Wikipedia:Indira Turney

Indira Turney is a Black Caribbean Neuroscientist currently studying at Columbia University who has received many national and university-wide fellowships and grants.

Early life and education

Dr. Indira Turney was born in the Dominican Republic. However, she found herself in the U.S. Virgin Islands for high school and her undergraduate studies. Her mentor, Dr. Aletha Baumann encouraged her to seek research opportunities in neuroscience elsewhere and expand her horizons. She then completed a post-baccalaureate fellow in 2011-2012 in psychology at the University of Pittsurg. Following completion of this, she attended Pennsylvania State University to acquire her Masters in 2015 and Ph.D. in 2019 in Cognitive Neuroscience. There, she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an Alfred P. Sloan Scholar. Currently, she attends Columbia University Medical Center for her postdoctoral research. She is under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Manley and Adam Brickman.

Research and career [[File:Dr. Indira Turney Headshot.jpg|thumb|Dr. Indira Turney, PhD

Black in Neuro. (2020, October 02). Indira Turney, PhD. Retrieved May 04, 2021, from https://www.blackinneuro.com/profiles/indira-turney ]] She attended the University of the Virgin Islands and pursued a BA in psychology, graduating in 2011. In her post-baccalaureate in psychology she focused her research on genetics and brain functioning in older adults at the University of Pittsburgh. Then, she completed her Masters in Cognitive Psychology focusing on the systematic measure of relatedness in false memories at Pennsylvania State University. Her Ph.D in Cognitive Psychology went on to focus investigating neural effects of memory training to reduce false memories in older adults. Currently, at Columbia University, she is researching underlying molecular, structural and functional neuronal architecture of disparities in dementia and the environmental and sociocultural factors that contribute to these inequalities. Specifically, she is using multiple neuroimaging modalities to look for sources and correlates of racial and ethnic disparities in cognitive aging and dementia, using molecular, structural, and functional neuroimaging studies. The overarching goal of her research is to look for biological sources of disparities and biological moderators and mediators of the effects of psychosocial factors on cognitive outcomes in aging.

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