Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience
A Message from the Chair, John Foxe, Ph.D.
The Department of Neuroscience remains true to its historical roots as a full-service enterprise with strong mission commitments in research, education, and institutional and extramural service, with a slice of clinical activity as well. We combine ongoing enthusiasm and innovation in each of these core missions with a collegiate and congenial ecology that ensures an engaging future. Renewed and novel research and teaching partnerships within Neuroscience and with other departments and centers promises to yield synergy across the neuroscience community in areas of common interest. Further, services to the Medical Center, the University, and national-international organizations entail numerous leadership and contributory roles by our faculty.

Research
Over 40 faculty (primary and joint) are actively engaged in neuroscience research across broad spectrums of interests.

Education
Commitment to teaching and leadership roles in education remain since the inception of the medical campus in the 1920s.

People
The Department of Neuroscience comprises a wide diversity of talent in many aspects of the neuroscience field.
Team Science Showcase
The People and Partnerships Moving Microplastics Research Forward
While new research on levels of microplastics found in the human body has recently raised flags for many, scientists at the University of Rochester have been asking questions, building teams, and uncovering how environmental exposures impact human health for decades. With the knowledge, partnerships, and systems they’ve put in place through the University’s Environmental Health Sciences Center (EHSC), they’re poised to provide answers.

IT Support
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Upcoming Events
Recent News
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Laura Duvall, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Columbia University
Wed, Mar 11 @ 10:00 AM
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February 25, 2026
Frequently Distracted? Science Says, Blame It on Your Brain Rhythms
February 4, 2026
"The brain uses eye movements to see in 3D"
January 26, 2026
Why is sleep so important? Your brain depends on it
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Department of Neuroscience
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 603?
KMRB G.9602
Rochester, NY 14642
P: 585.275.2591