The Final Scientific Frontier Is Right Here.

How is information transmitted between neurons? How do these processes give rise to perception? How does the brain formulate thought? Acquire new knowledge? How does the nervous system coordinate movement? What are the factors that contribute to neurodivergence? What causes neurodegenerative disease? The answers to these complex questions are crucial for advancing medical, technological, and societal innovations.

Unlocking the answers requires bringing together experts in diverse fields, from cellular-molecular biology, to anatomy, to neurophysiology, and computational sciences.

Our Ph.D. program, with its distinguished faculty mentors, provides a multidisciplinary training environment for advancing neuroscience research, discovery, and application. 

Students entering our program will be required to participate in a series of 10-week lab rotations in their first year (3 in total). First-year students gain a broad understanding of basic concepts in biological, cognitive, and modeling approaches to brain structure and function through shared core courses. Thereafter, each student will join a research lab to conduct their dissertation project, and will complete a specific program of study, including elective coursework that is tailored to individual interests. The program is designed to enable students to gain a deep understanding of selected topics during the Ph.D. thesis research. The specific training plan and graduate curriculum for each entering class outlined in the NGP handbook. 

A current list of courses pre-approved by the NGP is provided here.