Indira C. Turney, Ph.D.

Early Career Collaborators

Dr. Indira Turney earned her PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Pennsylvania State University. She is currently a postdoctoral neuroscientist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City—in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain working with Drs. Jennifer Manly and Adam Brickman. Her current research focuses on identifying life-course socio-cultural mechanisms underlying disparities in the aging brain’s molecular, structural, and functional architecture. Her mission is to understand how racism becomes biological, which disproportionately affects Black and Latinx populations. Outside of the lab, she enjoys powerlifting and doing all things hair. She is also passionate about demystifying and diversifying STEM and building community spaces for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to thrive, which is why she’s co-founded United Network of Interdisciplinary Thinkers, Yo! (UNITY!) and The Women of Color Writing Accountability Group (WOCWAG). UNITY is a mentoring network through which BIPOC experiences, as individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds, are validated and receive culturally appropriate support to thrive. WOCWAG is a community where WOC, across industries, support each other through writing accountability, mindfulness practices, social events, and speaker series, etc. Connect with Dr. Turney on Twitter & Instagram. Follow Indira’s publications and other works on Google Scholar, LinkedIn, and BlackInNeuro.