An open letter to past, current and future mentors of Black neuroscientists

Kaela S Singleton; Rackeb Tesfaye; Elena N Dominguez; Angeline J Dukes

doi:10.1038/s41583-020-00421-9

An open letter to past, current and future mentors of Black neuroscientists

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2021 Feb;22(2):71-72. doi: 10.1038/s41583-020-00421-9.

Authors

Kaela S Singleton¹, Rackeb Tesfaye², Elena N Dominguez³, Angeline J Dukes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. [email protected].

Abstract

We as Black trainees in neuroscience and co-founders of Black In Neuro wrote this open letter to thank the phenomenal mentors who came before us. We also aim to encourage and give advice to future mentors on how to effectively mentor the next generation of Black researchers.

MeSH terms

Black or African American*
Humans
Mentors*
Neurosciences*

Grants and funding

T32 MH119049/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States