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Catchup – Salon – Finding Balance: Academia and Wellbeing
09/10/2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A weekly gathering to discuss careers and research topics, inspired by 17th and 18th century salons from Paris, with a modern twist. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate.
In this session we talk about Finding Balance: Academia and Wellbeing.
In the relentless pursuit of knowledge within academia, where every publication, grant, and lecture seems to carry the weight of one’s career, how do we find balance and maintain our wellbeing? The pressures to excel are immense, often pushing scholars to the brink of burnout. Today, in the Salon we challenge the academic community to rethink its values and priorities. How can we foster an environment where intellectual rigor and personal wellbeing coexist? Let’s explore the provocative idea that true academic success should not come at the cost of mental health, and consider radical changes that could transform academia into a more supportive and sustainable space for all.
Speakers
Dr Sarah King – is a molecular neuroscientist in the Biological and Clinical Neuroscience group in the School of Psychology and a member of Sussex Neuroscience. She obtained her BSc in Biology at the University of Bristol, followed by an MSc in Molecular Genetics and a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Sarah then went to Yale University where she worked as a postdoctoral associate in the Molecular Psychiatry Department for 7 years, before returning to a lecturership at Sussex. She was promoted to Reader in 2014.
Dr Eddy Roccati – is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. Eddy leads two longitudinal epidemiological studies at Wicking: Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND) and Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project (THBP). Eddy’s interests revolve around modifiable risk factors for dementia and biomarkers for early detection. His PhD investigated dietary adherence and brain beta-amyloid accumulation, while his post-doc has focused on the preventative potential of education in later-life.
