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"Our platform could potentially solve one of the biggest hurdles in brain research -- getting large therapeutic molecules past the blood-brain barrier safely and efficiently," says co-corresponding senior author Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Director of The Friedman Brain Institute, and Dean for Academic Affairs of Icahn Mount Sinai, and Chief Scientific Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System.

Leib, who remains on the board and will head the academic affairs committee this year, said one of his biggest priorities will be safety for all students.

Jane Eisner is the former editor in chief of the Forward, the former director of academic affairs at Columbia Journalism School and the author of “Taking Back the Vote: Getting American Youth Involved in Our Democracy.”

McInnis, who starts her new job on July 1, has been Stony Brook’s president since 2020 and previously served as executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin and vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Virginia.

PhD, Vice President of Academic Affairs and the senior author of the study.