Mission:BRAIN

Call for Global Outreach Associates! Mission:BRAIN Global Outreach is looking for motivated students and early-career professionals to join our team as Global Outreach Associates. This role is ideal for individuals interested in global neurosurgery, international collaboration, chapter development, and organizational leadership. Associates will work directly with the Global Outreach Department to support Mission:BRAIN chapters worldwide through quarterly report tracking, regional leadership meeting support, chapter activity follow-up, communication with regional teams, and ongoing chapter development efforts. Expected commitment: approximately 4 hours per week. We are looking for organized, proactive, and collaborative individuals who are passionate about Mission:BRAIN’s mission and eager to support global chapter engagement. To apply, please send your CV and letter of intent to globaloutreach@missionbrain.org before June 13.

Mission:BRAIN is Recruiting a Production & Editing Lead! 🎬 We are looking for a creative and detail-oriented individual to help lead production for Mission:Brain Podcast and NeuroNotes initiatives. Responsibilities include: ✨ Editing full-length audio and video episodes ✨ Standardizing intros, outros, and branding ✨ Ensuring high-quality sound, visuals, pacing, and consistency ✨ Exporting platform-ready final content ✨ Creating short-form highlight clips for social media ✨ Organizing raw and final production files This is a great opportunity to gain experience in media production, digital communications, branding, and global nonprofit collaboration within an international neuroscience organization. Interested? Send an email to isabel@missionbrain.org including: • Your CV • A letter of intention explaining: Why you want to join the team and why you would be a good fit for the role Applications close on June 4th, we look forward to hearing from you!

Mission:BRAIN is Recruiting Assistant Directors of Communications! 🌍🧠 Join our international team and help lead Podcast, NeuroNotes, social media, marketing, and global communications initiatives focused on neuroscience education, innovation, and healthcare equity. This is a leadership opportunity to gain experience in: ✨ Digital communications ✨ Social media & marketing ✨ Podcast/content production ✨ Project management ✨ Global collaboration We’re looking for proactive, organized, and creative individuals ready to contribute to a fast-paced international team environment. ⏳ Commitment: ~5–6 hrs/week + 1 weekly meeting 📅 Applications close June 4th, 2026 Apply with link in bio!

The Senior Matron further commended Mission:BRAIN for not only providing professional training and certification opportunities, but also for encouraging participants through thoughtful gestures of appreciation presented alongside the diplomas. “Congratulations April and team—you are changing the world: One synapse, one neuron, one brain, one life at a time. I’m very proud of all of you “. -- Dr.Q, President and Co-Founder of Mission:BRAIN" Read more: https://buff.ly/K125NEt

Next Lecture Series on 27 June 2026! Dr. Ikechukwu Dennis Aniaku will be presenting on his personal journey of self-discovery and fulfillment in Neurosurgery. Dr. Aniku is a consultant neurosurgeon at the National Orthopaedic Hospital and honorary consultant at the Godfrey Okoye University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, South-East Nigeria. He is currently on a two-year Nigerian Technical Aid Corps Volunteer Service Scheme at Abdalla Mzee Hospital, Pemba, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Date: 27 June 2026 Time: 11am PST Register here: https://buff.ly/uh6ZquO

Join us for our next Mission:Brain Scholars' Round table with Dr. Hale, Dr. Ramos-Fresnedo, and Dr. Ssembatya. 🗓 June 20 ⏰ 9:30AM PST 📍 Live on Zoom Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with budding leaders in global neurosurgery. Look out for the registration link!

We are excited to announce Alexa Precilla Ettrick and Ali Azan as the new Global Outreach Co-Directors for Mission:BRAIN. In this role, Alexa and Ali will help lead the Global Outreach Department in supporting Mission:BRAIN chapters worldwide, strengthening communication across regions, tracking chapter development, and promoting alignment with the organization's global mission. As we welcome this new chapter, we also recognize JP for his leadership and dedication as former Global Outreach Co-Director. His contributions have helped strengthen the department and support its continued growth. Please join us in congratulating Alexa and Ali on their new leadership roles, and in thanking JP for his important contributions to Global Outreach. We are excited for this next chapter of global collaboration, chapter development, and continued impact across the Mission:BRAIN network.

Mark your calendars!! Global Neurocamp Townhall on Saturday June 13th 10:30-11:30am EST. RSVP Link coming soon! All Neurocamp chapters must have a representative at the meeting. Invite is open to all. See y’all soon! So excited to hear more of these amazing events and foster some great collaborations/brainstorm new ideas!

Highlights from Mission:BRAIN chapters across North America!! - UMass Chan + UAB Members collaborated on a stroke awareness pamphlet for Stroke Awareness Month, with versions now being adapted by additional chapters including MCW and UofL for use in their local communities. - Harvard Undergrad Harvard undergraduate and medical students hosted a concert supporting Mission:BRAIN initiatives in Sierra Leone, helping raise support for expanded neurosurgical care and training. - Canada Mission:BRAIN Canada partnered with the MIND Club at McGill for a Rally Against Brain Tumors fundraiser featuring pickleball, padel, and table tennis. More than 60 participants helped raise $2,220 for brain cancer research and patient care at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital. - Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) MCW members partnered with SOCE and the Milwaukee Academy of Science to host a Med School Field Trip Day, teaching anatomy to local middle school students using real brain specimens. - UC Merced Mission:BRAIN UC Merced hosted a NeuroCamp session on addiction physiology for middle school students, helping introduce neuroscience concepts at an early age.

At the World Health Assembly TBI Coalition side event, April Sabangan — CEO of Mission:BRAIN Foundation — joined global leaders and advocates calling for the World Health Organization to pass a resolution recognizing traumatic brain injury (TBI) as both a notifiable and chronic condition. The gathering marked an important step in advancing brain health as a global public health priority, bringing together voices across policy, medicine, and systems leadership to advocate for stronger recognition, reporting, and long-term care frameworks for TBI worldwide. The event was joined by Honorable Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, alongside Dr. Nicoline Schiess of the WHO Brain Health Unit, Health Ministers from South Sudan, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Guatemala, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee in Tanzania, an Advisor to the Health Ministry of Pakistan, Her Excellency the Acting Regional Director of Emergencies for WHO EMRO, as well as Mission members Dr. Franco Servadei and Dr. Kee Park. Mission:BRAIN’s presence at the coalition reflects the foundation’s continued commitment to pushing neurological and neurosurgical care conversations beyond intervention alone — toward policy reform, systems strengthening, and equitable long-term access to care. Because for Mission:BRAIN, meaningful impact means building global momentum around brain health that not only saves lives in the acute moment, but supports recovery, rehabilitation, and dignity long after. April also had the opportunity to speak with the Honorable Luke Thompson, Minister of Health of South Sudan, and Dr. Kediende Mapour, Executive Director of the National Public Health Institute of South Sudan, about Dr. Winny Costa — a Mission:BRAIN-WINS scholar who is on track to become the first neurosurgeon of South Sudan. A powerful reminder that sustainable change begins with investing in people, building local expertise, and creating pathways for the next generation of healthcare leaders. Explore the videos, and check out what Norah Hill got going for TBI on our Website's learning center!