Goals and Initiatives

Current Initiatives

Continue holding Town Hall meetings to encourage ongoing dialogue within our community
Increase collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine Office of Collaborative Excellence
Establish and sustain networks with local schools and colleges
Increase support for the Yale BBS Development and Involvement Community(YBDIC)
Fund fellowships to support Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Neurosciences
Support the career development of Postdocs by engaging them to speak in the SYNAPSES seminar series

Develop a strategy for fostering diversity at the faculty level through outreach and retention
Use networks created with local community colleges and BP-ENDURE institutions to recruit students to the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP)
Establish a Community Discussion Series to encourage learning and listening among our community members
Find effective ways to provide support to our community members to ensure that they feel a sense of belonging, to thrive, and to advance in their scientific careers
Broadly communicate our scientific efforts by posting videos of seminars/talks with translations for non-English speakers on our website
Support undergraduates from outside of Yale to engage in summer research within our community
Provide an annual progress report on goals, outcomes and achievements that will be presented to the Chair and the Neuroscience Community