Neurology Fellowship Programs

The Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester includes 85 full-time faculty who are engaged in clinical and basic investigative work. The Department consistently ranks in the top 10 nationally in extramural National Institutes of Health research funding. Fellowships are available for investigative training in many areas of clinical neuroscience. The Department has 29 current or accepted fellows training in 11 different areas.

One of the Department's major interests is in experimental therapeutics of neurological diseases. There are clinical research projects investigating new approaches to the treatment of many neurological diseases including: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease,Tourette's syndrome, the muscular dystrophies, myasthenia gravis, periodic paralysis, inflammatory myopathies and neuropathies, multiple sclerosis, stroke, epilepsy, and AIDS.

Fellowships are supported by a number of NIH training grants. Other sources of fellowship support include private foundations and the grants of individual investigators.. Many department fellows involved in research training have successfully applied for NIH-supplemental debt-repayment ($35,000/year x 3 years).

Fellows are usually accepted for 2-3 years of clinical and investigative training.

Fellowships are available in:

ACGME-approved clinical fellowships

UCNS-approved clinical fellowships

NIH-training grant-supported clinical and basic research fellowships

Departmental clinical and postdoctoral fellowships:

Fellowship Application