{"id":3503,"date":"2020-10-27T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuroid.uprrp.edu\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2020-12-07T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:47:10","slug":"2020-bernice-grafstein-award-for-outstanding-accomplishments-in-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuroid.uprrp.edu\/index.php\/2020\/10\/27\/2020-bernice-grafstein-award-for-outstanding-accomplishments-in-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring goes to Dr. Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar (NeuroID\u2019s Co-PI) and Dr. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A piece of SfN article: “Society for Neuroscience Celebrates Committed Women Mentors and Unique Early-Career Researchers<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring recognizes individuals dedicated to developing the careers of female neuroscientists. Supported by an endowment from Bernice Grafstein, Ph.D., the first female president of SfN, the award recognizes leaders who have aided the early careers of women neuroscientists and facilitated their retention in the field. Honorees share a $2,500 cash prize.” (SfN, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Carmen S. Maldonado-Vlaar, Ph.D.<\/a>, is a professor in the department of biology at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Pedra Campus whose research combines molecular, behavioral, and neuroanatomical approaches to study cocaine addiction. Using direct brain microinfusions, intravenous cocaine self-administration protocols, and novel protocols in rats, she investigates neurochemical and molecular substrates of cocaine dependence and hopes to discover potential cellular targets for treatments.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“In addition to her research, Maldonado-Vlaar has devoted countless hours to mentoring diverse female neuroscientists at all levels, from undergraduate students to faculty members. She has mentored more than 100 undergraduate students, all of whom were Latinx and more than 70 percent women. Two-thirds of the graduate students trained in her lab have been Latinas and her mentorship has had a huge impact on Puerto Rican women pursuing neuroscience research. She leads and actively participates in many programs aimed at promoting increased access of women and members of underrepresented groups to<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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