22. Casual Conversations: How to navigate relationships in the PhD - Creating sustainable connections - With Dr. Victoria Godieva

Welcome to the PhD Survival Guide Podcast! Pursuing a PhD can be a very isolating experience. You may soon come to realize that the demands of being a PhD student can consume your time. This drastic shift in your work-life balance can also significantly affect your relationships, including family, friends, and significant others. In this episode we talk with Dr. Victoria Godieva about how starting and pursuing our PhDs changed the relationships around us. We also talked about the qualities we looked for in relationships and how to create sustainable connections. As always, we hope you enjoy this episode!

Dr. Victoria Godieva:

Dr. Victoria Godieva is a recent PhD graduate in biochemistry from Florida International University. During her time in her PhD, Victoria worked diligently towards unraveling the mysteries of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK3) in the brain. While juggling her own personal projects, she was also a dedicated mentor to various masters and undergraduate level students within her laboratory, as well as various students in her teaching assistant position at FIU. She has been awarded with multiple honors including the transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences fellowship, the Sylvia Turman scholarship, and the dissertation year fellowship. Outside of the laboratory, she is a strong advocate for female representation in STEM and has grown her public platform to voice her opinions on these important topics as well as student life, transparency on a day in the life, and mental health. Victoria will be continuing her academic journey at the prestigious Yale University.

Connect with Victoria:

Instagram: @Vicky.The.Scientist

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-godieva-4b73abaa/

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast was written, produced, and hosted by myself, Ferass. While we do the best we can to gather information from various sources, it is important to remember that everything we say here is of our own opinions and inferences. All PhD students, mentors, and programs are unique and the advice may not always apply. We implore you to think with an open mind. The purpose of this podcast is to help guide and empower current and prospective students throughout their journeys. We appreciate your time.

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