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Despite increased attention to health equity in recent years, disparities in health outcomes and access to care persist in brain disorders. Recognizing the consistent, multilayered effort required within the entire neuroscience community to reduce such disparities, the National Academies' Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a two-hour public workshop exploring potential strategies to mitigate health disparities starting with basic science. This event brought together a diverse panel of academic researchers, funders, journal editors, and patients to discuss opportunities to increase the generalizability of data, address biases, and cultivate interdisciplinary collaborations to further health equity.
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·2024
Despite increased attention paid to health equity in recent years, disparities in health outcomes and access to care persist across disease areas, including in central nervous system disorders. The National Academies Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a public workshop in Nove...
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A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a two-hour public workshop. The workshop discussion will convene neuroscientists to explore opportunities to mitigate health disparities in brain disorders through basic science methodologies and research approaches.
Invited presentations and discussions may:
- Explore key issues in health disparities for central nervous system disorders and opportunities for contributors within the neuroscience community (e.g., researchers, journal editors, and funders) to address them.
- Reflect on potential areas of implicit bias (e.g., in research questions, methodologies, and neurotechnology) and strategies to reduce their impact.
- Discuss the scientific importance of and barriers to utilizing biological material from populations that have been historically underrepresented in neuroscience research.
- Consider approaches and the scientific value to engaging people with lived experience (e.g., people with brain disorders and caregivers) throughout the research process.
A planning committee will develop the agenda for the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings in brief of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Committee
Yasmin L. Hurd
Co-Chair
John H. Krystal
Co-Chair
Lilyana Amezcua
Member
Richard Benson
Member
Katja Brose
Member
Carl V. Hill
Member
Spero M. Manson
Member
Sponsors
Alzheimer's Association
American Brain Coalition
American Neurological Association
Boehringer Ingelheim
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Cerevel Therapeutics
Cohen Veterans Bioscience
Department of Veterans Affairs
Eisai
Food and Drug Administration
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Karuna Therapeutics
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
National Eye Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Science Foundation
One Mind
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
Simons Foundation
Takeda
Staff
Sheena Posey Norris
Lead
Maya Thirkill
Kimberly Ogun
