Contact:
Amy Arnsten, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Neurobi333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone: (203) 785-4431
FAX: (203) 785-5263
E-Mail: amy.arnsten@yale.edu
WWW: http://www.med.yale.edu/neurobio/grad.htm
Program Established: 1980
Number of Faculty: 29
Number of Students: 11
U.S. Citizens: 91%
Female: 27%
Number of Graduates in the Last Five Years:
15
Number of Faculty Who Have Supervised Graduate Student Thesis Projects:
8
Program Description: The Neurobiology Graduate Program is centered in the Section of Neurobiology at Yale University School of Medicine and focuses on research in the integrative aspects of the mammalian central nervous system. Since 1980, the Section of Neurobiology has offered multidisciplinary training leading to the Ph.D. degree with an emphasis on mammalian, developmental, systems and cognitive neuroscience. The section functions as a cohesive unit even while the areas of research cover a wide range of approaches and techniques. Understanding the neocortex and its perceptual, motor and cognitive processes provides a unifying intellectual focus for students and faculty. The basic philosophy of the Section of Neurobiology has been to pursue an integrated structural, functional and molecular approach to system neuroscience, exploiting the most advanced technologies to accomplish this goal. The faculty include 29 members, 11 with primary appointments in Neurobiology with 18 secondary appointments in Neurobiology and with primary appointments in other departments (Psychiatry, Neurology, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Visual Sciences, Child Study Center and Obstetrics and Gynecology). The research interests of members of the Neurobiology Graduate Program include molecular and cellular biology; receptor biochemistry and autoradiography; electrophysiology (from intracellular recording in slices and isolated cells to single-unit recording in awake, behaving animals); psychopharmacology; behavior; hybridoma technology; immunocytochemistry; in situ hybridization; and light, electron, and confocal microscopy. Integrative, multidisciplinary approaches are the hallmark of the Section of Neurobiology. Students in the Neurobiology Graduate Program are therefore expected to acquire a diverse technical competence in and broad conceptual knowledge of neuroscience, rather than simply a narrow specialization in an isolated subfield.
Admission Requirements: B.S. or B.A., transcript of grades, GRE (general required subtest recommended) or MCAT, three letters of recommendation, statement of interest.
How or Where to Apply: http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/applt.html
Stipend Assistantships and Financial Assistance: Students are paid for by training grants, fellowships, etc.
How, if Necessary to Apply: http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/applt.html
Last revised September 2006
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