiddle Buy Lyss & Kait a cup of coffee Listen now on iTunes, Spotify, and Anchor. SOCIAL: Follow Alyssa on Instagram Follow Kait on Instagram Follow the podcast on Instagram SUPPORT US: Get your FREE 30 day Audible trial Get 20% off your first order of Legion Supplements with code: messymiddle Buy Lyss & Kait a cup of coffee --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-messy-middle-podast/support

We have all been adjusting to a new reality for our teams, and part of this has been learning to work in new ways. This may mean that you and your team are now working virtually or some of your team may be working from the office and others may be virtual. The concepts shared not only highlight how to support virtual teams now but on-going as you work across locations. Additionally, woven through the discussion are insights on how you can manage this change of shifting to working virtually, as well as managing future change processes that you and your team may face throughout your growth.  Show Highlights   Defining Stakeholders for your team to help them identify who they will be working with and the cadence of communications needed. Highlighted here are tools such as RACI (1:26) How and why to define a team process checklist to understand what resources and tools your team will need to be successful as they navigate change (7:57) Building a strong communication cadence for both your internal teams and external stakeholders (12:43) Interesting Links & Resources  More information on RACI and other related models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_assignment_matrix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_assignment_matrix) Visit our Blog to learn how to successfully lead virtual teams. https://teamesandco.com/blog/how-to-lead-virtual-teams-successfully (https://teamesandco.com/blog/how-to-lead-virtual-teams-successfully) Want to learn more about preparing your team for growth and building team agility https://teamesandco.com/teams/organizational-design (https://teamesandco.com/teams/organizational-design)  Leading virtual teams? Listen to our Season 2 podcast with Susanna L Harris to learn how she and the PhD Balance team navigate working virtually. (INSERT SHOW LINK) Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of Teames and Co. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by Teames and Co. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

"Building communities through communication". That's the motto that has seen Susanna Harris' research career grow far beyond microbiology. A science communication expert and mental health advocate, Susanna's popularity as a keynote speaker and academic personality has seen her develop over 60,000 followers on Twitter. If that wasn't enough, she is the founder of PhD Balance, a supportive space for students and researchers, providing training and resources to better academic mental health. In this episode, we find out Who is Susanna Harris? From early career ambitions, growing business interests and the harsh reality of mental health in academia, we delve deeper in to Susanna's life and areas of expertise. Find out more about Susanna here: https://susannalharris.com/

We are very excited to bring Susanna Harris, Ph.D., founder of PhD Balance, a community dedicated to creating spaces to discuss wellness and mental health in academia. Susanna recently finished a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at UNC-Chapel Hill. She tells us her story, tells us about PhD Balance and, most importantly, tells about sessions that she'll be doing at Syracuse University soon: Together Alone: The Untold Stories of Mental Illness in Graduate School, September 15th, 1-2pm Building Community in Academia, September 22nd, 1-2pm Storytelling to Build Community, October 21st, 4-5pm ALL VIA ZOOM

The Guardians Mental health podcast with special guest Susanna founder of PhD Balance         EP7S3   Our hosts this week are Dr. Goku, Nate , Alan , Joe and Matt with special guest Susanna founder of PhD Balance! For our mental health focus this week, Dr. Goku and company talks about Depression and Self care. We had such a great time chatting with Susanna, we can't thank her enough for coming on. Go check her out at     https://twitter.com/PhD_Balance Check out our website at https://www.GuardiansMH.org We also have a Patreon account if you want to help us keep the lights on! Always appreciated and never expected: https://www.patreon.com/GuardiansMH    Intro/Outro by: Song: Fire - TheMonsterNMe Music provided by Ninety9Lives Video: https://youtu.be/4dzzp3hhJzo Download: http://99l.tv/themonsternmefireYU