TRANSCENDS
The Training in Research for Academic Neurologists to Sustain Careers and Enhance the Numbers of Diverse Scholars (TRANSCENDS) program is a career advancement opportunity for individuals underrepresented in biomedical research, funded by a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R25 grant (PI, Bruce Ovbiagele) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The goal of TRANSCENDS is to train promising early-career neurologists to conduct high-quality neurologic research and achieve a successful academic career. Early career individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine are competitively selected from a national pool of applicants. TRANSCENDS activities comprised an online clinical research degree program, monthly webinars, AAN meeting activities, and focused mentoring.