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Author: Paige Miranda Audience development associateThe Transmitter Source: www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight-initiatives-are-tackling-neurosciences-gender-gap/ In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with some of the women working to bolster their ranks in the field through storytelling podcasts, speaker repositories, social media networks and other community-based advocacy projects. Today, 11 February 2025, marks the 10th annual International …

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Author: Claudia López-Lloreda, PhD Source: www.the-scientist.com Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, PhD Science Journalist The Transmitter The Scientific – Profile Pregnancy takes a heavy toll on the body, brain, and bones. Although estrogen typically helps women maintain bone health, it goes offline after pregnancy, a time during which calcium is stripped from the bones due to lactation. Neuroscientist Holly …

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Authors: Carmen S Maldonado-Vlaar , José E García-Arrarás Source: https://www.funjournal.org/volume-22-issue-3-spring-2024/maldonado-vlaar-and-garcia-arraras-june-223a224-a232/ PMID: 39355675 PMCID: PMC11441440 DOI: 10.59390/ZGLZ3652 Abstract Over the past 14 years, the Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID) program, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), has played a transformative role in training numerous undergraduate Hispanic students within The University of Puerto …

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has honored the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras with the prestigious NIH Institutional Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize. The NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) team announced the ten recipients of the NIH Institutional Excellence in Diversity, Equity, …

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The NeuroID students went to the SFN’s Neuroscience 2023 in Washington D.C. to share their research at the convention.   __________ Author: Camila I. Cobo Ortíz Last week, the 17 student members of the NeuroID program traveled to Washington, D.C. to present their individual research posters at the Neuroscience 2023, event hosted by the Society for …

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Glen Wickersham presented his research poster at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science.  Glen Wickersham García, an undergraduate student at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and member of the NeuroID program, participated in the annual conference of SACNAS 2023 National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM). This year, the conference took place …

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Gian Carlo Molina-Castro, Ph.D. is a NeuroID former student from class #5 (2015-2017) who worked under the mentorship of the program’s Co-PI, Dr. Carmen S. Maldonado-Vlaar at the Biology Research Center in Julio García Díaz Building (JGD-222), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Dr. Molina-Castro successfully defended his doctoral thesis in February 2023 and …

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