 Dr. John Donoghue is professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience. John has helped develop the undergraduate Neuroscience concentration, a leading program for undergraduates in the United States. He also helped establish the new Brain Science Program, which brings together 10 departments and more than 100 faculty into a unique interdisciplinary research and education program at Brown. His personal research program is aimed at understanding how the brain turns thought into movement. In addition, he is President and Co-Founder of Cyberkinetics, Inc., a biotech startup that is developing brain implants to restore movements to paralyzed individuals. John's wife, Karen Kerman, is a member of the class of '78. She is a pediatric neurologist and a member of the Brown Medical School Clinical Faculty. |