About Us

NeuroNexus Institute Leadership

David R. Weaver, Ph.D.
Executive Director, NeuroNexus Institute
Professor of Neurobiology
Director, Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Ajit S. Puri, MD
Director for Clinical Research, NeuroNexus Institute
Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery
Director, Division of Neurointerventional Surgery
Director, Neurointerventional Fellowship Program

Kale Edmiston, PhD
Associate Director, NeuroNexus Institute
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

NeuroNexus Institute Executive Committee

AM Barrett, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Neurology
UMass Memorial Chair in Neurology

Robert H. Brown, Jr., MD, DPhil
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Neurology
Leo P. and Theresa M. LaChance Chair in Medical Research

Mark D. Johnson, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
The Maroun Semaan Chair in Neurosurgery.

Max P. Rosen, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
UMass Memorial Chair in Radiology

Danny G. Winder, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair I

Kimberly A. Yonkers, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Katz Family Chair in Psychiatry