My PhD - McKane Sharff: Research at School of Public Health

Hopkins Biotech Podcast

McKane is a 5th year PhD student in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

She is conducting her PhD project under supervision of Dr. Terri Powell (https://www.researchbypowell.com/) trying to identify how multiple levels of support interact to influence positive sexual health among U.S. adolescents by analyzing nationally representative surveys.

McKane is also a mother of two young children, both born during her PhD and has been actively involved with the department of PFRH (population, family and reproductive health) advocating for diversity/inclusion, student parents and has also been involved with PH students for reproductive justice
She very kindly shared with us her personal experience dealing with mental health crisis before and during her PhD and the resources that helped her to overcome episodes of depression and anxiety.
Join us to hear about her journey and if you are going through similar experiences, you can find McKane contact and some relevant resources.
email ([email protected]), LinkedIn or twitter (@McKaneSharff).

Link for mental health resources: https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/resources/mental/

Link for parent/family resources: https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/know-your-childcare-benefits/

Episode hosted by Gustavo Carrizo.

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