Dr. John Whyte is the founding director of MRRI, and continues as Institute Scientist Emeritus on a part-time basis. He maintained a clinical research laboratory at MRRI until 2019, as well as founding and directing the clinical Responsiveness Program, a MossRehab subspecialty rehabilitation program for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Since transitioning to emeritus status, he remains actively involved in a number of TBI Model Systems collaborations.