Brain Institute
The UVA Brain Institute draws upon talented faculty and students and recent cluster hires in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Curry School of Education, the School of Medicine, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science – to all work as colleagues on developing better methods for understanding the multi-faceted brain, to seek new ways to prevent, treat and cure brain diseases and injury, and to teach about what is learned. Dr. Jaideep Kapur, Eugene Meyer III Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology and a leading researcher and physician in the area of epilepsy, is the director of the Brain Institute. Under his leadership, the institute helps UVA researchers develop multidisciplinary collaborative research projects to compete for extraumural funding; helps recruit top-flight researchers centered around the study of the brain; and educates and trains undergraduate, graduate, medical students and post-doctoral fellows.