Surviving as a PhD Student in a Shaky Economy
It is a strange time to be in graduate school. Between inflation, trade disputes, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the world feels like it is shifting faster than...
From digital art to PHDOODLESHOP: How a side hustle turned into a small business
Indulging in personal activities and hobbies outside of research during grad school can be for personal enjoyment, but for some dedicated students, it can also be a way to earn...
Ethics of Vaccine Passports
With increasing numbers of people being fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, governments have been considering the implementation of vaccine passports. Vaccine passports (VP), also known as digital health passes or...
Fighting the Good Fight: Separating Science from Non-Science in the Struggle for Vaccination
You’d have to forgive a new parent their initial trepidation. The very word “vaccination”, after all, might evoke in some visions of a deranged scientist in a lab coat jabbing wildly at...
Buck Up or Get Out: U of T’s New Mandatory Leave Policy Sends the Wrong Message about Mental Health
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...
alcohol // academia
null • hypothesis In December 2014, IMMpress Magazine published the first of many articles on graduate mental health. At the time, I had considered using that article to call out...
Not Just Any Other Pill
Over the years, countless drugs have been developed, but only one has had enough of an impact to be referred to as The Pill. Today, approximately 100 million women worldwide...
The Bitter Truth Behind Junk Science
The first headline blasted, “Slim by Chocolate!”, the next, “Eating Chocolate Can Help You Lose Weight - Really!”, and soon John Bohannon’s work was being touted amongst German, Indian, Australian...
Revamping the Patent System: More Ways to Reward Discovery
The modern patent system has roots back to 500 BCE in ancient Greece, where inventors could be granted a one year monopoly to the profits of their discoveries. In England,...
Is Bigger Data Better Data?
What does it mean to conduct research in this super-computing era – where a tremendous number of variables can be analyzed simultaneously and stored in a book-sized hard drive? With...