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James DiCarlo to head Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
New department head succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will lead the new Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT.
James DiCarlo, associate professor of neuroscience, has been named head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. His five-year term will begin March 1.
DiCarlo succeeds Mriganka Sur, who will leave his position as department head to become the director of the Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT, a new initiative that aims to catalyze innovative research on the social brain and translate that work into the improved diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
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