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Joanne Berger-Sweeney is the 22nd president of Trinity College. She was inaugurated as president of Trinity College on October 26, 2014. Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut; founded in 1823 as an alternative to Yale.

Career
Berger-Sweeney received her undergraduate degree in psycho-biology (neuroscience) from Wellesley College and her M.P.H. in environmental health sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. While working on her Ph.D. in neurotoxicology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,Berger-Sweeney did the proof of concept work on Razadyne, which went on to be the second-most-used Alzheimer’s drug in the world. She completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Health (INSERM) in Paris, France.

From 2010 to 2014, Ms. Berger-Sweeney served as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. Berger-Sweeney made significant strides in enhancing the strength of the school’s faculty and in expanding interdisciplinary programs, including the creation of the Center for Race and Democracy at Tufts, which studies the impact of race on the lives of individuals around the world. In addition, she was deeply involved in the creation of the Bridge to Liberal Arts Success at Tufts (BLAST) program, which aims to provide support for college students from underserved high schools.

Previously, she was a Faculty Member in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, where she became the Allene Lummis Russell Professor in Neuroscience. Her teaching and research career at Wellesley spanned 13 years prior to her being named Associate Dean in 2004. She also served as Director of Wellesley's Neuroscience Program.

Since becoming president, she has overseen several major accomplishments, including the creation of the Bantam Network mentoring program for first-year students; the launch of the Campaign for Community, a campus initiative promoting inclusiveness and respect; and the expansion of Trinity’s footprint to Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford.

Ms. Berger-Sweeney serves as a Director at Hartford Hospital, Inc and Hartford HealthCare Corporation. She chairs the professional development committee of the Society for Neuroscience, serves on the board of directors for the AFS Intercultural Programs/USA and is a Trustee and chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for Framingham State University.

Research and Academic Interests
Berger-Sweeney has authored more than 60 scientific publications and has held grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and numerous private foundations.

Awards and honors
Berger-Sweeney is the recipient of numerous awards. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been honored with a Lifetime Mentoring Award from the Society for Neuroscience in 2006 and the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. In 2018, Berger-Sweeney was elected to the American Arts and Sciences, one of the learning societies in the United States.