Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice.

We value diversity in identities, backgrounds, and life experiences. Our lab approaches science from an anti-racist, social-justice oriented perspective. We recognize that individuals from minoritized and underrepresented backgrounds historically have been — and often still are — excluded from science and academia. We know that this is especially true in the quantitative and computational sciences. Thus, we aim to disrupt systems of inequality through our research, advocacy, and mentorship of junior scientists. We do not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, classism, or any other forms of bigotry or discrimination in the lab. Our goal is to create an inclusive and empowering environment where all lab members can thrive.

Community & Belongingness.

Science is a team sport! We aim to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive community of people who enjoy working together, learning from each other, and tackling hard problems in clinical science together. This means that we will brainstorm and workshop our ideas together, review code and analyses together, and give each other critical and kind feedback on projects, talks, and papers. We encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to the lab, and we care about each other as whole people — both in and out of the lab. We believe in celebrating success and embracing rejection (which is a mandatory part of science that means we are trying to do hard things!). Above all, we support each other through all the ups and downs of doing research and being in academia.

This page was inspired by the CAND Lab, Social Perception & Communication Lab, and Leonard Learning Lab at Yale, the Harvard Intergroup Neuroscience Lab, and the Liu Lab at Johns Hopkins University.