{"id":304,"date":"2023-08-24T14:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elnazalikarami.com\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:13:14","slug":"democratizing-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elnazalikarami.com\/?page_id=304","title":{"rendered":"Democratizing Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">One of my missions in the field of science and technology is to contribute to endeavours aligned with making science welcoming and inclusive to all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I am an advocate for open science and collaborative research, actively contributing to initiatives that promote accessibility and transparency in scientific work. As part of my efforts, I contribute to promotion of <a href=\"http:\/\/pynapple.org\">Pynapple<\/a>, an open-source neuroscience tool designed to support researchers in analyzing electrophysiology data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I actively participate in fostering inclusive research environments, organizing scientific events and hackathons, and developing strategies to enhance scientific knowledge-sharing and public engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I am a proud volunteer of <a href=\"https:\/\/academy.neuromatch.io\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/academy.neuromatch.io\">Neuromatch<\/a> Community, a growing worldwide non-profit movement aiming to provide equitable participation in scientific research. Neuromatch started with neuroscience in the year 2020 and now it is branching to other domains such as climate science. I had the chance to be a part of Neuromatch since it started (see <a href=\"https:\/\/academy.neuromatch.io\/nma2020\/contributors\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/academy.neuromatch.io\/nma2020\/contributors\">my contribution<\/a> on the year 2020) and I plan to continue contributing to this effort in future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In my current role, I also serve as the Social Media &amp; Communications Manager for <a href=\"http:\/\/reseausommeil.ca\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"reseausommeil.ca\">R\u00e9seau Sommei<\/a>l (Quebec Sleep Research Network). In addition, I support my supervisor, the co-director of this newly established Quebec thematic network, in various areas beyond communication and social media management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In my path, after starting to investigate the neuroscience of pain, I joined the community of <a href=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\">Quebec Pain Research Network<\/a> which led me to find out about <a href=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/en\/\">Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators<\/a>. This welcoming community gave me the chance to be a part of the organizing committee of one of the biggest events of pain research in Quebec : <a href=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/en\/paintalks-4\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/en\/paintalks-4\/\">PAINtalks<\/a>. As of today, I am working as a finance manager and fundraising effort. See my contribution <a href=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Comite-202371418.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qnjpirqecd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Comite-202371418.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my missions in the field of science and technology is to contribute to endeavours aligned with making science welcoming and inclusive to all. I am an advocate for open science and collaborative research, actively contributing to initiatives that promote accessibility and transparency in scientific work. 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