Pictured left to right: Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, Dr. Yasmin Hurd, Dr. Cristina Alberini, Dr. John Morrison, Dr. Patrizia Casaccia, Dr. Wayne Goodman, Dr. Stuart Sealfon, Dr. Matthew Shapiro, Dr. Eric Nestler, Dr. Patrick Hof
Not shown: Dr. Joseph Buxbaum, Dr. Sam Gandy, Dr. Udi Kaplan, Dr. Susan Wearne

The Brain Institute is an interdisciplinary hub that is composed of nine Centers of Excellence. Its goal is to define the mechanisms underlying brain and spinal cord disorders and to translate those findings into preventative or restorative interventions. The Institute is focused on three major areas of investigation where Mount Sinai can be truly transformative: neural injury and repair, cognition, and neuropsychiatry. The Institute will be judged by its success in advancing brain repair, developing new ways to advance cognition, and improving the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Mount Sinai has been recognized as a leader in brain research and treatment for over a century. The work of the Brain Institute will build on this strong tradition by translating research advances into fundamentally new and improved treatments.

The Brain Institute is comprised of the following Centers of Excellence (Chiefs are given in parentheses):

Aging (Dr. Patrick Hof)
Cognition and Neural Plasticity (Drs. Cristina Alberini and Matthew Shapiro)
Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Drs. Udi Kaplan and Susan Wearne)
Mood and Motivation (Dr. Yasmin Hurd)
Myelin Disorders: Mechanisms and Repair (Dr. Patrizia Casaccia)
Neural Injury and Repair (To be Named)
Neurodegeneration (Dr. Sam Gandy)
Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Dr. Joseph Buxbaum)
Novel Approaches to Neurodiagnostics and Neurotherapeutics (Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti)

Leadership of the Brain Institute: Dr. Eric Nestler
Dr. Wayne Goodman, Dr. Patrick Hof, Dr. John Morrison, Dr. Stuart Sealfon
Chiefs of the Centers of Excellence