Dr. Termara Parker

August 22nd, 2025 at 4 pm EST / 1 pm PST. Stay tuned for more information! ​

Speaker biography:
Termara Parker, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist, program specialist, and autism advocate. She most recently served as a Health Program Specialist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), following her role as a Senior Scientific Grants Administrator at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development. Dr. Parker earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, where she studied the neural mechanisms of social interaction in autistic individuals using fNIRS, EEG, and eye-tracking. She also co-authored work on structural exclusion in neuroimaging research. She holds a B.S. in Biology with honors from Howard University, where she investigated the neurophysiological effects of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in infant macaques. Dr. Parker also conducted summer research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examining brain differences between autistic and neurotypical individuals using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Dr. Parker's contributions have earned her several prestigious awards, including the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), Neuroscience Scholar Program Fellowship, induction into the National Bouchet Graduate Honors Society, the Annie Le Fellowship Award, and recognition as one of NIH's 2022 Outstanding Neuroscience Scholars. Committed to advancing equity in STEM, she served as Graduate Director of the Yale BBS Diversity and Inclusion Collective (YBDIC), where she developed initiatives to support and build community among underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences. Dr. Parker is also on the job market seeking medical science liaison, scientific project manager, and clinical development lead roles.

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