Success in important endeavors

A history of leadership in institutions:

  • Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH.  (2003-2014)
    • Co-Chair, New Investigators Committee; NIH Stem Cell Task Force:  Co-Chair Neuroscience Blueprint;
  • Scientific Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH. (1995-2003)
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve Medical School (1990-1995)

Leadership in national forums:

  • Member, Institute of Medicine Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders (2006–)
    • Vice Chair, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders (2015–)
  • Council, National Academy of Medicine (2017–)
  • President-elect, Society for Neuroscience (2002; resigned because of appointment to the NIH)