October 18 – 21, 2023
Organizing Committee: Timothy Behrens, Alla Karpova
Speakers gender ratio: 15 women, 19 men (44%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 52%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the cognitive neuroscience field
August 6 – 11, 2023
Organizing Committee: Roy V. Sillitoe, Daniela Popa, Alanna Watt, Samuel S. Wang
Speakers gender ratio: 26 women, 27 men (58%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
January 14 – 17, 2024
Organizing Committee: Diana Bautista, Rebecca Seal, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Speakers gender ratio: 11 women, 8 men (58%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
September 18 – 21, 2023
Organizing Committee: Corinne Benakis, Arthur Liesz, Adam Denes
Speakers gender ratio: 9 women, 14 men (39%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 50%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
October 24 – 27, 2023
Organizing Committee: Albino Oliveira-Maia, Marta Moita, Zachary Mainen
Speakers gender ratio: 8 women, 9 men (47%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
October 3 – 7, 2023
Organizing Committee: C. Andrew Frank, Avital Rodal
Speakers gender ratio: 5 women, 6 men (45%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
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July 22, 2023
Organizing Committee: Davide Momi, Joana Cabral, John David Griffiths
Speakers gender ratio: 4 women, 4 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 32.5%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neural structure and brain modelling field
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November 29 – December 1, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Niels Eijkelkamp, Rohini Kuner, Ingo Kurth, Shafaq Sikandar
Keynote and confirmed speakers gender ratio: 7 women, 7 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 38%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the pain research field
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November 28-30, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Chantal Cherifi, Murat Donduran
Keynote speakers and tutorials gender ratio: 3 women, 5 men (38%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the computational neuroscience field
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““We controlled for race and ethnicity…” Considerations for the use and communication of race and ethnicity in neuroimaging research” by Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez and Marybel Robledo Gonzalez discusses how large neuroimaging studies have the potential to further structural inequities through their dissemination, and how consequently researchers must be more careful about how they communicate about these topics in their research. Through this paper, the authors provide several recommendations “for researchers to reflect on race and ethnicity choices in study design, model specification, statistical analysis, and communication of results, implement practices to avoid the further stigmatization of historically minoritized groups, and engage in research practices that counteract existing harmful biases.” Read more here!
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