ASSOCIATION OF NEUROSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
SPRING MEETING SUMMARY
Marriott Hotel at Metro Center
Washington, DC
MAY 5-6, 2001

Saturday, May 5th

1:00 p.m. "Graduate Neuroscience Training in a Combined Medical School/Liberal Arts
Environment" Michael J. Friedlander (University of Alabama, Birmingham) moderated a panel discussion of how graduate training in Neuroscience is organized in complex university settings. The other panelists were John Donoghue (Brown University), Richard T. Robertson (University of California, Irvine), and Edward M. Stricker (University of Pittsburgh). 

3:15 p.m. "Graduate Student Training in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience" James L.McClelland (Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh) moderated a panel discussion of training in cognitive and computational neuroscience, and its integration with complementary course-work and research training in cellular, molecular, and systems neurobiology. The other panelists were William B. Kristan, Jr. (University of California, San Diego) and Steven E. Petersen (Washington University, St. Louis). 

Reception and Banquet: 5:45 PM-9:00 PM
The scheduled speaker, Fred Gage of the Salk Institute, was unable to attend, but his planned remarks will be posted shortly on this web site.

Sunday, May 6th

9:00 a.m. "Neuroscience as a Contact Sport: The Argument for Laboratory Training at the Undergraduate Level" Karen Parfitt (Pomona College), President of Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), moderated a discussion of laboratory research training for undergraduate Neuroscience students. Panelists included Terry S. Woodin (Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation) and Ronald R. Hoy (Cornell University). 

10:45 a.m. "Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral
Scientists" Edward Stricker (University of Pittsburgh) moderated a discussion of last year's report by the National Research Council, published by the National Academy Press. The featured speaker was  Marvin Cassman (Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences). 

1:00 p.m. "Qualifiers to Qualifications: Trainees' Concerns on Graduate Training Issues"
Alison Hall (Case Western Reserve University) will moderate a discussion of graduate training in preparation for careers in Neuroscience. The featured speaker was Bruce Alberts (president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council); the ANDP Fellows provided the perspective of trainees. 

3:15 p.m. "Neuroscience Education and the Role of the ANDP in the New Decade" Barbara Talamo (Tufts University), Past President of the ANDP, moderated a panel discussion on graduate neuroscience training. The panelists included former Past Presidents Thomas O. Fox (Harvard University), Robert E. Fellows (University of Iowa), and James S. King, President -Elect of the ANDP (Ohio State University.

Summary provided by President-Elect James King