Dr. Roo

Executive Director at Dragonfly Mental Health🖋️, PhD Scientist 🔬, Mental Health and Wellness Advocate 🧠🩺💆🏻‍♀️ (She/Her)

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Dragonfly Mental Health is 80% of the way to our $20,000 goal for #GivingChallenge2026!

With only 8 hours left - will you help us get there by 6pm CET/12pm ET?

Make a contribution today when every donation of $25-$100 is triple matched! #BeTheOne

https://t.co/qxWLWXzfoQ

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Grounded by rigorous research & local data, this comprehensive mental wellbeing program, supported by @zfoundation, is designed to transform the mental wellbeing of students and academic communities across Germany!
#Collaboration #GrantSuccess #AcademicWellbeing #MentalHealth

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

After a series of tragic suicides at UC Berkeley, Dragonfly founder Dr. Wendy Ingram returned with a mission: to fight the stigma around mental health in academia.

More: https://t.co/VWHD7ug58b

#AcademicWellbeing #SuicidePrevention #AcademicMentalHealth #DragonflyMentalHealth

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Academia is dealing with a mental health crisis — but change is happening, and Dragonfly Mental Health contributes to this change.

Read the Nature article by Fred Schwaller:
https://t.co/sofWpqVVE8

#AcademicMentalHealth #PhDLife #MentalHealthMatters #DragonflyMentalHealth

[Dr. Wendy Marie Ingram @pyromanticism]

Yesterday was a FABULOUS celebration of @DragonflyMH ‘s 4th birthday! It was also a wildly successful fundraiser. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you to all the incredibly generous donors! You can help us in our mission too:

https://t.co/ThV689yd0T

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Interested in joining our team of Talented Volunteers and Ambassadors?

Fill our our Volunteer Interest for today!
https://t.co/Qf1NmWGbC6

#AcademicMentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Program Highlight: Gain knowledge and skills to improve faculty preparedness to recognize, speak with, and refer trainees and team members that may be struggling with mental health issues.

Learn more at: https://t.co/eH110Qum5l

#AcademicMentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Program Highlight: Imposter Phenomenon, discusses the basics of imposter phenomenon including the limited research, symptoms and potential management strategies.

Learn more and book today at: https://t.co/eH110Qum5l

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicTwitter

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Happy Pride!! We are thrilled to celebrate Pride by sharing “The Business of Pronouns,” which has been a labor of love for our Board of Directors member Kevin Frick, PhD. Visit our LinkedIn or Instagram to hear about how this project came to be!

Watch: https://t.co/fd8M2Upq7X

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

Program Highlight: A Scientist's Primer on Depression, discusses the basics of the biology of depression and reasons for higher rates
among academics. Learn more and book today at: https://t.co/eH110QuTUT

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicTwitter #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

This mental health awareness month, remember to prioritize you and your mental health.

#DragonflyMH #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #May #Support #NotAlone #ReachOut #Academia #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicMH

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

April 2nd is World Autism Day! Join us in promoting a culture of acceptance and understanding, rather than just awareness, and celebrate the diverse experiences of individuals on the autism spectrum.
To learn more about autism visit https://t.co/aTgTrrCwvP
#AutismAcceptanceDay

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

#Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.

Together, let's change the narrative to understand, accept, and celebrate neurodiversity!

#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

The high interdependency between #supervisor and supervised, combined with the pressure to succeed, make power abuse commonplace in Academia.

More: https://t.co/eH110Qum5l

#PowerAbuse #PowerAbuseInAcademia #AcademicMentalHealth

[Fluctuating levels of despair 🎠🌻🏳️‍🌈 @TraumaPhDandMe]

A long, emotional 🧵about some of my experiences as a PhD student. If anyone feels so inclined, I'd appreciate RTs. Talking about what happened to me is all I have left.

@UCUPostgrads @ZJAyres @thephdstory @AcademicChatter
#PhdLife #PhdChat #AcademicTwitter #AcademicMentalHealth

[Anna Schueth, PhD @SchuethAnna]

A year ago I was invited to share my personal mental health journey in a @NatRevUrol article (https://t.co/TmkIc1tKpg): an amazing opportunity to speak about this important topic publicly. Today I am honored to be invited to give a mental health interview for Nature @CommsBio. 🌸

[Dragonfly Mental Health @DragonflyMH]

The holiday season can be a difficult time for those struggling with their mental health. Let them know you care by checking in on friends and family who you think might be struggling. Wishing you all a happy holiday season! Much love from your Dragonfly Mental Health Family <3

[Dr. Roo @RooRuchama]

#DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledinSTEM #DisabledTwitter #accessibility #Disability #inclusion

[Dr. Roo @RooRuchama]

Calling all members of the disabled community! Engineers want to know what problems we face due to inaccessibility and what products they could create to help. To let your voice be heard fill out this quick survey today! https://t.co/ydRtcb3aiN @DisabledStem @DisInHigherEd