NeuroScholars

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Bridging neuroscience, social justice & education.

NeuroScholars aims to empower and support youth interested in neuroscience from underserved communities in Los Angeles, CA. Through a social-justice lens, our goal is to help prepare, motivate, and empower young students who want to pursue a career in STEM and be agents of social change in their community.

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”

-Angela Davis

Topics we cover:

Neuroscience encompasses the structure, function, development, and disorders of the nervous system. It involves multiple disciplines, such as biology, psychology, chemistry, physics, and computer science, to investigate the complex interactions between neurons and their networks.

Topics that are not often covered in neuroscience, such as social justice concepts, are critical to our programming

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Neuroanatomy

Students learn basic neuroanatomy and how to identify different brain structures.

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Brain Imaging

What can we learn from brain images? What are the current advancements and limitations of neuroimaging? How can we use brain imaging to learn more about diseases

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Social Justice

We aim to help create scientists who are social justice champions as well

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Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity? How can we use its potential to rewire our brain? What does resilience have to do with neuroscience? We seek to explore and answer these questions through our curriculum.

Bridging neuroscience, social justice & education.

NeuroScholars aims to empower and support youth interested in neuroscience from underserved communities in Los Angeles, CA. Through a social-justice lens, our goal is to help prepare, motivate, and empower young students who want to pursue a career in STEM and be agents of social change in their community.

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”

-Angela Davis

Topics we cover:

Neuroscience encompasses the structure, function, development, and disorders of the nervous system. It involves multiple disciplines, such as biology, psychology, chemistry, physics, and computer science, to investigate the complex interactions between neurons and their networks.

Topics that are not often covered in neuroscience, such as social justice concepts, are critical to our programming.

5

Neuroanatomy

Students learn basic neuroanatomy and how to identify different brain structures.

5

Brain Imaging

What can we learn from brain images? What are the current advancements and limitations of neuroimaging? How can we use brain imaging to learn more about diseases?

5

Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity? How can we use its potential to rewire our brain? What does resilience have to do with neuroscience? We seek to explore and answer these questions through our curriculum.

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