Leadership Team
BRAINS is led by a team based at the University of Washington. This team includes faculty in neuroscience, expert career development practitioner-facilitators, a program evaluator, and other program staff. The team manages the program's overall direction, facilitates its day-to-day-operations, creates and delivers program content, coaches and mentors participants, disseminates knowledge generated by the program, and evaluates the program’s effectiveness.
Sheri Mizumori, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator & Program Director
Dr. Sheri Mizumori is a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience Programs at UW who researches neural circuits that mediate the flexible use of memory. As BRAINS Program Director and PI, Dr. Mizumori advises the Leadership team and serves as liaison to the UW and national neuroscience communities. She is also active in local and national efforts to establish more equitable and inclusive cultures within academic institutions (e.g. Association for Psychological Science, the UW Neuroscience Graduate Program, and UW Psychology Department).
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Joyce Yen, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator and Co-Director
Dr. Joyce Yen is Director of the UW ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. Dr. Yen has been PI or Co-investigator on numerous grants that have brought over $8.5 million in funding to advance faculty inclusion in science, engineering, and mathematics; to address faculty professional development more generally; and to create a more inclusive climate in engineering
Claire Horner-Devine, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator and Co-Director
Dr. Claire Horner-Devine is a co-founder of a number of other NSF and NIH funded, national programs designed to accelerate and improve the career advancement of researchers and educators in STEM. Dr. Horner-Devine is also the founder of Counterspace Consulting where she provides consulting and coaching services to individuals and a range of organizational partners across higher education, industry, philanthropy and government. She is also an ICF Professional Certified Coach, holds an ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching, and is a certified group coach and imposter syndrome coach practitioner.
Erin Carll, Ph.D.
BRAINS Evaluator
Dr. Erin Carll is the external evaluator for the BRAINS program and Associate Director/ Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research (CERSE). Her evaluation and research examine efforts that support broad participation in the STEM fields. She currently serves on the WEPAN Board of Directors.
National Advisory Board
BRAINS is guided by a National Advisory Board of individuals who have a wide range of expertise relevant to the program participants.
University of Washington
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Binghamton University
Howard University
Baylor University
University of California, Irvine