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Ania Dworzanski Graduate Program Coordinator p 585-275-5788 f 585-442-8766 ania_dworzanski@urmc.rochester.edu

Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP)

Graduate Student Perspectives

I chose Dr. Gan's lab because I felt the training in combination with the mentoring style was the best place for me. I am also part of the MSTP. The combination of research and medicine present an excellent opportunity. more ...

Brandon Bader

The Neuroscience Graduate Program offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate training in an exceptionally interactive and collaborative environment at a world class research institution. More than 60 faculty members from across the School of Medicine and the adjacent School of Arts, Sciences and Engineering participate in the program by serving as mentors for student trainees.

Research interests of the faculty span all major themes in contemporary neuroscience including

Cell Signaling & Communications
Learning, Memory, & Adaptive Plasticity
Neurobiology of Disease
Neurodevelopment & Aging
Neuroengineering
Neurogenetics
Sensory, Motor, & Integrative Systems Neuroscience
Stem Cells, Neuroregeneration, & Repair

Extensive collaborations within and across these themes are a hallmark of the program, providing students the opportunity to design thesis projects without regard to traditional boundaries. Interactions are fostered and strengthened by a host of interdisciplinary research centers.

Students enter our program with diverse backgrounds and interests, but they share a passion for discovery and an intense curiosity about the workings of the nervous system. The Neuroscience Graduate Program builds on this passion by providing the state-of-the-art training students need to become successful researchers and educators.