Developing Next-Gen Neuroscientists: EEOP Receives $1.2 Million to Advance Diversity in Research
Consciousness, perception, memory, behavior. Questions about how exactly our brains carry out these functions, and much more, have long tantalized
neuroscientists. Definitive answers aren’t easy to come by in science, but one thing is clear to Professor W. Martin Usrey, of the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior.
“Science is better when there are more diverse opinions and viewpoints that are feeding into it,” said Usrey, the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Endowed Chair in Physiology.
This fall, the College of Biological Sciences will launch the Advancing Diversity in Neuroscience Research (ADNR) Program to help grow diversity in biomedical, behavioral and clinical neuroscience research professions. The program is funded by a roughly $1.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
The college will welcome the program’s first 10 undergraduates this upcoming quarter.