Renowned Researcher, Founder of Neuroeconomics Named Director of NYU Langone Health's Neuroscience Institute
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul W. Glimcher, PhD , has been named as the director of NYU Langone Health's Neuroscience Institute and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, effective July 1.
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- NEW YORK, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul W. Glimcher, PhD , has been named as the director of NYU Langone Health's Neuroscience Institute and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, effective July 1.
- Dr. Glimcher is credited as the founder of the field of neuroeconomics, which bridges neuroscience, psychology, and economics to understand human decision-making.
- Dr. Glimcher will be succeeding Richard Tsien, DPhil , who joined NYU Langone in 2011 as the inaugural director of the Neuroscience Institute and served as chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology since 2012.
- Under Dr. Tsien's leadership, the neuroscience community at NYU Grossman School of Medicine expanded to 25 labs supported by Neuroscience Institute administration and grew to have the fourth largest grant portfolio at NYU Langone.