Salon – You’re not alone… supporting good Mental Health

A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate. In this session we talk about Mental Health.

Research can be demanding, often taking a toll on mental well-being. This session is dedicated to helping researchers, students, and academics navigate these pressures, offering insights on maintaining balance, resilience, and mental health support. Let’s break the stigma, share resources, and build a supportive community where no one has to struggle alone.

Speakers

Dr Rosie Jackson is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Dundee, researching synaptic pathology in health and disease. Rosemary’s interests are highly interdisciplinary, involving collaboration with local and international colleagues in psychology, neuropathology, neuroimaging, and genetics. She has dozen’s of publications and is a contributor to reviewing many more papers.

Dr Leah Fullegar is a Research Associate at University of Portsmouth she is a social care researcher with a background as a care assistant in residential dementia care. Committed to furthering knowledge and practice in adult social care, and passionate about improving the working environments for social care workers.

Programme

The format of the event is a 30 minute livestream where the speakers will each present their thoughts on this topic for 10 minutes each, the host will then ask questions and the livestream will end. The speakers will then join the online chat and interact with the audience, answering questions and giving those who attended a chance to share their thoughts on the topic.