Therapeutic Cognitive Neuroscience Professorship

A family whose members wish to be anonymous created this professorship, along with a research endowment in the Department of Neurology, to support wide-ranging efforts to improve mental functions in people with developmental or acquired brain disorders. Research and clinical initiatives at Hopkins will apply the best theoretical knowledge from many fields–including behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular and neural science, experimental psychology, neuropyschology, and theoretical simulation–to help patients affected by developmental disorders, acquired brain injury, and problems stemming from “natural” brain development. Advances from applied knowledge–for instance computer science and engineering–will also be employed to aid individuals with impaired brain function. This gift supports efforts both to improve function and to advance initiatives to compensate for impaired function.

Held by Barry Gordon