The Magazine for the University of Toronto Department of Immunology
You’re in a hut in the jungle, the music of wildlife and aroma of smoking herbs permeating the air. The shaman, dressed in traditional Amazonian garb, hands you the brownish[…]
Feature · Grad Life · Perspective
THE PREMISE For many young adults, university is the first time they are forced to contend with their mental health. Being away from friends and family, losing the security of a structured high[…]
Feature · Featured Article · Grad Life · Perspective
Anonymity was an option. However, one thing that I learned from coping with depression is that I must face my problems directly. Therefore, let me introduce myself. My name is[…]
Feature · Featured Article · Grad Life · Perspective
My life experiences have led me to decide to write this piece about mental health and graduate school. I’ve procrastinated and began writing late, which I take as a sign[…]
Feature · Featured Article · Grad Life · Perspective
Graduate school is tough. Imposter Syndrome is real, and it can leave you with a crippling sense of insecurity. Factor in the new environment and new ways of learning, and[…]
Feature · Grad Life · Letter · Perspective
We would like to thank the graduate students and faculty members who contributed these letters.
On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in southern France following a particularly devastating breakdown where he mutilated part of his own ear. During[…]
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative – whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it.”[…]
The current issue of IMMpress Magazine is a must-read one. A certainty of life is that we will all struggle with physical and mental health challenges at some point in[…]
Feature · Grad Life · Perspective
Dr. Thomas Murooka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Manitoba. His research career began at the University of Toronto where he completed his[…]
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