Steven Schiff

Steven Schiff is a pediatric neurosurgeon with interests in neural control engineering, sustainable health engineering and global health. He received the NIH Director’s Pioneer and Transformative Awards in 2015 and 2018, respectively, and led the discovery of a new highly lethal infant brain disease in Africa - Neonatal Paenibacilliosis. After serving as the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale University, in June of 2026 he accepted the position of Director of the Fogarty International Center at NIH, and NIH Associate Director for International Research.