Dr. Keenan’s Guide to Dealing with Depression
Depression & Addiction:
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), approximately one in five Americans suffering with a mood disorder like depression is also battling with alcohol addiction or some other type of chronic substance abuse.
Conversely, about 20 percent of all individuals addicted to alcohol or drugs also experience some level of depression, anxiety, or other mood-related disorder.
On their own, these issues can feel absolutely debilitating and dramatically lower your quality of life. But when they’re combined, the consequences can actually be fatal.
What is it about these two issues that makes them happen in unison? Dr. Keenan and Dr. Cohen explore the answers to that question and more in the article: https://www.
EMBL Australia 2018 Short Term Travel Grants
Apply now for travel in 2018.
Train at one of EMBL’s five European facilities, go to a conference or take a short course.
EMBL Australia is passionate about supporting young scientists through their training and into a research career.
We are sponsoring ten of the best PhD students in Australia to train at the prestigious European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Apply for a travel grant of up to $2,000 here.
Top 3 Tips To Thrive During The Semester
1. Get to know the lecturers, tutors and library staff
The BEST way to enjoy your units is to interact with your lecturers and tutors. Go up to them after a lecture and introduce yourself. If they are busy, send them a quick email organizing a quick catch up. You will be pleasantly surprised at what you discover about your educators.
Influence Change through SETU!
Do you have suggestions to improve your units and influence change?
Let’s Torque Grand Final!
The Let’s Torque team cordially invites you to the Grand Final
Thursday, 5th October 2017, 6pm-9pm
The Royal Society of Victoria
8 La Trobe St, Melbourne
Dress Code: Business casual
RSVP here!
CLIMATE ACTION WEEK
To celebrate Global Climate Change Week, Monash University is hosting various climate action events on campus.
Get involved and start taking positive climate action today!
KPMG China & HK Graduate Program
KPMG is a global network of member firms with 189,000 people across a range of disciplines worldwide, including around 10,000 partners and staff across 16 cities in China. They provide audit, tax and advisory services to many of the world’s foremost companies. Their client focus, commitment to excellence, global mindset and unparalleled delivery build long standing partnerships based on trust and integrity, which are at the core of their business and international reputation.
KPMG’s graduate recruitment season has just begun and they are targeting STEM students who are planning on returning to China or HK, this year in order to achieve a balanced and diverse workforce.
Hop onto:
https://home.kpmg.com/cn/en/home/careers/graduates/stem-graduate-applications.html.
for more information!
Internship Information Sessions
Do you want to gain professional experience while earning credit towards your degree?
We’re hosting some information sessions about our internship unit, SCI3920. Come along to have your questions answered and find out how to apply for Semester 1.
What we can learn from R U OK? Day. A student’s perspective.
Written by Jenny
Despite some misconceptions out there, R U OK? day is not about asking anyone ‘Are you okay?’ insincerely with the expectation that they will say ‘Yes, I’m good. Thank you. How about you?’.
In these modern times and more than ever in history, we are seemingly more connected to everyone – through the boom of mobile phones and social media.