SLOKA IYENGAR
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Awards 

Top image: At the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Distinguished Awards ceremony, Columbia, SC 
2020
Selected as a NYC New Leaders Council (NLC) fellow. The NLC is anchored by its six-month training program - the NLC Institute. NLC equips its fellows with leadership skills to run for office, manage campaigns, create start-ups and networks of thought leaders. 
  • 2019
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
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  • Selected as a New Leaders Council, NYC chapter Fellow. The mission of NLC is to build a pipeline of diverse leaders in every sector of society who will create a more progressive New York City.
  • Winner, Adult Padam competition; Papanasam Sivan competition. Farmingdale, NJ. 
Awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from University of South Carolina School of Medicine.  
 Awarded the Early Career Policy Fellowship from the ​Society for Neuroscience (SfN) to promote neuroscience advocacy in New York and New Jersey. As part of this Fellowship, I talked to elected representatives from NY and NJ about the importance of consistent funding for basic science research. 
  • Received a travel award to attend the Gordon Conferences for ‘Mechanisms in epilepsy and neuronal synchronization’ in Vermont.  
  • Received a travel award from the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center to attend the Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME) conference at Minneapolis.  
  • American Epilepsy Society (AES) fellow. 
  • Received a travel award to attend the American Epilepsy Society annual conference at Washington, DC​. 
  • Invited to attend ‘Curing the Epilepsies’ meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. 
  • Received an award from Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) to attend Festschrift for Dr. Phil Schwartzkroin in Monterrey, CA. 
  • Received a travel award to attend the Gordon Conferences for ‘Mechanisms in epilepsy and neuronal synchronization’ in New Hampshire. 
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
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​Received a postdoctoral travel award from the Society for Neuroscience to attend its annual conference in Washington, DC. 
At University of South Carolina School of Medicine,  I was the student representative for the Graduate Committee and the president of Medical Graduate Student Association. 
  • Received the Dean Barnhardt Memorial Award from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine for the graduate student for exceptional devotion to research. 
  • Honorable mention at the Newton Symposium at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine for research presentation. 
  • Received a graduate student travel award from the Society for Neuroscience to attend the annual conference in Washington, DC. 
  • Invited to attend the Gordon Conferences in Maine for 'Mechanisms in epilepsy and neuronal synchronization'. 
​Received a travel award and the best poster award from the Southeastern Pharmacology Society (SEPS) to attend the 28th Southeastern Pharmacology Society. 
​Received a travel award from University of South Carolina School of Medicine to attend the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Atlanta, GA.  
Last updated: January 7, 2021
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  • About me
    • Journey
    • Community service
    • Disaster relief
    • Contact me
  • Science
    • Science consulting
    • Global Health
    • Clinical science
    • Preclinical science
    • Science advocacy >
      • Advocacy Activities
    • Science writing >
      • Articles
    • Mental health
    • Science education
    • Publications
    • Awards
    • Invited talks, interviews
    • Continuing education
  • Dance
    • Dance resume
    • Dance pictures
    • Community engagement