The African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative has published its first research showing how genetic ancestry influences varying rates of certain psychiatric and neurological conditions among people of African ancestry.
The New York Times Magazine recently ran an insightful article examining a striking trend in America. As NYT Magazine contributing writer Daniel Bergner writes in
Leaders of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development met with the advocacy alliance Research!America for an online discussion
Feb. 27, 2023 | The Lieber Institute for Brain Development has received a $1 million, two-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support the work of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI) to promote racial equity throughout the field of neuroscience.
Feb. 27, 2022 | The Baltimore Banner covered the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative’s new $1 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Feb. 23, 2022 | Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Sr., a co-founder of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative, wrote in the publication STAT about retiring from ministry and finding a new calling in fighting for social justice in medicine.
July 23, 2020 | The Baltimore Business Journal ran a story covering the state of Maryland and Brown Capital Management’s funding of the AANRI with $2.25 million in grants.
Op-Ed: Research will support personalized medicine for African Americans
March 29, 2019 | Rev. Alvin Hathaway and Dr. Daniel Weinberger co-authored a piece in the Baltimore Sun on the significance of the new initiative.
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