Mental Health
Events centred on mental well-being and the prevention of associated conditions. These will include insights from the participants’ experiences during the
adventure, as well as perspectives from the scientific and sports communities. Special attention will be given to minorities and affective disorders, who will find
helping associations and tools to foster collective engagement and understanding.
Movember Board
Role:
Advocates for mental health awareness.
Advocates for mental health awareness.
Contribution:
Focus on suicide prevention and mental well-being.
Focus on suicide prevention and mental well-being.
Karin Höhne
Role:
Head of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at Berlin Institute of Health at Charite.
Head of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at Berlin Institute of Health at Charite.
Contribution:
Highlighting mental health and gender equity in science and healthcare.
Highlighting mental health and gender equity in science and healthcare.
EU Alliance Against Depression/Deutsche Depressionshilfe
Role:
Raising awareness about depression and mental health in our society.
Raising awareness about depression and mental health in our society.
Contribution:
FocusDefinition of depression as an illness and presentation of the IFightDepression tool with the association's members, and associated scientist – Dr. Caroline Allenhof.
FocusDefinition of depression as an illness and presentation of the IFightDepression tool with the association's members, and associated scientist – Dr. Caroline Allenhof.
Dr. Stylianos Lefkopoulos
Role:
Senior Editor at Nature Cell Biology.
Senior Editor at Nature Cell Biology.
Contribution:
Sharing insights and perspectives on the scientific journey and the importance of LGBTQIA+ representation in academic communities.
Sharing insights and perspectives on the scientific journey and the importance of LGBTQIA+ representation in academic communities.
Dr. Katherine Dean (tbc)
Role:
Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia.
Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia.
Contribution:
Focus on suicide prevention and mental well-being.As an ambassador for the right of access for all, Katherine will play a key role in raising awareness and highlighting the concrete actions taken by everyone to improve accessibility conditions, particularly in laboratories, for people with disabilities.
Focus on suicide prevention and mental well-being.As an ambassador for the right of access for all, Katherine will play a key role in raising awareness and highlighting the concrete actions taken by everyone to improve accessibility conditions, particularly in laboratories, for people with disabilities.