Early Career Network
Objectives
Foster mentorship between senior neuroscientists and early-career members.
Build community
Provide educational career development resources and share them (e.g., grant writing, job negotiation, research funding).
Enhance networking and collaboration within the neuroscience community.
Initiatives
Mentorship Program
Pairing early-career neuroscientist with senior mentors.
Application process
Survey
Responsibility of mentee to set meetings up
Guidelines on relationship
Hosting semi-annually mentorship webinars.
Professional Development Workshops
Creating a directory of resources, particularly now is going to be helpful, not only funding, but experts in different topics, conferences opportunities with scholarships, speaker opportunities
Topics: Grant writing, academic promotions, private practice pathways, work-life balance, CV building, presentation skills
Introduction to Neuroscientists Succeeding and Progressing with Innovative Research Endeavors (INSPIRE) webinars
This would be a quarterly zoom-based works-in-development or works-in-progress webinar series featuring presentations by various early career brain health equity research scientists from around the country and world.
Would provide opportunities to get feedback on current ideas and proposals
After the live event the presentation and discussion would be posted on the SEQUINS YouTube channel.
Aim for first webinar for September
Networking & Annual Meeting Event
Organizing early-career networking receptions at the yearly SEQUINS conference.
Facilitating virtual meetups quarterly.
Early Career Poster Presentations at the annual meeting (starting in 2026) supported by travel award scholarships (funded by NIH or industry)
Research & Funding Support
Sharing funding opportunities and grant-writing resources.
Assist in pay for publications of accepted articles in the journal (American Brain Foundation has also expressed interest in supporting these publications by our early career folks).
Advocacy & Representation
Providing an early-career voice in policy discussions within the association.
Collaborating with other neuroscience organizations for training initiatives.
If you would like to join the Early Career Network, please reach out to info@s-equi-ns.org
Details
Initiative/Track | SEQUINS Scholars Program | “Associate” Scholars Program | Early Career Network Initiative |
Eligibility | Students (medical, pharmacy, public health) Residents (neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine) | Students (medical, pharmacy, public health) Residents (neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, pharmacy) | Post-doctorate scholars Clinical subspecialty Fellows Junior faculty (first 3 years) |
Admission | Formal application Review Panel Selection | Formal application Review Panel Selection | No application Email list Informal Outreach and recruitment |
Slots | 20 | Indefinite | Indefinite |
Duration | 1 year | I year | Indefinite |
Activities | Bi-monthly lectures about neurological disparities research from leading experts, are exposed to role models to foster their career development and are assigned local mentors to help them complete a capstone project | 2 virtual lectures per year | Mentorship Program (pairings and webinars) Professional Development Workshops INSPIRE Webinars Research and Funding Support |
Recognition | Certificate of Completion | Certificate of participation | N/A |
Miscellaneous | Complimentary SEQUINS membership during time of scholarship Complimentary SEQUINS annual meeting registration during time of scholarship Required virtual attendance at SEQUINS annual meeting Required attendance at AAN to network with other scholars (contingent on availability of funding) | Complimentary SEQUINS annual meeting registration during time of scholarship | N/A |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
Jill Berkman | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Chair |
Javier Suarez | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs / University of Kansas | Vice-Chair |
Kim O'Neill | NYU Langone Health | Professional Development Lead |
Suhas Bajgur MD MPH | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Member |
Parneet Grewal | Medical University of South Carolina | Member |
Lilian Andrew Mwamba | Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences | Member |
Angela Osei-Bonsu | University of Ghana Medical School | Member |
Ece Bayram | Cleveland Clinic | Member |
Cristina Román | University of Southern California | Member |
Alicia Henriquez | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Member |
Malya Sahu | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Member |
Deborah Rose | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Member |
Grace Bellinger | Northwestern University | Member |
Ghada A Mohamed | Emory University School of Medicine | Member |
Sonya Gleicher | Mount Sinai Health System | Member |
Christopher Orlando | University of Washington School of Medicine | Member |
Austine Ibegbu | University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital | Member |
Meron Fitta | University of Houston | Member |
Josh Mekler | University of Michigan | Member |
Tino Delamerced | Stanford University School of Medicine | Member |
Yuqing Huang | Yale School of Medicine | Member |
Sneha Lingam | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Member |
Jennifer Adrissi | University of California, Los Angeles | Member |
Gabriel Sneh | Georgetown University School of Medicine | Member |
Elena Kleinhenz | Yale School of Medicine | Member |
Dana Almedallah | Baylor College of Medicine | Member |
Mysti Harrison | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Member |
Erica Littlejohn | University of Kentucky | Member |
Wilfreda Lindsey | Kennedy Krieger Institute / Johns Hopkins University | Member |
Mima Akinsanya | University of Pennsylvania | Member |
Kurtis.Chien-Young | Yale School of Medicine | Member |
Samantha Sithole | Yale School of Medicine | Member |