Todd E. Golde, MD, PhD, is executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, where he oversees, champions and facilitates neuroscience and neuromedicine research programs across the UF campus. A professor of neuroscience, Golde joined the UF faculty in 2009 and became founding director of the university’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND), which he led until taking the helm at the MBI in December 2016. He is also director of the 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center consortium of institutions.