Mathew Birdsall Abrams, PhD

Mathew Birdsall Abrams, PhD, is director of science and training at the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), a global organization dedicated to open, FAIR, and citable neuroscience. Abrams is a neuroscientist with over 25 years of experience in both experimental neuroscience and clinical psychiatry, as well as 12 years of experience in community coordination, community building, and product development in neuroinformatics. Abrams has worked with the infrastructure developers of the world’s large scale brain initiatives (BRAIN Initiative in US, Human Brain Project in Europe, Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, and Brain/MINDS in Japan). Abrams conducted his doctoral thesis research at Tulane University and Karolinska Institutet, obtained his MPH in health systems management at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Richmond.