Draft:Society for Equity Neuroscience (SEQUINS)


The Society for Equity Neuroscience (SEQUINS) is an international membership organization for equity neuroscientists. SEQUINS seeks to promote health equity via science.[1] SEQUINS was founded in 2024 by Bruce Ovbiagele.[2] Equity Neuroscience involves identifying and addressing the key obstacles and enablers to proper functioning of the brain for everyone, every time, and everywhere.[3][1] Important demographic disparities and inequities studied by equity neuroscientists include sex-gender, racial-ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, and global.[1] Equity neuroscientists traverse all branches of sciences, all stages of translational research, all types of neurological disease, and several professional disciplines.[1] Initiatives affiliated with SEQUINS include the TRANCENDS program, [4][5], HEADS-UP program,[6][7], TALENTS program,[8], and GRASP program[9] These programs are designed to address the increasing burden of neurological disease worldwide,[10] the disproportionately greater toll of neurological disease among certain groups and regions,[11] the need for science-based social interventions for bridging neurological inequities,[12] underrepresentation of key populations in the scientific and medical workforces,[13] and the call to achieve brain health for all in the 21st century.[14]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Society for Equity Neuroscience". Sequins. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Bruce Ovbiagele | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu.
  3. ^ "Neurological Healthcare Disparities | Webinar". YouTube. 18 April 2024.
  4. ^ Tagge, Raelle; Lackland, Daniel T.; Gorelick, Philip B.; Litvan, Irene; Cruz-Flores, Salvador; Merino, José G.; Ovbiagele, Bruce (19 July 2021). "Career Development Program for Underrepresented in Medicine Scholars in Academic Neurology: TRANSCENDS". Neurology. 97 (3): 125–133. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012058. PMC 8302150. PMID 33893201.
  5. ^ Tagge, Raelle; Lackland, Daniel T.; Ovbiagele, Bruce (15 January 2021). "The TRANSCENDS program: Rationale and overview". Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 420: 117218. doi:10.1016/j.jns.2020.117218. PMC 7856027. PMID 33162065.
  6. ^ Towfighi, Amytis; Benson, Richard T.; Tagge, Raelle; Moy, Claudia S.; Wright, Clinton B.; Ovbiagele, Bruce (November 2020). "Inaugural Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding and Problem-Solving Symposium". Stroke. 51 (11): 3382–3391. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030423. PMID 33104474.
  7. ^ Towfighi, Amytis; Ovbiagele, Bruce (March 2022). "Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: 2021 Update". Stroke. 53 (3): 636–642. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.035816. PMID 35226543.
  8. ^ "Training Africans to Lead and Execute Neurological Trials & Studies (TALENTS) - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center.
  9. ^ "GRASP | DS-I Africa". dsi-africa.org.
  10. ^ Steinmetz, Jaimie D.; et al. (April 2024). "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021". The Lancet Neurology. 23 (4): 344–381. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3. PMC 10949203. PMID 38493795.
  11. ^ Woolf, Steven H.; Chapman, Derek A.; Lee, Jong Hyung; Johnston, Karen C.; Benson, Richard T.; Trevathan, Edwin; Smith, Wally R.; Gaskin, Darrell J. (15 August 2023). "The Lives Lost to Inequities: Avertable Deaths From Neurologic Diseases in the Past Decade". Neurology. 101 (7 Suppl 1): S9–S16. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207561. PMC 10605951. PMID 37580146.
  12. ^ Towfighi, Amytis; Berger, Rachel P.; Corley, Alexandra M. S.; Glymour, M. Maria; Manly, Jennifer J.; Skolarus, Lesli E. (15 August 2023). "Recommendations on Social Determinants of Health in Neurologic Disease". Neurology. 101 (7_Supplement_1): S17–S26. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207562. PMID 37580147.
  13. ^ Harris, Toi Blakley; Jacobs, Negar N.; Fuqua, Chantel F.; Lyness, Jeffrey M.; Smith, Patrick O.; Poll-Hunter, Norma I.; Piggott, Cleveland; Monroe, Alicia D. (1 May 2022). "Advancing Equity in Academic Medicine Through Holistic Review for Faculty Recruitment and Retention". Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 97 (5): 631–634. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004568. PMID 34935728.
  14. ^ Rost, Natalia S.; Salinas, Joel; Jordan, Justin T.; Banwell, Brenda; Correa, Daniel J.; Said, Rana R.; Selwa, Linda M.; Song, Sarah; Evans, David A. (26 September 2023). "The Brain Health Imperative in the 21st Century-A Call to Action: The AAN Brain Health Platform and Position Statement". Neurology. 101 (13): 570–579. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207739. PMC 10558159. PMID 37730439.