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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: @alextlev
Connect 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
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