Stories of COVID-19: Balance
b"This week, we bring you two stories about the struggle to find balance during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it\\u2019s as a scientist, a mother, or all of the above.\\nPart 1: Psychiatrist Xiaosi Gu studies COVID-19\\u2019s impact on mental health, just as her own begins to deteriorate.\\nPart 2: Stacey Bader Curry\\u2019s family and career are thriving \\u2014 until the pandemic throws it all into chaos.\\nDr. Xiaosi Gu is one of the foremost researchers in the area of computational psychiatry. Her research examines the neural and computational mechanisms underlying human beliefs, decision making, and social interaction in both health and disease, through a synthesis of neuroscience, cognitive science, and behavioral economics approaches. After receiving a Bachelor\\u2019s degree in Psychology and Economics from Peking University in Beijing, Dr. Gu moved to New York City to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Gu then completed her postdoctoral training in computational psychiatry at Virginia Tech and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London (UCL). During her time in London, she founded the world\\u2019s first computational psychiatry course at UCL. Before re-joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Gu held faculty positions at the University of Texas, Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and a Principal Investigator at the Friedman Brain Institute and the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai.\\nStacey Bader Curry is a writer and storyteller who lives in Maine. She is an 8-time Moth Slam winner, including a Grand Slam, and has performed on PBS' Stories From the Stage, and many podcasts.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"