Key Initiatives and Events
Annual Symposium
Our annual summit began 2022 and featured a faculty panel diving into how mental health has impacted their journeys in science from grad school to their current roles as a PI. We, the MHC team, thank our panelists from 2022 for their vulnerability and honesty and we hope that this inspires to destigmatize mental health in academia. We also hosted a Dragonfly Mental Health workshop that served as a primer to mental health. Student engagement included the start of the MHC Photo Project to collect photos of our community living their lives and highlighting the things that bring us joy! The following year, we grew our summit to include scientific talks from UCSF faculty and trainees. Thank you to all our speakers and panelists and we look forward to seeing you again at our upcoming annual summit.
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Past Events
2022 Photo Project
Highlighting trainee’s hobbies & accomplishments outside of research such as camping at Yosemite, indulging at happy hour with labmates, and scaling rock walls. See below for our photo collage from over 100 submission from our UCSF community from 2022.
Support Group
Support group events for community members. Including but not limited to: round circle discussions, topic based conversations, yoga, medication, painting, pour art, game night, crafts, crochet, origami, and more!
Workshop and Panels
Workshops on specific mental health topics especially pertinent to our academic community such as burnout, imposter syndrome and overall mental health literacy. These events serve to not only educate on the what’s and why’s of these experiences but also help build tools to navigate them. They are hosted by our nonprofit partner, Dragonfly Mental Health.
