Lieber Institute Collaboration Establishes Nation's First African American Neuroscience Research Initiative

AANRI’s 1st Study Identifies Key Genes in the Brain that Account for Higher Rates of Some Brain Disorders in Black Americans

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.

Join Our Livestream Feb. 1: Diversity in Discovery: The Story of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative

Join our Black History Month livestream discussion of DEI in neuroscience.

A Response to the New York Times: Understanding Psychosis in African Americans

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

Baltimore Sun: Lieber Institute partners with Black community leaders to unlock secrets of the brain: ‘We will not be left behind’

The Baltimore Sun covered AANRI and its groundbreaking research published in Nature Neuroscience.

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

STAT News: How a Baltimore neuroscience study is rewriting Black America’s relationship with medical research

STAT News covered the AANRI’s groundbreaking first research paper in its Juneteenth edition.

NPR: African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans’ risk for some brain disorders

NPR covered AANRI’s groundbreaking first paper, published in Nature Neuroscience in June.

New Limited Series The Rose Window: Appreciating Ancestry

How does ancestry affect our brain health? Learn more from the Lieber Institute’s new podcast The Rose Window.

Lieber Institute for Brain Development Receives $1M from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Foster Diversity in Neuroscience

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.

Lieber Institute Collaboration Establishes Nation’s First African American Neuroscience Research Initiative

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