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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Graduate Students,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience graduate programs are submitting an application to NIH for a T32 training grant to support our graduate students. As part of the application, NIH requires that we submit demographic data that has
not previously been collected for our graduate student population. To collect this information in an anonymous fashion, we will be sending out a Qualtrics survey asking:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do you have a disability? (yes, no, decline to state)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do you come from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background? (yes, no, decline to state)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Have you served, or are you currently serving in the US Army, US Army Reserve, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or the Space Force? (yes, no, decline to state)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This data will be collected anonymously and added to our graphs showing the overall demographics of our graduate student populations as required by NIH. When you receive the emailed link for the Qualtrics survey next week, we respectfully
ask you to complete the survey, <b><i><u>even if you wish to answer decline to state for all three questions</u></i></b>. Please respond no later than, May 6 (noon).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your help, your engagement and your participation as we apply for additional NIH support and resources for our graduate programs!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monica Carson, Khaleel Razak and Viji Santhakumar<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Monica J. Carson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">S. Sue</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> <b><i>Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair</i></b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> University of California Riverside, School of Medicine</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Neuroinflammation</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> Executive Administrative Assistant: Maribel Velarde</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:Maribel.velarde@medsch.ucr.edu">Maribel.velarde@medsch.ucr.edu</a>
</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">951-827-9150</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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