Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour
We are delighted to announce our very own Dr Jean King has written an article for Nature focused on the barriers and challenges women in science, specifically women of colour, still experience today, and why this is still prevalent. To read more, click here.
WWN Mentoring Platform
WWN, in collaboration with IBRO, have designed an all-inclusive mentoring platform for our members. The Scientific and Career Mentoring Program is designed to support women in neuroscience worldwide at any career stage. Mentees are matched with more senior members who can provide advice and support throughout their career. This is a 1 year program, but you can continue or select another mentor afterwards if needed. To find out more, visit the mentoring platform website.
World Women in Neuroscience Self-Care Mentoring Circle: Aligning Values, Mentorship, and Goal Setting for Successful Neuroscience Careers.
This SfN virtual networking event highlighted the role of self-care as a critical ingredient for career advancement. The session focused on mentoring, goal setting, and evidence-based practices to improve coping skills and reduce burnout will be highlighted.
Learning Opportunities
ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture on Brain Science 2023
Nominations for the ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture on Brain Science are open for 2023. The award is open to active scientists of any origin, at any career stage PhD or MD onwards, working in a research institution in countries underrepresented among neuroscience publications and conferences. For more information, click here.
The nomination window is between 3 January and 3 March 2023.
The Pakistan Society of Basic & Applied Neuroscience (PASBAN) has organized Essentials of Neuroscience basic neuroscience certificate course. Each session will run for 1.5 hrs each Saturday and Sunday in July and August. Registration is FREE! For more information about modules and to register, visit https://pakistan-neuroscience.org/enc2021.htm
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
World Women in Neuroscience has signed the ALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion, to raise awareness and provide a concrete set of actions that individuals and institutions can commit to undertaking in order to make their organizations, and neuroscience in general, more equitable and inclusive. It focuses on 1) recognizing and overcoming implicit biases, and 2) creating healthy workplace cultures. To learn more and sign the declaration, visit http://www.alba.network/declaration.
The ALBA diversity podcast, an initiative by the ALBA Promotion of Diversity Task Force, highlights diverse profiles of neuroscientists, to showcase the grit and determination it takes to overcome hurdles as part of underrepresented groups in brain research. ALBA’s podcaster, Dr. Shruti Muralidhar, talks to researchers across positions, career paths and backgrounds, to better understand their personal journeys, and what keeps them going as individuals and as neuroscientists in today’s world.
WWN/SfN CRNP Fellow Publications
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.