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SEQUINS

Early and sustained mentoring of very early career individuals interested in equity neuroscience
Will identify, match, and assign mentors for promising high school and undergraduate students interested in future careers in science or medicine
Will develop virtual and/or in-person options

Identifying and providing financial support for students
Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Students
Graduate students in epidemiology, public health, heath services research, psychology, and sociology
Provide research seed monies (pilot funds) to jumpstart the careers of very early career individuals

SEQUINS will be accepting applications for both Mentor and Mentee position
If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee, please email us at info@s-equi-ns.org.
You will be paired based on your indicated goals, interests, preferred frequency of meetings, etc.
Mentorship can address any topic relevant to the mentor/mentee dyad .
Mentors are usually Fellows or Regular members but exceptions can be made for interested Postdoctoral Fellows and Affiliate members with relevant expertise and mentee needs
Mentees are Student or Affiliate members.
Regular members may apply to be a mentee and may be matched if an appropriately experienced mentor can be found.
Mentees - please let us know what area of focus is most important to you so that we can best match you with a mentor
Mentors and mentees are expected to meet for a 12-month period within the context of the Mentorship Program, but mentorship may continue outside of the mentorship program if dyads are interested
We will provide written materials and hold a virtual meeting to discuss structure, expectations, and goal setting and to answer questions prior to dyads beginning their work together
Frequency and duration of the meetings are left to each dyad to decide but we suggest at least once a month; some dyads can meet every two weeks or every week
Mentors and mentees will be asked to provide feedback at the 6-month and 12-month marks.

Growing Research in Africa to Stimulate Progress (GRASP) is aimed at developing a sustainable cohort of scientists to tackle the brain health burden by improving the data · science skill of selected African scholars to unravel sociodemographic determinants and dietary and lifestyle factors affecting brain health and cardiovascular risk using the SIREN, ARISES, CHAIR, and other relevant datasets in H3Africa and DS-I Africa consortia and beyond.
This includes integrating sociodemographic data with cognitive, neuroimaging, genomics, climate, and geographical data, in mentored research projects and consortia-related activities in a multidisciplinary team of five selected researchers-in-training & their elite mentors annually for three years.
GRASP will increase the scholars' scientific knowledge, professional skills, motivation, & credentials in the field of translational data science research with a specific focus on Brain health with emphasis on identifying sociodemographic determinants and other markers and patterns in data from genomics, brain imaging, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping & public health data.

Stroke and Cardiovascular Research Training (SCaRT) is a consortium of NYU, UCSF, Loyola University and two African countries (Ghana and Nigeria) funded by NINDS and Fogarty.
It is enrolling 100 trainees in 4 cohorts of 25 trainees (12-13 from each country) in either a Health Services Research (HSR) track or a Patient-Oriented Research (POR) track. Trainees in the HSR track will be chosen from candidates with a background in public health (nurses, pharmacists, etc.), while those in the POR track will be chosen from a pool of physicians enrolled in postgraduate residency programs.
The unifying theme of both tracks is trainees’ common interest in stroke and CVD.
The 2-year program comprises: (a) three 2-week Intensive Research Courses in Year 1; and (b) a Mentored Research Experience in Year 2, during which trainees will conduct Mentored Research Projects and attend monthly Advance Seminars via WebEx to discuss their progress.

To select and retain 24 promising multidisciplinary scholars from a cross-national pool) committed to careers in neurological research
To increase scholars' scientific knowledge, professional skills, motivation, & credentials, in neurological research (Certificate Program, Master’s degree in Clinical Research, Think Tank Sessions, and Scientific Conference events

The Health Equity & Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding and Problem-solving (HEADS-UP) symposium, is a multidisciplinary forum funded by NINDS and the American Stroke Association focused on major disparities in cerebrovascular disease, with the overarching goal of reducing disparities in stroke and accelerating translation of research findings to improve outcomes for disadvantaged socioeconomic groups.
HEADS-UP held in February of each successive year, featuring plenary talks by distinguished researchers, career development activities, and poster sessions. scientific disciplines, volunteer engagement from leaders in the field, financial support, worthwhile in-kind resources, and proven experience in implementing high impact programs.
Basic scientists, translational researchers and clinicians, seasoned investigators and early career scientists will be invited, but a major emphasis is to encourage active involvement of an early career cohort of investigators.

Superb potential to become innovative and effective leaders in neurologic health equity, with the goal of reducing and eliminating health disparities and improving outcomes from neurological diseases globally and locally.

The Training in Research for Academic Neurologists to Sustain Careers and Enhance the Numbers of Diverse Scholars (TRANSCENDS) Scholars program is funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R25 grant and is a collaboration between SEQUINS, American Academy of Neurology, and the Medical University of South Carolina.
TRANSCENDS is designed to train promising early-career neurologists to conduct high-quality neurologic research and achieve a successful academic career.
Seven successive cohorts (>35 individuals) have matriculated into TRANSCENDS

SEQUINS is vibrant, forward-thinking community of equity neuroscientists, making connections across the sector to help define and deliver the future of optimal brain health.
SEQUINS has partnerships with like-minded scientific societies and organizations to identify priorities and help bridge gaps in knowledge, investment, and resources in the field of brain health equity research.