The National Enhancement of UnderRepresented Academic Leaders (NEURAL) meeting is an annual regional conference - the only one of its kind - specifically designed to capture and engage the broader community of underrepresented neuroscience graduate trainees. Since 2014, the NEURAL conference annually hosts approximately 150 UAB and Non-UAB underrepresented trainees, including minority students and students with disabilities, to participate in professional development workshops, poster and oral presentations. Importantly, the NEURAL Conference features world-renowned keynote speakers sharing their science and speaking on the challenges they've endured in their professional growth. The conference gives UAB Roadmap Scholars the opportunity to develop leadership skills by helping to determine the conference agenda.
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NEURAL 2023
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NEURAL 2023
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NEURAL 2023
Divine 9 -
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Caribbean group photo -
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Keynote Speaker Dr. Andre Fenton -
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2023 Outstanding RMS Career Coach Award presented to Dr. Jane Allendorfer -
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2023 Outstanding RMS Research Mentor Award presented to Dr. Brittany Lasseigne -
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1st Place Oral Presentation winners Samantha Thompson & Dana May -
NEURAL 2023
1st Place Shark Tank winner Miracle Thomas -
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2nd Place Oral Presentation winner Charlie Rodriguez-Deliz -
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2nd Place Shark Tank winner Anastasiia Gryshyna -
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3rd Place Oral Presentation winners Adrianna Milton and Barbara Marin -
NEURAL 2023
3rd Place Poster Presentation winner Dennisha King & 2nd Place Poster Presentation winner Jahmel Fowler -
NEURAL 2022
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NEURAL 2021
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NEURAL 2019
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NEURAL 2018
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NEURAL 2017
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NEURAL 2016
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NEURAL 2016
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NEURAL 2015
Non-UAB neuroscience graduate trainees from the colleges and universities listed below have attended NEURAL:
| Agnes Scott College | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Tuskegee University | University of North Carolina |
| Alabama State University | Iowa State University | Universidad de los Andes | University of North Georgia |
| Auburn University | Kansas State University | University at Buffalo | University of Oklahoma |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Lincoln University | University of Alabama | University of Pennsylvania |
| Baylor University | Loma Linda University | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | University of Pittsburgh |
| Brigham Young University | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center | University of California, Los Angeles | University of Puerto Rico |
| Case Western Reserve University | Medical University of South Carolina | University of California, San Diego | University of Rochester |
| Clemson University | Michigan State University | University of California, San Francisco | University of South Carolina |
| Columbia University | Miles College | University of Cincinnati | University of Texas at Austin |
| Delaware State University | Montreal Clinical Research Institute | University of Colorado Anschutz | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| Drexel University | Morehouse School of Medicine | University of Colorado Denver | University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Emory University | New Mexico State University | University of Florida | University of Virginia |
| Florida A&M University | New York University | University of Georgia | University of Washington |
| Florida Atlantic University | North Carolina Central University | University of Iowa | University of West Florida |
| Florida International University | Northwestern University | University of Kentucky | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Florida State University | NYU Langone Health | University of Maryland | Vanderbilt University |
| George Washington University | Rutgers University | University of Miami | Virginia Tech |
| Georgia State University | Southeastern University | University of Michigan | Wake Forest University |
| Harvard University | Stanford University | University of Mississippi Medical Center | |
| Howard University | Temple University | University of New Mexico |