Peter J. Snyder is a professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and of art and art history at the University of Rhode Island, and an adjunct professor of neurology at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He has maintained an active research program in the clinical neurosciences, as well as the oversight of research centers, institutes, and ethics for more than 30 years. Snyder also serves as chief medical officer for MindImmune Therapeutics, Inc.