8:30 AM

Networking Breakfast

Not applicable

ALL

ALL

9:25 AM

Remarks

Welcome

Chair

Society for Equity Neuroscience Annual Meeting Program

9:30 AM

Hall of Fame Presentation I

The Importance of Understanding Social Determinants of Health for Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias Inequities

Kristine Yaffe, MD

Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco

9:50 AM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

9:55 AM

Hall of Fame Presentation II

Shouldn't we be going upstream to find the causes of racial disparities and stroke?

George Howard, DrPh

Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biostatistics; University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:15 AM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

10:20 AM

Early Career Session-1

To be determined

Trainees, early career, faculty

Miscellaneous

10:50 AM

Refreshments Break I

ALL

ALL

11:00 AM

Bright Star Award Lecture

Global Neurology: Improving Neurological Care and Research in Low-to-Middle Income Countries

Monica Diaz, MD MS

Assistant Professor of Neurology; Division of MS/Neuroimmunology; Co-Director of Global Health Neurology; University of North Carolina

11:20 AM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

11:25 AM

Hall of Fame Presentation III

How brain health is overlooked in ‘cerebral’ malaria research, care and public health planning

Gretchen Birbeck, MD, MPH

Rykenboer Professor of Epilepsy Division, University of Rochester; Consultant, University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia

11:45 AM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

11:50 AM

Remarks

Dean’s Comments

Rachel Penrod-Martin, PhD

Dean, College of Graduate Studies (CGS), Medical University of South Carolina

11:55 AM

Recognitions of NIH-CGS Program Graduates

Not applicable

Bruce Ovbiagele MD Dan Lackland DrPh

Directors of TRANSCENDS and TALENTS Programs

12:15 PM

Networking Lunch

Not applicable

ALL

ALL

1:15 PM

Hall of Fame Presentation IV

Brain Health as an Essential Component of Global Health Security in an Emerging Multi-Polar World

Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH

Amos Christie Chair in Global Health; Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

1:35 PM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

1:40 PM

Patrick A. Griffith Outstanding Mentor Lecture

Mentoring Future Leaders in Sleep/Circadian Sciences and Cardiovascular Brain Health Research

Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology; Director of the Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences Program, University of Miami

2:00 PM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

2:05 PM

Early Career Session-2

To be determined

Trainees, early career, faculty

Miscellaneous

2:35 PM

Refreshments Break II

Not applicable

ALL

ALL

2:50 PM

Hall of Fame Presentation V

Studying Brain Health and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Diverse Populations

James Galvin, MD MPH

Alexandria and Bernard Schoninger Chair in Memory Disorders; Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; University of Miami

3:10 PM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

3:15 PM

Funding Agency Lecture

Forward: Navigating a Changing World

Salina Waddy, MD

Director, Trial Innovation Network, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

3:35 PM

Discussion

Q & A

ALL

ALL

3:40 PM

Early Career Session-3

Trainees, early career, faculty

Miscellaneous

4:10 PM

2026 Hall of Famers

Induction

Bruce Ovbiagele MD Lilyana Amezcua MD

Society for Equity Neuroscience

4:25 PM

Remarks

Closing

Co-Chair

Society for Equity Neuroscience Annual Meeting Program

4:30 PM

Networking Social Reception

Not applicable

ALL

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