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The Society for Equity Neuroscience (SEQUINS) is an international membership organization for equity neuroscientists. SEQUINS seeks to promote health equity via science.<ref name="Society for Equity Neuroscience">{{cite web |title=Society for Equity Neuroscience |url=//s-equi-ns.org |website=Sequins |access-date=19 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The Society for Equity Neuroscience (SEQUINS) is an international membership organization for equity neuroscientists. SEQUINS seeks to promote health equity via science.<ref name="Society for Equity Neuroscience">{{cite web |title=Society for Equity Neuroscience |url=//s-equi-ns.org |website=Sequins |access-date=19 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> SEQUINS was founded in 2024 by Bruce Ovbiagele.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Ovbiagele {{!}} UCSF Profiles |url=https://profiles.ucsf.edu/bruce.ovbiagele |website=profiles.ucsf.edu}}</ref> Equity Neuroscience involves identifying and addressing the key obstacles and enablers to proper functioning of the brain for everyone, every time, and everywhere.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neurological Healthcare Disparities {{!}} Webinar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5P9jO2ID8 |date=18 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Society for Equity Neuroscience"/> Important demographic disparities and inequities studied by equity neuroscientists include sex-gender, racial-ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, and global.<ref name="Society for Equity Neuroscience"/> Equity neuroscientists traverse all branches of sciences, all stages of translational research, all types of neurological disease, and several professional disciplines.<ref name="Society for Equity Neuroscience"/> Initiatives affiliated with SEQUINS include the TRANCENDS program, <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tagge |first1=Raelle |last2=Lackland |first2=Daniel T. |last3=Gorelick |first3=Philip B. |last4=Litvan |first4=Irene |last5=Cruz-Flores |first5=Salvador |last6=Merino |first6=José G. |last7=Ovbiagele |first7=Bruce |title=Career Development Program for Underrepresented in Medicine Scholars in Academic Neurology: TRANSCENDS |journal=Neurology |pages=125–133 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000012058 |date=19 July 2021|volume=97 |issue=3 |pmid=33893201 |pmc=8302150 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tagge |first1=Raelle |last2=Lackland |first2=Daniel T. |last3=Ovbiagele |first3=Bruce |title=The TRANSCENDS program: Rationale and overview |journal=Journal of the Neurological Sciences |pages=117218 |doi=10.1016/j.jns.2020.117218 |date=15 January 2021|volume=420 |pmid=33162065 |pmc=7856027 }}</ref>, HEADS-UP program,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Towfighi |first1=Amytis |last2=Benson |first2=Richard T. |last3=Tagge |first3=Raelle |last4=Moy |first4=Claudia S. |last5=Wright |first5=Clinton B. |last6=Ovbiagele |first6=Bruce |title=Inaugural Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding and Problem-Solving Symposium |url=https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030423 |journal=Stroke |pages=3382–3391 |language=en |doi=10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030423 |date=November 2020|volume=51 |issue=11 |pmid=33104474 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Towfighi |first1=Amytis |last2=Ovbiagele |first2=Bruce |title=Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: 2021 Update |url=https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.035816 |journal=Stroke |pages=636–642 |language=en |doi=10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.035816 |date=March 2022|volume=53 |issue=3 |pmid=35226543 }}</ref>, TALENTS program,<ref>{{cite web |title=Training Africans to Lead and Execute Neurological Trials & Studies (TALENTS) - Fogarty International Center @ NIH |url=https://www.fic.nih.gov/Grants/Search/Pages/ncdlifespan-d43tw012030.aspx |website=Fogarty International Center}}</ref>, and GRASP program<ref>{{cite web |title=GRASP {{!}} DS-I Africa |url=https://dsi-africa.org/project/26 |website=dsi-africa.org}}</ref> These programs are designed to address the increasing burden of neurological disease worldwide,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 |journal=The Lancet Neurology |pages=344–381 |doi=10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3 |date=April 2024|pmid=38493795 |last1=Steinmetz |first1=Jaimie D. |last2=Seeher |first2=Katrin Maria |last3=Schiess |first3=Nicoline |last4=Nichols |first4=Emma |last5=Cao |first5=Bochen |last6=Servili |first6=Chiara |last7=Cavallera |first7=Vanessa |last8=Cousin |first8=Ewerton |last9=Hagins |first9=Hailey |last10=Moberg |first10=Madeline E. |last11=Mehlman |first11=Max L. |last12=Abate |first12=Yohannes Habtegiorgis |last13=Abbas |first13=Jaffar |last14=Abbasi |first14=Madineh Akram |last15=Abbasian |first15=Mohammadreza |last16=Abbastabar |first16=Hedayat |last17=Abdelmasseh |first17=Michael |last18=Abdollahi |first18=Mohammad |last19=Abdollahi |first19=Mozhan |last20=Abdollahifar |first20=Mohammad-Amin |last21=Abd-Rabu |first21=Rami |last22=Abdulah |first22=Deldar Morad |last23=Abdullahi |first23=Auwal |last24=Abedi |first24=Aidin |last25=Abedi |first25=Vida |last26=Abeldańo Zuńiga |first26=Roberto Ariel |last27=Abidi |first27=Hassan |last28=Abiodun |first28=Olumide |last29=Aboagye |first29=Richard Gyan |last30=Abolhassani |first30=Hassan |volume=23 |issue=4 |pmc=10949203 |display-authors=1 }}</ref> the disproportionately greater toll of neurological disease among certain groups and regions,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Woolf |first1=Steven H. |last2=Chapman |first2=Derek A. |last3=Lee |first3=Jong Hyung |last4=Johnston |first4=Karen C. |last5=Benson |first5=Richard T. |last6=Trevathan |first6=Edwin |last7=Smith |first7=Wally R. |last8=Gaskin |first8=Darrell J. |title=The Lives Lost to Inequities: Avertable Deaths From Neurologic Diseases in the Past Decade |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37580146/ |journal=Neurology |pages=S9–S16 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000207561 |date=15 August 2023|volume=101 |issue=7 Suppl 1 |pmid=37580146 |pmc=10605951 |pmc-embargo-date=August 15, 2024 }}</ref> the need for science-based social interventions for bridging neurological inequities,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Towfighi |first1=Amytis |last2=Berger |first2=Rachel P. |last3=Corley |first3=Alexandra M. S. |last4=Glymour |first4=M. Maria |last5=Manly |first5=Jennifer J. |last6=Skolarus |first6=Lesli E. |title=Recommendations on Social Determinants of Health in Neurologic Disease |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37580147/ |journal=Neurology |pages=S17–S26 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000207562 |date=15 August 2023|volume=101 |issue=7_Supplement_1 |pmid=37580147 }}</ref> underrepresentation of key populations in the scientific and medical workforces,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Toi Blakley |last2=Jacobs |first2=Negar N. |last3=Fuqua |first3=Chantel F. |last4=Lyness |first4=Jeffrey M. |last5=Smith |first5=Patrick O. |last6=Poll-Hunter |first6=Norma I. |last7=Piggott |first7=Cleveland |last8=Monroe |first8=Alicia D. |title=Advancing Equity in Academic Medicine Through Holistic Review for Faculty Recruitment and Retention |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34935728/ |journal=Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges |pages=631–634 |doi=10.1097/ACM.0000000000004568 |date=1 May 2022|volume=97 |issue=5 |pmid=34935728 }}</ref> and the call to achieve brain health for all in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rost |first1=Natalia S. |last2=Salinas |first2=Joel |last3=Jordan |first3=Justin T. |last4=Banwell |first4=Brenda |last5=Correa |first5=Daniel J. |last6=Said |first6=Rana R. |last7=Selwa |first7=Linda M. |last8=Song |first8=Sarah |last9=Evans |first9=David A. |title=The Brain Health Imperative in the 21st Century-A Call to Action: The AAN Brain Health Platform and Position Statement |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37730439/ |journal=Neurology |pages=570–579 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0000000000207739 |date=26 September 2023|volume=101 |issue=13 |pmid=37730439 |pmc=10558159 |pmc-embargo-date=September 26, 2024 }}</ref>

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The Society for Equity Neuroscience (SEQUINS) is an international membership organization for equity neuroscientists. SEQUINS seeks to promote health equity via science.[1]

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  1. ^ "Society for Equity Neuroscience". Sequins. Retrieved 19 June 2024.