Be the change you wish to see in the world by joining us for our Annual Fundraiser this October 6th in Sarasota, Florida.
If you aren't able to attend, please consider sponsoring the event or contributing in another way that feels in alignment with you.
Special return guest, General Gregg Martin!
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Dragonfly Mental Health's Annual Fundraiser brings together people who care about mental well-being in academia. Your support helps us provide proactive, preventative resources for students, researchers, faculty and staff under real pressure.
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By securing your ticket today, you help build compassionate, healthier academic environments where seeking support is normal, and no one has to struggle alone. Thank you for standing with brilliant minds and valuing their mental health.
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Join us at the picturesque Sarasota Garden Club to convene with others in the community and afar that understand the people teaching and studying to become our future doctors, researchers, artists, business owners, and community leaders are under incredible but far too often silent pressure leading to mental health struggles and even suicide.
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Our event this year is titled "From Knowledge to Impact: Advancing Mental Health Literacy" and will highlight both our past speaker and treasured advisor, Retired Two Star General Gregg F. Martin, PhD along with a keynote leader in Mental Health Literacy.
Cal Alumni Association, October 2025: "Action is my coping mechanism": Wendy Marie Ingram on building community care in academia
UC Berkeley News, April 2025: A spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia
Nature, April 2025: A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs – these evidence-led initiatives offer help
The Star, November 2024: Prestige and pain? Getting a PhD can also cause mental health problems
Nature, October 2024: The huge toll of PhDs on mental health: data reveal stark effects
UC Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology, 2022: How to tackle the mental health epidemic in academia - a new approach by UC Berkeley and Dragonfly Mental Health
Covidence, August 2021: Mental Health in Academia by Roo Steinberg, PhD
Deutsche Welle, June 2021: COVID scientists fight to avoid burnout
UC Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology, Spring 2021 Alumni Profile: Wendy Ingram - Advocating for Mental Health in Academia
Beckman Foundation, May 2021: A Conversation with 2007 BSP Wendy Marie Ingram, PhD
WeRepStem, April 2021: New study attempts to demystify Zoom fatigue
SPIE News, March 2021: Mental Health in Isolation: PhD students need support, now more than ever.
ASCB Career Navigator, November 2020: Mental Health: the paradox of academia’s neglect of our greatest tool
Chemical & Engineering News, May 2020: Faculty open up about mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic
eLife Magazine April 2020: Mental Health in Academia: How to enact change
Science Magazine, April 2018: Graduate students take charge on mental health care
Science Magazine, March 2018: Graduate students need more mental health support, new study highlights