WiNUK Awards 2024
Let's uplift the neuroscience community by celebrating
Pioneering women neuroscientists
Cutting-edge sex/gender research
Efforts from people of any gender
towards inclusive neuroscience workplaces
Thank you to our sponsors
If you or your organisation are interested in sponsoring WiNUK Awards 2025 or supporting us year-long as a Founding Partner,
please contact us at partner.womeninneuroscience.uk@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
Awardees WiNUK 2024
👫 WiNUK’s Leading Researcher: Sex/Gender Research in Neuroscience Winner
Dr Joana Pinto
🧠 WiNUK’s Leading Researcher: Neuropathology and Ageing Winner
Prof Tara Spires-Jones
💭 WiNUK’s Leading Researcher: Cognition and Neurodevelopment Winner
Prof Nathalie Rochefort
📚WiNUK’s Mentor of the Year Winner
Dr Joanne Jones
🖥 WiNUK’s Leading Researcher: Computational Neuroscience Winner
Dr Flavia Mancini
📝 WiNUK’s Neuroscience Communicator of the Year Winner
Rebecca Williams
🏤 WiNUK’s Award for Inclusive Workplace Development Winner
Dr Rebecca Trueman
🖥 WiNUK’s Leading Researcher: Computational Neuroscience Winner
Dr Flavia Mancini
🌟 WiNUK’s Rising Stars Undergraduate Winner
Shloka Dhareshwar
Postgraduate Winner
Katie Mckinnon
Postdoctoral Researcher Winner
Dr Coco Newton
Early Group Leader Winner
Dr Maura Malpetti
Why are WiNUK hosting this event?
Our inaugural awards event aims to highlight historically underrecognised female-identifying leaders and rising stars, to increase their visibility for funding, hiring and promotion, and inspire others, towards balancing representation in neuroscience leadership.
Additionally, we aim to reward people of any gender identity who have made significant positive contributions to the neuroscience community, whether through sex/gender research in neurological health, mentorship, science communication, championing diversity in STEM, and/or volunteering for WiNUK.
These activities, often led by women and other minoritised identities, provide significant benefits to neuroscience workplaces and society, but continue to be undervalued: reduced to ‘soft skills’ and overlooked in recruitment and promotion. We want to change this narrative.
About WiNUK Awards 2024
Nominations for our awards are now closed!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to make a nomination.
It was fantastic to see over 100 nominations made, with nominators and nominees from across the UK.
Our expert judging panels have completed nomination scoring (with nominees anonymised to reduce biasing).
The shortlist of nominees for each award will be shared at the end of October.
Email invitations to shortlisted nominators and nominees will be circulated then- keep your eyes peeled!