SM024
Raising Awareness on Mental Health in the Earth and Space Sciences

Session ID#: 159223

Session Description:
A career in research and academia can be a very rewarding, but can come with different challenges that can negatively impact the mental health of anyone, regardless of career stage. These work-related stressors, together with individual life challenges, can lead to unhealthy conditions that are difficult to navigate. A recent study (NASEM, 2021) found a consistent up to a three-fold increase in negative self-assessment of mental health among students pursuing a graduate degree. Similar studies remain to be carried out among scientists at all career stages. A positive development within STEM culture in recent years has been that conversations about well-being and mental health are becoming more common, opening an important door for those going through hardship to avoid feeling isolated, and making it easier to understand how to deal with stressors and seek the necessary help.

 

In this session, we will be hosting a conversation between panelists with different backgrounds and experiences and the audience, in order to better understand the current status of mental health in the field, what steps are being taken to help those in need, and to foster an interaction that will lead to ideas on how to move forward.

 

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Wellbeing in Higher Education: Supporting the Whole Student. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26015.

Co-Organized:
  • ED - Education
Index Terms:

0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6319 Institutions [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6630 Workforce [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Leonardo Regoli, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Romina Nikoukar, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Mark B. Moldwin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
Burnout, silence, and surviving the sciences. (Invited) (1111598)
Alexa Jean Halford, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
The Sam Bingham Community Cares Initiative (Invited) (1130249)
Adam C Kellerman, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, Christopher Mouikis, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Allison N Jaynes, University of Colorado at Boulder, LASP, Boulder, United States, Vania K Jordanova, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Lisa Winter, National Science Foundation, Arlington, United States, Chia-Lin Huang, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, United States, Seth G Claudepierre, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Paul Cassak, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States
 
Demographics of the Earth, Space and Planetary Sciences. (1190722)
Fran Bagenal, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
 
The Good News is it Gets Better: How I Learned The Nescessity of Mental Health and Happiness as a Physicist (1191714)
Chloe Tovar, University of New Hampshire, Physics, Durham, United States
 
A Coaching Approach to Improve Mental Health and Foster Scientific Production in Engineering Schools and Research Institutions (1047194)
Kenza Khomsi, International Coaching Federation, Casablanca, Morocco; General Directorate of Meteorology, National Climate Center, Casablanca, Morocco
 
Everyday Tips for Making the Workplace Culture Welcoming for Diverse Staff and Improving Mental Health (1044992)
Timo Vesala1, Lisa Beck2, Katja Lauri2, Xuefei Li2, Anna Lintunen3, Stephany B. Mazon2, Kimmo Neitola4, Paulina Anna Rajewicz3, Laura Karppinen5, Tuomo Nieminen2, Pauliina Schiestl-Aalto6, Hanna Vehkamaki2 and Anastasiia Lampilahti2, (1)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research / Physics, Faculty of Science, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, Helsinki, Finland, (3)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki, Finland, (4)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, Salla, Finland, (5)University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Helsinki, Finland, (6)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Juupajoki, Finland
 
Higher Education Efforts on Promoting Well-Being: The Okanagan Charter and the United States Health Promoting Campuses Network (1075670)
Mark B. Moldwin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
Mental Health and Wellness: Perspectives from Heliophysics (Invited) (1075967)
Nicola Justine Fox, Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Supporting the Whole Student: Mental Health and Higher Education (Invited) (1048071)
Layne Scherer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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