Katherine Eyring, PhD, is a senior associate with the Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team. She brings broad expertise in neuroscience and genomics research, as well as a passion for improving neuropsychiatric care, to her work maximizing philanthropic impact in science. Katherine received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Wellesley College and her doctorate in neuroscience from New York University. She completed postdoctoral studies of molecular signatures of autism and environmental modifiers of brain development at the University of California Los Angeles. She is based in the Institute’s Washington, DC, office.