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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.

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 Neurobiology & Biophysics.

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.

  • Melissa Barker-Haliski, Research Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
  • Elizabeth Buffalo, Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.
  • Sam Golden, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.
  • Sheri Mizumori, Professor, Department of Psychology
  • Maureen Neitz, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Steve Perlmutter, Research Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.
  • Paul Phillips, Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pharmacology
  • Dave Raible, Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.and Department of Otolaryngology
  • Fred Rieke, Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.
  • Abigail Schindler, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Jane Sullivan, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.Biophysics
  • Jonathan Ting, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics.