In First Person: Tips to Survive and Excel as a Woman in Neuroscience

Sheena Josselyn is a senior scientist in the neurosciences and mental health program at The Hospital for Sick Children and professor in psychology and physiology at the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Sheena’s current research focus studies how information is encoded stored and used in the brain, primarily using mouse models. She received her Bachelor’s Degree at Queen’s University at Kingston and her PhD at the University of Toronto which are both located in Canada. Her previous position being a Research Associate in the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA and prior to that she worked in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.

Susan G. Amara is the scientific director of the Intramural Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. Her laboratory focuses on the structure, function, and cellular physiology of neurotransmitter transporters. Prior to moving to NIH she served as the Thomas Detre Chair of Neurobiology and Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a past president of the Society for Neuroscience.