Beware the Ides of March, O PhD Student!
Waking up with the crippling anxiety of your next means of sustenance when your funding runs out is a feeling many PhD students can relate to. It's a constant battle…
Summer Training “Unlocking knowledge, experience, and good practice in inclusive mentoring”. July 8-11, 2024. Bilbao, Spain.
In response to the growing popularity of career mentoring programs for women in academia and research and innovation, the VOICES Summer Training event 2024 aims to bring together a…
Real life Uncle Ruckuses
I always thought Uncle Ruckus—no relation was the most ridiculous and improbable character on The Boondocks. Uncle Ruckus is a grotesquely ugly black male character who despises and demeans all…
15th International conference of the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH). 4-6th July, 2024. Versailles, France.
15th International conference of the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH). 4-6th July, 2024. Versailles, France. Speaking at the symposium on coercive measures in psychiatry: interdisciplinary approaches to…
Holmen conference, Oslo, Norway
Holmen conference, May 23rd & 24th, 2024, Oslo, Norway. Invited Speaker: Global Perspectives of Coercion in Mental Health Care: Insights from Nigeria.
João Monjardino Prize 2023 Award ceremony
The Francisco Pulido Valente Foundation will hold, on May 16th, in the afternoon, at the facilities of NOVA Medical School (Auditório Machado Macedo), the ceremony to award the João Monjardino Prize 2023
Mea Culpa
It was the last day at camp and the air of excitement was infectious. It didn't matter if you were going to be posted to the remotest village of Gembu…
Chicken soup for the PhD student`s soul
A PhD, like any venture, can be a challenging journey for even the most capable individuals. Between the time constraints of conducting research that must contribute to the vast body…
The last fetch of joy
Buddy was happy we could resume our morning walks after being cooped up at home for 3 months. I would throw the ball and he would dutifully return it in…
Elusive love
Either way, my fate was sealed. If I left at that moment, his family’s suspicions would be confirmed, and if I stayed, I was surely going to fall during the…