Sunday, June 1, 2025
6/1/2025
Research and Clinical Experiences in Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neurosciences (R-CEIN) - PROGRAM SUMMARY The mortality and morbidity of brain disease has high impact across all stages of life. In the United States and worldwide, neurological diseases are estimated to be one of the costliest disease categories in terms of healthcare spending. This is mirrored by high interest in neurosciences, both clinical and basic. The desire for careers in neurology and neurosurgery outstrips training slots. Similarly, an increasing number of NIH-supported PhD recipients are choosing to study neurosciences. However, workforces in the clinical neurosciences do not reflect the demographics of the patients they serve or populations they research. Although there is an increase in the number of women joining the biomedical workforce, there is a paucity of women in senior leadership positions in both Neurology and Neurosurgery. Similar numbers are seen in other historically marginalized groups, such as racially minoritized populations. While Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino populations comprise one-third of the US population, they represent only 11.5% of all practicing physicians. Even more limited is data about the compounding inequity due to the intersection of gender with race/ethnicity in academic medicine, specifically within neurology and neurosurgery, in which Black women comprise less than 1% of academic neurologists and neurosurgeons. The mismatch between the clinical/ research workforce and the patient population has profound implications in the delivery of healthcare, medical outcomes, and equity in our society at large where there are socio-economic barriers to entry into medical/ scientific professions. Our goal is to address this disparity in Rhode Island through our proposed program. The Research- Clinical Experiences in Neurology and Neurosurgery (R-CEINN) program will provide a comprehensive summer experience for underrepresented students at Brown University. This program will foster diversity in the neurosciences with the following Aims: 1) Exposure to clinical experiences in Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2) Training in research with projects in neurology, neurosurgery and neuroscience 3) Skills training and career development, and 4) Cultivation of longitudinal mentorship opportunities.
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