Membership

I strongly believe in the importance of inclusivity and of giving equal chanches to humans in all their diversities. It is crucial to tackle obstacles that prevent all people to take equal part in neurosciences and to develop their full potential in this field.

Alba's goals (and approaches to achieve them) align nicely with my own goals and values, as I'm very passionate about promoting diversity and equity in science.

I want to help give better visibility to underrepresented groups in neuroscience, and I’m extremely interested in getting involved in activities that promote these populations. I have been working with the World Association for Cultural Psychiatry (WACP) for over 10 years to promote the inclusion of academics, scientists, and clinicians from underrepresented countries. Specifically, I have worked with the WACP journal, the WCPRR, which publishes quality research papers from these countries. I’m now the incoming editor-in-chief of the WCPRR. I want to work with the ALBA Network to help underrepresented neuroscientists. I’m hoping to learn from ALBA how to better facilitate underrepresented communities and to contribute the approaches that I’ve learned from working with the WACP.

To advocate for inclusion and diversity in neuroscience

It is very important for Research to become inclusive and to promote diversity. I would like to engage in that direction, and the Alba network seems perfect to do so.

I study sex differences in Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurosciences and I appreciate Women's issues in health and research. I would like to contribute in the ALBA network in the best possible way.

I have always wanted to belong to a network of neuroscientists from different backgrounds and to collaborate with other neuroscientists from all over the world to transform the field and build capacity.

I am committed to promote equality and diversity in the brain sciences. I want to receive training for developing strategies to provide access for underrepresented groups in Neuroscience.

I fully believe that we should raise awareness of gender and diversity issues in brain science and promote equality, as the ALBA network claims. This will only be possible if we actively engage in these processes and help each other to work in a better environment.

I believe in the importance of diversity and equality into how our careers develop, our leadership is represented, and ultimately, our own science is produced. I feel we can all contribute to this, through leadership, whether formally in specific groups or networks, or informally in our every day life. The ALBA Network has catalysed the energy and passion required to work in these areas and more for the benefits of those working in brain sciences. Being part of Alba would allow me to learn from our community while also giving back and hopefully making it easier for the future generations of neuroscience researchers.

Because it is time that researchers understand the importance of diversity in our societies but more important in our laboratories.