Agenda

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Speakers:
Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
George Koob, Ph.D., Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Will Aklin, Ph.D., and Emily Einstein, Ph.D., Co-chairs of the NIDA Racial Equity Initiative, National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

INTRODUCTION TO MEETING

Speaker: Janani Prabhakar, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Topic: Why is it important to consider ‘neuroscience’ from a structural racism perspective?
Speaker: Ruth Shim, M.D., University of California, Davis
Time: 40-minute talk, 20 min Q&A
 

BREAK
 

PANEL PRESENTATIONS

Introduction to Panel Topics and Speakers
Speaker: Vani Pariyadath, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

Acknowledging and Overcoming Structural Racism in Human Subjects Research
Speaker: Jonathan Jackson, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
 

Systemic racism and child health outcomes
Speaker: Natalie Slopen, Ph.D., Harvard University
 

The role of neurocognitive mechanism research in advancing our understanding of protective factors among American Indian peoples
Speaker: Evan White, Ph.D., Laureate Institute for Brain Research
 

BREAK
 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Topic: How can we be anti-racist as neuroscientists?

Moderator: Ruth Shim, M.D., University of California, Davis

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Speaker: Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Mental Health
 

RE-CAP OF DAY 1 AND WELCOME TO DAY 2

Speaker: Collene Lawhorn, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Topic: Challenges to operationalizing and measuring structural racism as a construct in neuroscience research.
Speaker: Oliver Rollins, Ph.D., University of Washington
Time: 40-minute talk, 20 min Q&A
 

BREAK
 

CONSTRUCT SERIES

Topic #1: Constructs that measure the structural and institutional impacts of systemic racism
 

Introduction to topic #1 and speakers
Speaker: Mauricio Rangel Gomez, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
 

Geographic (state and community) contexts
Speaker: Tongtan Chantarat, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
 

Education Inequality
Speaker: Paris Adkins-Jackson, Ph.D., Columbia University
 

Discussion with topic 1 panelists
Joined by Chandra Sripada, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Moderator: Oliver Rollins, Ph.D., University of Washington
 

Break

Topic #2: Constructs that measure the experience of systemic racism
 

Introduction to topic #2 and speakers
Speaker: Mark Egli, Ph.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
 

Discrimination
Speaker: Courtney Boen, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
 

Thursday, May 19, 2022 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Speaker: Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Time: 5 minutes
 

RE-CAP OF DAY 2 AND WELCOME TO DAY 3

Speaker: Crystal Barksdale, Ph.D., M.P.H., National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Time: 10 minutes
 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Topic: Intergenerational Transmission, Psychiatric Risk and Lessons Learned for Community Engagement
Speaker: Cristiane Duarte, Ph.D., Columbia University
Time: 40-minute talk, 20 min Q&A
 

BREAK
 

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PANEL

Introduction to Speaker
Holly Moore, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

Speaker: Helena Hansen, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Time: 20 min talk
 

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PANEL

Topic: Effective strategies for community collaboration
 

Introduction to panel topic and speakers
Kathy Etz, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

Researcher perspective: How community collaboration informed the rigor of the research design and significance of the research questions
Speaker: Bonnie Duran, Ph.D., University of Washington
Time: 15 min talk
 

Community collaborator perspective: How research participation improved trust and relationships within academic and clinical systems
Speaker: Billie Jo Kipp, Ph.D., Aspen Institute
Time: 15 min talk
 

Discussion
Moderator: Cristiane Duarte, Ph.D., Columbia University

BREAK
 

FLASH TALKS Topic: Empirical research and methods that examine the effects of structural racism on brain mechanisms.

Introduction to flash talk speakers
Nic Johnston, M.S., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

1. The neuroscience of dehumanization
     Speaker: Lasana Harris, Ph.D., University College London
 

2. The juvenile justice system and brain development
     Speaker: Cortney Simmons, Ph.D., Yale University
 

3. Disentangling Socioeconomic Status and Race in Infant Outcomes
     Speaker: Kathryn Sarullo, Washington University, St. Louis
 

4. Structural racism and state violence: covariation across policy systems
     Speaker: Frank Edwards, Ph.D., Rutgers University
 

5. Intervening on implicit and explicit attitudes towards race
     Speaker: Samantha Moore-Berg, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Time: 8-minute pre-recorded talks. Q&A over chat, real-time.
 

DATA USE PRESENTATIONS

Topic: Responsible use of secondary datasets and bioethics associated with data sharing
 

Introduction to speaker
Elizabeth Hoffman, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
 

Bioethics, justice, and use of secondary datasets
Speaker: Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Time: 20 min
 

Discussion
Moderator: Elizabeth Hoffman, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
Time: 15 minutes
 

FINAL WRAP-UP
 

Re-cap of day 3 and integration of the 3-day meeting
Speaker: NIH Planning Team Member