CEDAR email: AGU Fall Meeting - SM024. Raising Awareness on Mental Health in the Earth and Space Sciences

[Leonardo Regoli]

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to an upcoming AGU session:

 

SM024. Raising Awareness on Mental Health in the Earth and Space Sciences

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/prelim.cgi/Session/159223

 

Session Description:

A career in research and academia can be a very rewarding, but can come with different challenges that can negatively impact the mental health of anyone, regardless of career stage. These work-related stressors, together with individual life challenges, can lead to unhealthy conditions that are difficult to navigate. A recent study (NASEM, 2021) found a consistent up to a three-fold increase in negative self-assessment of mental health among students pursuing a graduate degree. Similar studies remain to be carried out among scientists at all career stages. A positive development within STEM culture in recent years has been that conversations about well-being and mental health are becoming more common, opening an important door for those going through hardship to avoid feeling isolated, and making it easier to understand how to deal with stressors and seek the necessary help.

 

In this session, we will be hosting a conversation between panelists with different backgrounds and experiences and the audience, in order to better understand the current status of mental health in the field, what steps are being taken to help those in need, and to foster an interaction that will lead to ideas on how to move forward.

Note: The deadline for all submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 2022.

 

Leonardo Regoli (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)

Romina Nikoukar (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)

Mark Moldwin (University of Michigan)

 

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