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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Mallory Book";color:#212121">Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD</span><span style="font-family:"Mallory Book";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Roadmap Scholars Program <Roadmap@uab.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:17</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Guerrero-Medina, Giovanna <giovanna.guerrero-medina@yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Registration is now open for the 2024 NEURAL Conference!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Good morning,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The annual <b><a href="https://www.uab.edu/medicine/rms/neural-conference/2024-neural-conference">NEURAL<span style="font-weight:normal"> (</span>N<span style="font-weight:normal">ational
</span>E<span style="font-weight:normal">nhancement of </span>U<span style="font-weight:normal">nder</span>R<span style="font-weight:normal">epresented
</span>A<span style="font-weight:normal">cademic </span>L<span style="font-weight:normal">eaders) </span>Conference</a></b>, hosted by the
<a href="https://www.uab.edu/medicine/rms/">Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program (RMS)</a> at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), will be held Wednesday-Friday, June 12-14, on UAB’s campus. This year is the 10th anniversary of the NEURAL Conference,
and to commemorate this milestone, we have an exciting program of speakers prepared!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The annual NEURAL Conference is the only regional conference of its kind and the cornerstone of the efforts of the UAB Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program. The overall
objective of the RMS Program and the NEURAL Conference is to provide the necessary tools to enhance engagement and retention of underrepresented* graduate trainees in the neurosciences.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Underrepresented graduate neuroscience trainees are invited to register and submit abstracts.
<b>Registration is OPEN and FREE!</b> A limited number of <b>TRAVEL AWARDS</b> are available for non-UAB underrepresented neuroscience graduate trainees! Preference will be given to those who submit quality abstracts by the
<b>May 7 deadline</b>. A second round of travel awards will be made if funds allow. Travel awards will take the form of free dorm lodging, meals and travel reimbursements upon receipt of detailed receipts. Indicate interest in a travel award on the registration
form.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We have had past NEURAL attendees from your university, and would love to keep spreading the word. Please feel free to forward this email to any trainees who may be interested
in attending.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a name="_Hlk161843495"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Visit our website (</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.uab.edu/medicine/rms/neural-conference/2024-neural-conference">https://www.uab.edu/medicine/rms/neural-conference/2024-neural-conference</a>)
to register. Please let us know if you have any questions! You can contact us by email at
<a href="mailto:roadmap@uab.edu">roadmap@uab.edu</a>, or by phone at 205-934-9115.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk161843371">* Underrepresented (must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents):</a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161843371"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Racial and ethnic groups shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research, such as Black or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians,
and other Pacific Islanders. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Students with disabilities (physical or mental) as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, defined as those who meet two or more of the criteria defined in the <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><a href="https://diversity.nih.gov/about-us/population-underrepresented"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">Notice
of NIH's Interest in Diversity</span></a></span>.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%">UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%">SHEL 1101 | 1825 University Blvd. | Birmingham, AL 35294-2182</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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