Every year, SfN honors women with the Celebration of Women in Neuroscience event at the SfN annual meeting.
2017 Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon
At the 2017 Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon on November 14, Marina Picciotto, PhD, moderated a panel discussion, How to Advocate for Yourself and Other Women in Neuroscience focused on how female neuroscientists can use advocacy as a tool to overcome barriers and to support one another. The panel consisted of three distinguished leaders in neuroscience: Tracy Bale, PhD; Joanne Berger-Sweeney, PhD; and Indira Raman, PhD.
Past luncheons have featured keyone speeches by Maria Victoria Puig, Maria Neimark Geffen, and Marian Joëls.