Prior to departing Boston University, Linda Hyman, Ph.D., was Associate Provost for the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) at Boston University School of Medicine, where she oversaw ~30 graduate programs supporting ~900 students. In addition to serving on a variety of review committees she was the chair of the AAMC group on GREAT (Graduate Research Education and Training). Dr. Hyman also completed a term at the National Science Foundation as the Director of the Division of Molecular Biosciences. She is interested and active in the national conversation focused on the biomedical workforce training and development.

Hyman was the co-Principle Investigator on an NIH BEST grant and PI on an NSF INCLUDES award. Consistent with these efforts her priorities as Associate Provost included professional development for PhD trainees, supporting the research infrastructure, providing a nurturing environment for all trainees but especially those from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds, and finally in developing programs that focus on critical thinking and support of the nation’s workforce. TOTAL was an initiative born from BU’s BEST as a spin-off of the program and a way to sustain the robust diversity of activities following the completion of the NIH award. Linda was part of the original development planning team for the TOTAL App and as part of the creative process, she coined the name of the grant Training Opportunities to Augment Learning (TOTAL). Hyman currently serves as the Burroughs Wellcome Director of Education at the Marine biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.