#  Harvard PhD Program in Neuroscience 

 



##  Harvard PiN 

 Welcome! 

The Harvard Program in Neuroscience is a doctoral training program comprising 150 students and 160 faculty who span the many interdisciplinary subfields of neuroscience and research institutes across Harvard University and Boston.



 

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###  Meet the Leadership Team 

 



  [### John Assad 

 ](/about/program-leadership)Program Director



 

   ![John Assad, Program Director](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/john_a_portrait_cropped.jpg?itok=OGkGmYUW) 

 

 

 

  [### Chinfei Chen

 ](/about/program-leadership)Associate Director



 

   ![Chinfei Chen, Associate Director](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/chenchinfei_cropped.jpg?itok=2v7NnDvT) 

 

 

 

  [### Susan Jackson

 ](/about/program-leadership)Administrator



 

   ![Susan Jackson, Program Administrator](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-09/Jackson%2C%20Susan_headshot_2023.jpg?h=01533b31&itok=ZQvooAwd) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  Spotlight 

 



  [### How the Brain Increases Blood Flow on Demand

 ](/news/2025/07/how-brain-increases-blood-flow-demand) July 22, 2025 

 New findings from co-lead author and PiN alumni, Trevor Krolak '25, could improve understanding of neurodegeneration and interpretation of brain scans. Read more here. 

 

 

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   [### Ya'el Courtney, 2025 Commencement Marshal & Student Speaker

 ](/news/2025/05/yael-courtney-2025-commencement-marshal-student-speaker) May 30, 2025 

 PiN graduate Ya'el Courtney was selected to serve as a Commencement Marshal in Harvard's 374th Commencement and as Student Speaker in the 2025 DMS Hooding Ceremony. Read the GSAS Commencement feature profiling Ya'el here, and watch the DMS Hooding... 

 

 

   ![Ya'el Courtney](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Ya%27el%20thumbnail%20image%202025.png?itok=gBNVM_QW) 

 



 

 

   [### 'The Goal is to Understand Who You Are'

 ](/news/2025/05/goal-understand-who-you-are) May 12, 2025 

 Studying neuroscience gives Nghia Nguyen insights into ‘technical, tangible’ reasons for the things he does every day. Read the full article here . 

 

 

   ![Nghia Nguyen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/andermann-lab-2019-10.jpg?itok=5IjpJ2p2) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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