BiasWatchNeuro
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The goal of this site is to track the speaker composition of conferences in neuroscience, particularly with respect to gender representation.
BiasWatchNeuro
7M ago
conference link
October 18 – 21, 2023
Organizing Committee: Timothy Behrens, Alla Karpova
Speakers gender ratio: 15 women, 19 men (44%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 52%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the cognitive neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
8M ago
conference link
August 6 – 11, 2023
Organizing Committee: Roy V. Sillitoe, Daniela Popa, Alanna Watt, Samuel S. Wang
Speakers gender ratio: 26 women, 27 men (58%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
8M ago
symposium link
October 24 – 27, 2023
Organizing Committee: Albino Oliveira-Maia, Marta Moita, Zachary Mainen
Speakers gender ratio: 8 women, 9 men (47%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
8M ago
conference link
October 3 – 7, 2023
Organizing Committee: C. Andrew Frank, Avital Rodal
Speakers gender ratio: 5 women, 6 men (45%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
9M ago
course linkJuly 22, 2023
Organizing Committee: Davide Momi, Joana Cabral, John David Griffiths
Speakers gender ratio: 4 women, 4 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 32.5%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neural structure and brain modelling field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
9M ago
conference linkNovember 29 – December 1, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Niels Eijkelkamp, Rohini Kuner, Ingo Kurth, Shafaq Sikandar
Keynote and confirmed speakers gender ratio: 7 women, 7 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 38%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the pain research field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
9M ago
conference linkNovember 28-30, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Chantal Cherifi, Murat Donduran
Keynote speakers and tutorials gender ratio: 3 women, 5 men (38%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the computational neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
9M ago
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““We controlled for race and ethnicity…” Considerations for the use and communication of race and ethnicity in neuroimaging research” by Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez and Marybel Robledo Gonzalez discusses how large neuroimaging studies have the potential to further structural inequities through their dissemination, and how consequently researchers must be more careful about how they communicate about these topics in their research. Through this paper, the authors provide several recommendations “for researchers to reflect on race and ethnicity choices in study des ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
10M ago
conference linkJuly 11-14, 2023
Organizing Committee: The Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA)
Keynote speakers gender ratio: 2 women, 3 men (40%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more
BiasWatchNeuro
10M ago
conference linkDecember 4-7, 2023
Organizing Committee: Australasian Neuroscience Society Association Specialists
Plenary speakers gender ratio: 1 women, 4 men (20%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 1, within 2 standard deviations below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more