Interdisciplinary Training in the Neurosciences

The USC Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) is the only university-wide PhD program at USC. NGP students and faculty come from a variety of academic backgrounds to study questions spanning the spectrum of modern neuroscience research. We provide a highly supportive, research-intensive training experience designed to prepare students for a variety of successful careers. Learn more »

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Three USC Viterbi Professors Named 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
December 16, 2024 NGP's Francisco Valero-Cuevas received the prestigious honor in recognition of their exceptional contributions to innovation, invention and technology. Read more.
New grant funds study on role of brain’s reward system in autism and ADHD 
December 10, 2024 NGP's Dr. Katherine Lawrence and the USC Stevens INI have received funding to map reward circuitry in the brain and to investigate …
Brilliant minds, healthy brains
December 4, 2024 USC brain researchers, including NGP Faculty Arthur Toga, Hussein Yassine, and Andrei Irimia, are finding novel ways to image, detect and treat …
Vulnerability to financial scams in aging adults could be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows
November 22, 2024 NGP's Dr. Duke Han writes about adults who self-reported higher vulnerability toward financial exploitation showed lower thickness in a brain region that …

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