On Friday, 34-year-old Dr. Shonimá Gangaram-Panday officially earned her doctorate in Psychology from KU Leuven in Belgium, capping years of groundbreaking work focused on addressing a critical gap in global stroke care. A lecturer and researcher at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences at Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS), Dr. Gangaram-Panday completed her doctoral dissertation focused on screening for post-stroke neurocognitive disorders in Suriname’s culturally diverse population, bringing much-needed context to neuropsychological testing for low- and middle-income nations.