Episode 7: Mental Health in South Asian Communities with Ishita Aggarwal

10/18/21 • 41 min

In this episode, Ruby (Host) and Olivia (Co-Host) chat with Ishita Aggarwal about her experiences as a South Asian woman. Ishita completed a master's in public health and is currently a medical student at Queen's University in Canada. Ishita is a member of the BIPOC Women's Health Network (WHN), an initiative led by a group of medical students who aim to provide healthcare resources and improve health experiences for racialized womxn in local Canadian communities.

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Episode 6 Part 3: Anxiety & anger with Rob Hicks: becoming a parent in Academia

Anxiety & anger series with Rob Hicks, PART III: becoming a parent in Academia
In this three-part series, Niveen (@nivful) and Julia (@juliasunstrum) chat with Rob Hicks, a PhD Candidate in Kinesiology & Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), about his experience in Academia with gender stereotypes and mental health, expressing emotions other than anger, and panic attack/anxiety triggers and what to look out for. Rob details his personal story of becoming a new parent in graduate school while managing his mental health and provides invaluable advice for (really) everyone, including men, parents, and Academics.Check out the Anxiety & Anger Series where Niveen and Julia discuss crucial matters with Rob Hicks:
↬ Part I: gender stereotypes - men’s mental health ↬ Part II: practicing mindfulness↬ Part III: becoming a parent in Academia

Connect with Rob Hicks:
↬ Instagram: @neurosnacks
↬ Twitter: @_robhicks
↬ Website
↬ Rob's article: Men, we need to #GetReal about our mental healthRecent episodes can be found at www.songsuwo.ca/brainmatterchatter
↬ Ep 5: Anxiety, Social Isolation & Returning to "Normal" w/Dr. David DozoisListen on any podcast platform + follow us on Twitter + Instagram @BrainMatterChat !

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Episode 8: Academic women & family planning

Academic women & family planning ft. Dr. Kasey Van Hedger & Dr. Alex Levine
In this episode, Niveen (@nivful), Hayley (@hayleyrcshanks) and Kyla (@kylaaalee) chat with Drs. Alex Levine and Kasey Van Hedger, both who completed PhDs in STEM and currently work at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON, Canada. We discuss their experiences in Academia with family planning and get two unique perspectives. Kasey and Alex detail their personal stories of how they got to their positions today, how family planning did, or did not, affect their trajectory, and provide invaluable advice for Professional women, including Academics, who are considering building a family.
Connect with Alex Levine, PhD ↬ Twitter: @AlexTLev / IG: @alextlevConnect with Kasey Van Hedger, PhD ↬ Twitter: @kvanhedger / IG: @kvanhedger
Mentioned this episode:
↬ BMC ep 6- Anxiety & anger series with Rob Hicks:
- Part I: gender stereotypes - men’s mental health
- Part II: practicing mindfulness
- Part III: becoming a parent in Academia
↬ Dr. Harriet de Wit Lab - research on the physiological, mood-altering & behavioral effects of drugs in healthy humans (Chicago, IL, USA)
↬ Dr. Ingrid Johnsrude Lab - research using psychophysical and neuroimaging methods such as fMRI and EEG to study the neural basis of hearing (Western University, London, ON, CA)
↬ Dr. Penny MacDonald Lab - research on the neural bases of cognitive processes in patients with basal ganglia dysfunction, such as Parkinson’s disease, using functional neuroimaging techniques (Western University, London, ON, CA)
↬ #MomAdemia
Recent episodes can be found at www.songsuwo.ca/brainmatterchatter ↬ Ep 7: Mental Health in South Asian Communities with Ishita Aggarwal
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