Emery N. Brown—statistician, computational neuroscientist, and anesthesiologist—was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from Yale University for his groundbreaking research on anesthesia and the brain. In awarding the 2026 honorary degrees, President Maurie McInnis read the following citation:
Through rigorous statistical modeling and elegant experimentation, you have revealed anesthesia not as a blunt shutdown of the mind but a structured, dynamic reorganization of brain activity. Your work has uncovered new ways to study a range of effects in the brain, including mental illness. An inspirational professorial presence at both MIT and Harvard, you are one of only 19 scientists who have been elected to all three national academies: Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
A member of the ASA, Brown holds dual appointments as the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as the Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Yale honorary degrees recognize individuals whose achievements and contributions reflect the values and ideals of the university.
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