WIN Black History Month talk: From Curiosity to Contribution - My Journey as a Neuroscientist Advancing Equity in Brain Research

WIN Black History Month lecture and discussion evening

Please join us for a special Black History Month event on Wednesday 30th October at 4pm in the FMRIB common area. We will host an online talk by Jocelyn Ricard from Stanford, followed by informal discussion and delicious food from Damascus Rose Kitchen.

From Curiosity to Contribution: My Journey as a Neuroscientist Advancing Equity in Brain Research

Jocelyn Ricard

Jocelyn is a PhD student in Neurosciences and Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University. Her work focuses on understanding how inequity and disadvantage impact brain functioning, and disrupting systemic racism in science. Her recent Nature Neuroscience article Confronting racially exclusionary practices in the acquisition and analyses of neuroimaging data highlights actionable ways we can make our research practices more inclusive in order to improve equity and generalizability of scientific discoveries across the global population. In this online talk she will share her own experiences as a neuroscientist and advocate for equity in research.

Jocelyn graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience. She has conducted research across various institutions, including at the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand; the University of Minnesota; the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Berlin; Cornell University; and, most recently, Yale University. Jocelyn is a 2023 recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship, awarded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.