The goal of this committee is to develop new partnerships with professional organizations, individuals, industry, and academic institutions. To learn more and get involved, email world.women.in.neuroscience@gmail.com.
Coordinators: Emmeline Edwards and Jean King
Sadaf Ahmed, PhD – CEO, AEIRC, Director, CHWB & Assistant Professor, University of Karachi, Pakistan G.S., Pakistan Society of Basic & Applied Neurosciences
Pamela Butler, PhD – Research Scientist, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine
Emmeline Edwards, PhD – Director of the Division of Extramural Research of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH/NIH)
Angelina Kakooza, PhD – Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health and Child Neurologist, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
Jean King, PhD – Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Frances Leslie, PhD – Professor of Pharmacology and Dean of the Graduate Division, University of California, Irvine
Jocelien Olivier, PhD – Associate Professor Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Deborah Suchechki, PhD, D.Sc – Professor in the Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
About Us
World Women in Neuroscience aims to improve career development, mentoring and networking opportunities for female neuroscientists around the world, with special attention to women in disadvantaged regions.