Alison L. Barth PhD

Carnegie Mellon University has named Alison Barth interim director of BrainHub. Barth, professor of biological sciences, is a leader in the field of synaptic plasticity who has helped to shape the global field of neuroscience through innovations created in her lab. As interim director of BrainHub, she will lead the university’s interdisciplinary neuroscience research initiative and help direct the search for a permanent director. Carnegie Mellon Provost Farnam Jahanian announced Barth’s appointment as part of an update about progress in brain science at the university. In addition, Jahanian announced that Professor of Statistics and Machine Learning, Robert E. Kass was named the interim co-director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. Kass is one of the world’s foremost experts on using statistics in neuroscience, a key component of CMU’s approach to brain research.