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Episode 7 features GYA alumna and SLP-LAC Project Lead Paulina Carmona-Mora and SLP LAC fellow from Ecuador Xavier Chiriboga discussing the Declaration of Leticia “Transforming the STEM future: Visibilizing the social responsibility of young academics in Latin American and Caribbean”.
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Yensi Flores Bueso (United States)
With the GYA, I was not only able to co-lead the first global study on research assessment but also to serve as a steering board member of CoARA. GYA opened platforms for me as a researcher coming from a country without research infrastructure.
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Nova Ahmed (Bangladesh)
With a GYA WG colleague, Dr Shabana Khan, we wrote a grant and received the GDN Outstanding Research and Development Grant to address misinformation and fake news during disaster periods.
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Mohammad Hosseini (United States)
Through a Sasha Kaganski Grant, I was able to hire a talented student (who comes from a low-resourced area) to gain academic experience.
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Gregory A. Weiss (United States)
I met Prof. Colin Raston while travelling on GYA business. Based on our quick-to-develop collaboration, we won an Ig Nobel Prize for “unboiling the egg” and published about a dozen papers together.
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Paulina Carmona-Mora (United States)
Through GYA contacts, I identified researchers from Egypt to write a joint grant. Also, two years ago, my GYA «roommate» and I got a grant to organise the first Central Asia Genomics Symposium.
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Jane Yau (Germany)
Through the GYA, several opportunities to collaborate with international organisations including UNESCO, ISC and Smithsonian have been made available to me.
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From global training to African impact 🌍 🔬The African Academy of Sciences is convening the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) Cohort 3 Inception Meeting in Naivasha, Kenya (19–23 January 2026).APTI—delivered in partnership with the Gates Foundation and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)—is a flagship programme building Africa’s next generation of scientific leaders. Fellows combine advanced training at the NIH with research implementation at African institutions, ensuring global expertise translates into local impact.Through APTI, AAS continues to champion African-led science that strengthens institutions, empowers researchers, and delivers lasting impact across the continent.#SDG3 #APTI #GlobalHealth #Research #InnovationFogarty International Center National Human Genome Research InstituteIntramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH IRP)National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)National Institutes of Health (NIH)Gates FoundationGates Foundation Africa ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy New Year!We start off 2026 with an inspriring story by GYA past Executive Committee member Wasim Sajjad, who shares the story of how profoundly GYA membership has shaped the trajectory of his career and given him a renewed sense of purpose.globalyoungacademy.net/a-journey-of-impact-through-the-gya/ ... See MoreSee Less
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