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...Hyman, an associate professor, left Harvard in 1996 when he was tapped to become the head of NIMH...
Since its creation by then-President Neil L. Rudenstine a decade ago, the position of provost has focused on encouraging cooperation between the University’s schools. Hyman said a major challenge for the University and the provost remains thinking about the ways that traditional disciplinary boundaries should be expanded to incorporate new types of knowledge...
Before leaving Harvard six years ago, Hyman was the first director of the Mind, Brain and Behavior interfaculty initiative—a program overseen by the provost’s office. He said that at NIMH, too, he has been responsible for coordinating different approaches to mental health...
...Hyman said that interfaculty collaboration was well on its way at Harvard when he left, but that he will continue to focus on its development. He did not specify whether that meant additional initiatives or a new approach...
...Hyman first came to Harvard as a medical school student in 1976. In 1989 he became an assistant professor of psychiatry. Four years later he rose to become an associate professor. He was also director of research in the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital...