Membership

I like to be in contact with research networks and neuroscience associations

I am a white woman married to an Afro-Carribean man. We have an adopted bi-racial daughter and are part of a blended family with her 4 other sisters, their adoptive parents, and her birth mom. I was raised by a linguist mother who surrounded me with individuals from all walks of life and from various cultures. I have always cared about diversity and been aware of multi-cultural issues. However, marrying and adopting into a blended, multi-cultural (race, country, faith) family to realize the importance of MY direct action. I have always thought that there was not much for me to teach in the Neuroscience classroom about diversity. Now, I realize how wrong, and lazy, this assumption was. I am now committed to integrating these issues into my teaching and research mentoring at my institution, a Primarily White, and Undergraduate, Institution.

In my role of DEI officer at the Zuckerman Brain Mind Behavior Institute at Columbia University, I am interested in connecting with practitioners in the field to learn best and next practices and advance equity in science.

As a member of the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee (DIC) of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), I have been consistently contributing to investigate and implement plans to ensure diversity in our neuroscience community, leading and being involved in several short- and long-term projects tied to our committee. I am currently serving as the 2023-2024 chair of the diversity and inclusivity committee of OHBM, and I think that joining ALBA network can help us to collaborate on our common goals and to create multiple opportunities to early career researchers with underrepresented and/or underprivileged backgrounds.

I believe that the neurosciences are better off when they become fairer and more diverse. And that we can only make this happen by working together and supporting each other.

I am actively working on behalf of women in science in Poland through initiative Women in Science at Nencki. My goal is to create supportive environment for minorities and women in science in my country. Having access to ALBA Network resources could help me to achieve it.

To contribute in the dissemination of the positive outcome of multicultural environments, diversity and inclusion. Learn effective was to implement it in a cohort / international level.

I found this organization interesting, as I believe there is still a long way to go until neuroscience can finally say that it represents all groups of humans not only as study subjects but also as thinkers and idea generators.

For me, being a mentor, being a mentee, and developing mentoring programs is an essential part of science. I have benefited from all three sides. The Alba network could help me to see and overcome my own biases.

I am eager to join the ALBA Network to engage with a global community focused on diversity and inclusion in neuroscience, foster new collaborations, and contribute to advancing equal opportunities within the field, especially in Latin America

As a Latinamerican scientist and professor, I have found much bias to work in the neuroscience field, I'm convinced that we should reduce the differences and share our experience.

Diversity in neuroscience is still a long way to go, and deserves more attention

At my University, I am working towards a more equitable, diverse and inclusive community. I'm on various EDI committees.