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The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at 91�ֿ�, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, it’s well on its way to gaining national renown.

“The Brain Health Research Institute marks a major turning point in the history of 91�ֿ� as a research university,” President Todd Diacon said.

In February, Lehman convened the first BHRI faculty retreat, where 91�ֿ� researchers discussed and summarized ideas about 91�ֿ�’s strengths and opportunities in brain health.

Lehman brought those ideas to the BHRI Executive Committee, which concentrated them into three “themes” of research focus, each encompassing various related specialties: brain basis of emotion and cognition, brain control of movement and sensation and neuroendocrine brain.

As the BHRI grows, Lehman wants to attract researchers with track records of interdisciplinary work who may not fit under traditional departmental labels.

Developing new programming and forging relationships is only the beginning, though, and many challenges remain.

Read the full article in the 2019 91�ֿ� Research Review Magazine