Contact:
Cheryl Sisk, PhD
Michigan State University
Neuroscience Program
108 Giltner Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Telephone: (517) 353-8947
FAX: (517) 432-2744
E-Mail: sisk@msu.edu
WWW: http://www.ns.msu.edu/neurosci
Year Established: 1998
Total Number of Faculty:
47
Total Number of Students: 26
US Citizens: 85%
Female: 62%
US Under-represented minorities: 15%
Native American: 2%
Hispanic: 1%
Graduates In Last Five Years: 6
Faculty Supervising Graduate Student Theses: 17
Average Number of Years to Complete the Program: 5
Program Description: The Neuroscience Program provides interdisciplinary training and research leading to a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, and is supported in part by an NIH Training Grant. Research areas currently represented in the program include autonomic nervous system function, neural development and plasticity, neural imaging, neural mechanisms of behavior, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disease, neuroendocrinology, sensory and motor systems, and synaptic transmission and signal transduction.
Neuroscience graduate students take a series of core courses that span from the molecular to behavioral levels of analysis. The curriculum is designed to provide a solid understanding and appreciation for the richness and diversity of approaches to the study of the nervous system. Details of the degree requirements are available on our web site. Students specialize in particular areas of neuroscience by conducting research with the guidance of a faculty advisor. Course work and laboratory rotations are concentrated in the first year of study. Comprehensive examinations come at the end of the second year. Most students in the program are well integrated into research laboratories by the middle of the second year and graduate by the end of the fifth year. Neuroscience Research Forum provides the opportunity for student presentation of research, critical review of literature, discussions of issues related to career development and scientific ethics, grant writing skills, and
informal interactions with faculty. The weekly Neuroscience Program Seminar Series features speakers from both inside and outside the university.
Admission Requirements: Visit http://www.ns.msu.edu/neurosci/
How, or Where to Apply: see http://www.ns.msu.edu/neurosci/
Annual Tuition and Fees Costs: covered by financial support
Approximate Cost of Living Per Year: N/A
Housing Availability and Costs Per Year: There are a wide range of options, from on-campus to off-campus apartments and houses.
Day-Care Facilities Availability and Costs Per Month: On campus and off campus daycare facilities are available at a wide range of prices.
Stipend/Assistantships and Financial Assistance: Annual
stipends in 2005-06 were approximately $21,000, regardless of mechanism of
support. In addition to the stipend, students receive full tuition and
fees and health insurance.
Last revised September 2006
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