Episode 1: Setting the Foundations

The Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN’s) Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research (FRN) program aims to inform and empower neuroscientists at all career stages to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of their research. Begin this series with Oswald Steward and Lique Coolen as they cover the genesis of the FRN program, the objectives of the podcast series, and the resources that you can access to enhance rigorous research practices in neuroscience.

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• Visit the Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research homepage
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• Explore the Neuronline Collection on Promoting Awareness and Knowledge to Enhance Scientific Rigor in Neuroscience

Explore Topics From This Episode

• Nature perspective article: A call for transparent reporting to optimize the predictive value of preclinical research

Pathways to Enhance Rigor: A Collection of Conversations is a part of the Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN’s) Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research (FRN) program. This program is supported by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), grant number 5R25NS112922-02. The FRN program is designed to inform and empower neuroscientists at all career levels to enhance the rigor in their research and the scientific culture at large.

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Speakers

Oswald Steward, PhD

Oswald Steward is founding director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the University of California, Irvine. He is Reeve-Irvine Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and holds additional joint appointments in the departments of neurobiology and behavior and neurosurgery. His research focuses on how neurons create and maintain their connections, how synapses are modified by experience and injury, and the role of genes in neuronal regeneration, growth, and function. He received his PhD in psychobiology/neuroscience from the University of California, Irvine.

Lique Coolen, PhD, MBA

Lique Coolen, PhD, MBA, is the vice president of research and professor in biology and psychology at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Coolen has served in numerous leadership roles and previously served as assistant for special projects to the provost and senior vice president at Kent State University in the Division of Academic Affairs and assistant director at the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State University. She also previously held faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati, University of Western Ontario, University of Michigan, and University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Kent State University. She has received numerous awards for her research and teaching on spinal cord injury, neuroendocrine function, and drug addiction. Coolen currently serves as chair of the Neuroscience Training Committee for the Society of Neuroscience.