AANRI Leaders Talk Diversity with Research!America
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
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
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.
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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.
July 23, 2020 | The nation’s first African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative announced today $2.25 million in startup funding from the investment management firm Brown Capital Management (BCM) and the State of Maryland.
Oct. 30, 2019 | A PBS Newshour story covering the lack of diversity in medical research featured the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative, including an interview with Dr. Daniel Weinberger of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development.
March 18, 2019 | The Baltimore Sun covered the launch of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative.
March 18, 2019 | The Lieber Institute for Brain Development and its partners launched the nation’s first African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative to ensure that
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