Membership

To find a community of like-minded neuroscience researchers who are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in performing, promoting, and disseminating brain science.

I'm interested in building a career to increase representation and accessibility in STEM

To support diversity in neuropsychiatric research!

I grew up in a cosmopolitan environment. I have been in three different cities for my education in India. After completing my PhD in India, I moved to Dallas for postdoctoral research. I always believed that inclusion and diversity is essential; it helps us gather diverse idea, gives varied point of view and makes us more accommodative to others. I support the mission of ALBA in creating equality and diversity and would be happy to support and network with the fellow members.

I am committed to advancing equitable neuroscience, grounded in the belief that we cannot truly understand how the brain develops and functions without the equal representation of all children in our research, and without uplifting scientists who have been historically underrepresented, excluded, or discriminated against in the field. The underrepresentation of marginalized communities in neuroimaging research has far-reaching consequences—not only for our understanding of the developing brain but also for building scientific capacity in regions of the world where resources for neuroscience are limited or nonexistent. I recently co-authored a manuscript (titled: "Modality-level obstacles and initiatives to improve representation in fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging research samples" in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience) on the issue of non-representative samples in neuroimaging and discussed strategies for mitigating this issue. I hope that ALBA can serve as a community through which I can collaborate with like-minded researchers, amplify efforts to promote inclusivity in neuroscience, and contribute to meaningful, systemic change in how we design, conduct, and disseminate research.

I want to expand my diversity and equity knowledge and network

To gain advocates, allies, mentors and a support group

In order to ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion allow for all individuals to have meaningful research experiences and permit all individuals to contribute to the advancement of our understanding of the human brain without imposed limitations.

Build diverse neuro community.

I would like to support diversity and equality in neuroscience.

I believe in increasing visibility and representation of marginalized groups in the neuroscience field