Events and Media

Here you will find media coverage of our efforts in print and podcast media.  If you have a media inquiry, please contact us here: Media Request Form

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