Heidi R. Green

  • On Not Being a PhD Student Anymore

    I’ve got a (relatively long-term in the world of academia) grown up job; hoorah! After my PhD finished I had a 6 month contract working as a Research Assistant, that contract ended just before Christmas meaning I could head off on my Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship travels. Now I’m back in the UK and…

  • Good Things: March 2019

    HOW IS IT APRIL ALREADY?! Seriously, this year is going by at an unbelievable pace and it’s beginning to freak me out. I’m back today with my Good Things post for March. I started doing this in January as a way to open up a bit more and make this blog more personal, but I…

  • Why Do I Have Depression? Making My Experiences Worthwhile

    I’ve talked about depression a lot on my blog recently. I’ve been very open about my own experiences, but I’m acutely aware that my experiences are individual to me, and on the whole, we don’t completely understand why people experience depression, why they experience it in certain ways, or how we should treat it best.…

  • Popular Science Books on My Reading List

    When I first started this blog (2 years ago, can you believe it?!), I wrote a blog post about 5 popular science books that I recommend to anyone who dares to ask me about the subject. That post had a really good response, and since then I’ve been reviewing books on this blog individually after…

  • Some Thoughts for New WCMT Fellows

    At the start of this month 150 new Churchill Fellows were announced. That means it’s been just over a year since I could talk about my WCMT Fellowship – which seems insane! My Fellowship adventures started at the beginning of January and finished at the end of February, so I’ve had some time to decompress…

  • Making Sure Depression Doesn’t Get in the Way of Life

    It’s been over a week since I last posted. That’s partly because I wanted to take some time to step back and intentionally switch off from the extra things I do outside work (i.e. blogging), but also because I wasn’t sure how to follow up a post where I talked about depression in such a…

  • Sources of Support for Those That Are Struggling

    This is a weird blog post to write, but I didn’t want the week that I’ve just had to go by without saying anything – it’s too important. My first day at my new job as Research Fellow was supposed to be Monday 4th March, and I’d planned for this week to be about getting…

  • Living Artwork and Questioning the Ageing Process – a Visit to STATE Studio Berlin

    I’m fiiinally making some time to write blog posts about all the wonderful places I’ve been as part of my Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship over the last few months, so if you’re interested in science communication/how science can be communicated using art, then be sure to check back over the coming weeks. Last week…

  • A Day in Data – SPREAD’s Life Stripe Exhibition

    If you were to look at your day in 24 blocks of one hour, what do you think the biggest block of time would be spent doing? Right now I’m in the thick of some of the worst jet lag I’ve ever had, so I’d hazard a guess at 50% of the time being asleep…

  • ‘Science Has No Gender!’ …But Does It Have a Race?

    Today, February 11th, is International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Today is a day to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. I’ve talked about women in science on this blog before, and honestly, I wasn’t planning on writing a blog post at all today. I…