Nisha Nair

Bingo, But Make It Academic: Wrapping Up 2025

As the year wraps up, it’s normal to feel a mix of emotions. There’s the pressure to do something memorable to welcome the new year, the stress of setting resolutions that we’ll fret over for the next 12 months, and then there’s the flood of year-end recaps from every app. Reflecting on the year can […]

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Rethinking Mental Health Support in Academia

“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain.” —Matt Haig, author of Reasons to Stay Alive Ask any academic and they won’t be surprised that mental health struggles in the industry aren’t just […]

Vancouver Style Made Easy: 5 Tips to Get Your Reference Format Right

What if after you’ve spent months writing up your research and hit “Submit” on the journal website, but a tiny formatting slip in your reference list or in-text citations returns your manuscript for corrections? That’s now several frustrating hours of revisions, which is time researchers often don’t have to spare. In the field of health […]

The Power of Framing in Medical Research Communication: Why It Matters

There was a viral medical research story going around in 2018, with the title “Federal study finds marijuana 100X less toxic than alcohol, safer than tobacco.” While the headline successfully triggered conversations,  scientists who took a closer look found that it may have been misleading. This is just an example of the power (and responsibility) […]