17th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa Marrakesh-Morocco April, 17-20, 2025

Title: World Women in Neurosciene Mentoring Circle - "The Art of Building a Career in Neuroscience"
Organizer: Martha Dávila-García
Howard University College of Medicine, Washington DC USA
email: mdavila-garcia@howard.edu

Abstract:

The World Women in Neuroscience (WWN) has organized a Mentoring Circle for SONA 2025 where we will explore "The Art of Building a Career in Neuroscience". Five speakers will present short talks dealing with effective planning of a career and discuss important topics: 1. How to be prepared, 2. How to be adaptable, 3. How to be reflective, 4. How to be communicative, 5. How to be collaborative. We will discuss each topic in detail and will draw on concrete experiences and examples to help the attendees embrace these important principles in any Scientific career. There will also be a 40-minute discussion at each of the tables with mentors to guide a focused discussion on a variety of topics regarding the themes presented and then we will have a 10 min Q&A where we will give the opportunity for the attendees to ask questions and get answers from the speakers or the mentors. We will collect and present each table's "Pearls of Wisdom", take home tools to close the session. WWN invites all SONA members to participate in this very lively discussion. We have confirmed 15 SONA-WWN outstanding professional neuroscientist mentors to lead the table discussions.

Speakers

Number	Speaker	e-mail	Title
Speak_1	Willias Masoc (Kwait)	willias.masocha@ku.edu.kw	How to be prepared
Speak_2	Priscilla Mantes (Ghana)	mantepk@yahoo.co.uk; pkmante@knust.edu.gh	How to be adaptable
Speak._3	Sonia Bansal  (South Africa/USA)	SBansal@som.maryland.edu	Building a Scientific Career in Neuroscience: How to be reflective
Speak._4	Martha Dávila-García (USA)	mdavila-garcia@howard.edu
Speak._5	Amira Zaky (Egypt)	amzakyha@yahoo.com; amzakyha@alexu.edu.eg	How to be collaborative