Complex sentence: Richard Masland, a professor of psychiatry and neurology who later became director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness and who encouraged faculty to pursue research grants, which helped the school in its push toward research and growth as an academic medical center.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Masland, a professor of psychiatry and neurology who later became director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. He encouraged faculty to pursue research grants, which helped the school in its push toward research and growth as an academic medical center.