The Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) brings together faculty and students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to drive scientific discovery, translate theory into practice, and cultivate the next generation of leaders in brain research, education, and outreach.
Prospective Students
The Final Scientific Frontier Is Right Here.
Our multidisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program at USC provides a world class training environment for advancing brain research, discovery, and application.
Learn more about the program, our distinguished faculty and research areas, and how to apply here.
Latest News
NGP Student Pitches Transformative Venture for Los Angeles and Beyond at the 2025 Das Family Innovate x LA Student Competition
NGP Student, Laura Korobkova, was a part of the MyStuff group pitch, a secure AI-powered app that transforms photos into ready-to-use insurance...
NGP Faculty & Student find a gut-brain link that may affect behavior in children with autism
NGP Faculty, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, with the help of NGP Student, Ravi Bhatt, finds that an imbalance in the microbiome disrupts neurotransmitter production...
Faster, cheaper, better: the rise of blood tests for Alzheimer’s
NGP Faculty, Robert Rissman, is asked about how circulating biomarkers are quickly becoming a crucial part of diagnosis and disease monitoring for...
NGP faculty member elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
NGP Faculty, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, is among the select number of scholars, artists, humanitarians and policymakers honored for their outsize contributions to...
Music for the Brain
Elementary school students, guided by USC scholars, find learning about the nervous system is music to their brains.
It’s not too late to learn something new
By studying brain tissue from patients with epilepsy, scientists at USC discovered that the generation of new brain cells in adults enhances verbal learning and memory.
Upcoming Events
USC Dornsife PhD Hooding Ceremony
8:30AM | McCarthy Quad
NGP Retreat (2024)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Pali Retreat
Research Spotlight
Using their new GenAI-based method, Macrostructure-Informed Normative Tractometry (MINT), NGP graduate student Wendy (Yixue) Feng and her co-authors, identified consistent patterns of abnormalities in tissue microstructure and white matter geometry in dementia patients across two diverse cohorts from North America and India.The work was recently published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
OUR COMMUNITY
NGP is characterized by collaborative interactions between faculty and students.
