Exercise is medicine. New study finds: Running EASY for 45 minutes, 2-3 days a week for 16 weeks had similar effectiveness on mental health as anti-depressants. Get outside and get going: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Yesterday I submitted my PhD thesis! Too many people to thank for all the support. Lots of lessons learned, but amazing memories made. Stay tuned for more research to come!

November was pretty good for me! I got engaged ❤️ and finished my PhD viva voice with no revisions required 🧑‍🏫 Then I presented upcoming research (and a poster) from my thesis SMHR conference in Perth. Thanks everyone for the support PAHL Group MHEX UWA School of Human Sciences

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finishing your 20 other "priorities"

Amazing read, especially for all my friends becoming career researchers :) Thank you Megan Teychenne!

While I'm job hunting, I've decided to keep myself busy and start a blog about exercise, health, and tips from personal experience for future PhD students. There's a few blog posts on there already, with daily new posts coming up. Feel free to visit it: ivanjeftic.com

Another PhD Lessons blog post is up! Today is the second (and final) part of Lesson 8: Red Flags. It's about changes you, as the student, can make. (The first part was red flags regarding supervisors - something I didn't really experience). Check it out: ivanjeftic.com/2024/04/03/phd…

My first paper of 2024, titled "Parents on the concept of physical literacy: What do they know, what do they do, and what do they want?" has been published in Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Read it ahead of print here: doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2…

Excited to announce a cool milestone: my first PhD paper has been published in Health Psychology Review! 😀 Our review is on physical activity interventions for the promotion of mental health outcomes in at-risk children and adolescents. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/174371…

I don't post much, but completely agreed. A ban on SM is not a thought through response.