Leadership

The Institute is governed by joint academic and administrative leadership who work in close collaboration with associated faculty, staff, and advisory bodies of internal and external stakeholders.

Institute Directors

As a university-wide organization that spans multiple Yale schools and departments covering a broad range of scientific disciplines that contribute to our mission—this breadth is reflected in the leadership team, consisting of an overall Institute Director (Nick Turk-Browne), Associate Directors who each direct one of the Centers (Daniel Colón-Ramos, John Lafferty, Kia Nobre), and a Managing Director (Kelley Remole).

  1. Headshot Nick Turk-Browne
  2. Headshot of Kelley Remole
  3. Headshot Daniel Colon Ramos
  4. Headshot John Lafferty
  5. Headshot Kia Nobre
  • Director

    Nick Turk-Browne

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Professor of Psychology + Professor of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and in the Child Study Center

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  • Managing Director

    Kelley Remole

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  • Associate Director

    Daniel Colón-Ramos

    Director of the Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity + Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology

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  • Associate Director

    John Lafferty

    Director of the Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence + John C. Malone Professor of Statistics and Data Science

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  • Associate Director

    Kia Nobre

    Director of the Center for Neurocognition and Behavior + Wu Tsai Professor of Psychology

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Institute Committees

The scale and ambition of WTI's mission requires ideas and contributions from thought leaders throughout Yale and beyond. A Steering Committee of Deans, Chairs, and at-large faculty provides guidance and oversight, and helps disseminate information to our many constituent communities. A world-class External Advisory Board offers outside counsel and shares experience from peer institutions. Additional faculty committees within the Institute provide representation, transparency, and engagement on many Institute programs and activities, including a Hiring Committee, Membership Committee, Award Committees, and several working groups and interest areas. 

Steering Committee

Jutta Joormann, Co-chair
Stephen Strittmatter, Co-chair

  • Jeffrey Brock, Ex Officio
  • Marvin Chun, At Large
  • Damon Clark, At Large
  • Daniel Colón-Ramos
  • Michael Crair, Ex Officio
  • James Duncan, Ex Officio
  • Robert Frank, At Large
  • Larry Gladney, Ex Officio
  • Charles Greer, At Large
  • Murat Gunel, Ex Officio
  • Scott Holley, Ex Officio
  • Pooja Khatri, Ex Officio
  • Anthony Koleske, Ex Officio
  • John Krystal, Ex Officio
  • John Lafferty
  • Rajit Manohar, At Large
  • Linda Mayes, Ex Officio
  • Wendy Berry Mendes, At Large
  • Kia Nobre
  • Marina Picciotto, At Large
  • Holly Rushmeier, Ex Officio
  • Tony Smith, Ex Officio
  • Nick Turk-Browne
  • Yihong Wu, Ex Officio

External Advisory Board

  • Jonathan Cohen, Princeton University
  • James DiCarlo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Leslie Greengard, New York University and Flatiron Institute
  • Kang Shen, Stanford University
  • Daphna Shohamy, Columbia University