Neuroscience

The Neuroscience program combines neuroscience research in many departments in both the School of Medicine and the College of Arts & Sciences to afford the opportunity for researchers to be trained thoroughly across a wide range of neuroscience study, from molecules to mind.

Neuroscience Program website

Degrees/certificate offered

*Students are admitted to the Ph.D. program only.

Program co-directors/interdisciplinary group co-chairs

  • Maureen Neitz, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Steve Perlmutter, Research Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Primary staff contact

  • Céline Abell, Administrator, Neuroscience Program

Interdisciplinary faculty group membership

The following are the core/voting graduate faculty members of the interdisciplinary group. For a complete list of faculty active in the program, see the program website.

  • Elizabeth Buffalo, Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
  • Sheri Mizumori, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Maureen Neitz, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Jay Z. Parrish, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
  • David J. Perkel, Professor, Department of Biology and Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
  • Steve Perlmutter, Research Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
  • Dave Raible, Professor, Department of Biological Structure and Department of Otolaryngology
  • John D. Scott, Professor, Department of Pharmacology
  • Joseph A. Sisneros, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Garret Stuber, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Department of Pharmacology
  • Jane Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • Jonathan Ting, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • John Tuthill, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • Rachel O. Wong, Professor, Department of Biological Structure