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Susan Hockfield, PhD, is Professor of Neuroscience and President Emerita at MIT. She was the first woman and the first life scientist to lead MIT. After earning degrees from the University of Rochester and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Hockfield completed a NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco before joining the scientific staff at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 1985, Hockfield joined Yale University, where she served as the William Edward Gilbert Professor of Neurobiology, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1998-2002), and Provost (2003-2004). Her research focused on brain development and glioma, pioneering the use of monoclonal antibody technology in brain research. Hockfield is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which she recently served as president and chairman. She served as a Science Envoy with the U.S. Department of State and a member of a Congressional Commission evaluating Department of Energy laboratories. Hockfield serves as a director of Break Through Cancer, Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation, Pfizer, Inc., and Repertoire Immune Medicines. 

Professor of Neuroscience and President Emerita at MIT

Susan Hockfield, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and President Emerita at MIT, joins Cure CEO Seema Kumar, on the latest episode of Tuesday Talks. They discuss the shared innovation mission of Kendall Square and MIT and its impact on life science entrepreneurship. Hockfield shared insights from her trailblazing leadership of MIT, including strengthening its synergies with Kendall Square’s thriving biotech and tech industries. Discussion includes lessons learned from Hockfield’s projects, like the MIT Energy Initiative, that tackled global challenges and solidified the area as a powerhouse of transformative innovation. 

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