Alexander Clark

Jan 12, 2025 | medrxiv.org | Stephanie DeMasi |Alexander Clark |Jin H. Han |Amelia L. Muhs

The authors have declared no competing interest. Grant Support: This work was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health. J.D.C. was supported in part by the NIH (K23HL153584). S.C.D was supported in part by the NIH (5T32GM108554). K.P.S. was supported in part by the NIH (5T32HL087738). M.W.S. was supported in part by the NIH (K23HL143053). T.W.R. was supported in part by the NIH (UL1TR002243). W.H.S. was supported in part by the NIH (UL1TR002243).

Nov 23, 2023 | universityaffairs.ca | Alexander Clark |Bailey Sousa

Keen to improve and succeed? If so, get ready to learn new things. But more than this, get ready to unlearn: to stop, change, or do less of the things that are getting in your own way. Unlearning is officially defined as: to put out of one’s memory. But at a deeper level, unlearning means change. To be fair, unlearning is easier when what you’re changing is peripheral to your identity. However, other aspects of unlearning can disrupt us to our core.

Sep 28, 2023 | universityaffairs.ca | Bailey Sousa |Alexander Clark

Academia offers a million ways to feel bad about yourself. And if you want to push the “next big thing” in your field, get ready for next level rejections. Academic work is, after all,  complex, demanding and diverse  – with mind-blowing innovation and also mind-blowing conservatism. Peers, workplaces, funders and students can all be messengers, seemingly on special missions to tell us that our sincere efforts and determination are not good enough.

Jul 28, 2023 | universityaffairs.ca | Bailey Sousa |Alexander Clark

The Happy Academic How to address microaggressions and discrimination. BY BAILEY SOUSA & ALEXANDER CLARK | JUL 28 2023 Ever felt truly unseen in a meeting? Passed over or patronized by passing comments?

May 12, 2023 | universityaffairs.ca | Alexander Clark |Bailey Sousa

The Happy AcademicHow to embrace fear and courage in your work. BY ALEXANDER CLARK & BAILEY SOUSA | MAY 12 2023Storm chasers stare into the eye of the most ferocious storms – then run, not away, but towards the ire. Their choice is supremely counter-intuitive to the very human instinct to seek comfort: to run away or for cover when faced with the truly frightening. But chasers know the risks are real and act despite them.