<p>COVID-19 has caused what has felt like a “forced pause” to daily routines and expectations for the future, resulting in complex implications for mental health. In this episode, our hosts discuss how the pandemic has altered relationships with peers, experiences as healthcare providers, and collective abilities to make and maintain connections.</p>
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 <li>Matthew Clayton (UNC, Psychology and Neuroscience)</li>
 <li>Poushali Ganguli (KCL, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience)</li>
 <li>Kierra Peak (UNC, Occupational Science)</li>
 <li>Jamshaid Shahir (UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology)</li>
 <li>Kelsey Thompson (UNC, Speech and Hearing Sciences)</li>
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A Forced Pause – Mental Health in the time of COVID-19 – Part 1

PhD and Me: The Third Degree is brought to you by doctoral students from around the world. This podcast is about the real-life experiences of PhD students walking this sometimes vexing but meaningful path towards the final (third) degree. Listen as we share our experiences getting into and through our doctoral programs, the things that keep us up at night about our work, the higher ed issues that bring us together, and everything in between! Each episode features a rotating panel of PhD students, their international collaborators, and guests to discuss wide-ranging issues that matter to us.