Steven E. Hyman

Steven E. Hyman is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Harald McPike Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, as well as a Core Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard where he directs the Program in Brain Health. He previously served as Director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 1996 to 2001 and as Provost of Harvard University from 2001 to 2011. He is best known for his research at the intersections of molecular biology, neuroscience, genetics, and psychiatry, and for his leadership in advancing the understanding and treatment of psychiatric disorders as biological diseases.