Pennsylvania

Lehigh University
Behavioral Neuroscience Program

Contact:

Jill E. Schneider
Program Director
111 Research Drive, B217
Department of Biological Sciences
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Telephone: (610) 758-3629
FAX: (610) 758-4004

E-Mail: js0v@lehigh.edu
URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios

Other Degrees Offered in the Program: M.S.

Program Established: 1990

Number of Faculty: 21
Number of Students: 14

U.S. Citizens: 75%
Female: 80%
U.S. Underrepresented Minorities: 10%
African American/Black (not of Hispanic origin): 2%

Number of Graduates in the Last Five Years: 6
Number of Faculty Who Have Supervised Graduate Student Thesis Projects: 5
Average Number of Years to Complete the Program: 6

Program Description: The Behavioral Neuroscience Doctoral Program at Lehigh University is designed to train students in advanced neuroscience with a concentration in behavioral endocrinology. The program stresses an integrative approach to the study of behavior. Research and course work is focussed on the integration of the nervous system with general physiology as well as the environmental and social context in which behavior occurs. Faculty interests represent several levels of biological organization, from social interactions in wild populations all the way down to molecular mechanisms of steroid-neurotransmitter interaction. Students are trained for academic or industry careers that involve active research and scholarship. Faculty include Dr. David Cundall, evolution and systematics of feeding in reptiles; Dr. Murray Itzkowitz, social and courtship behavior in coral reef fishes; Dr. John Nyby, behavior endocrinology of male-typical behaviors in rodents; Dr. Neal Simon, molecular endocrinology of agonistic behavior in mammals; Dr. Jill Schneider, environmental influences on female reproductive neuroendocrinology, food intake, body weight, metabolism and energy balance in hamsters; and Dr. Jennifer Swann, sexual differentiation and organization of neuroanatomical pathways involved in mating behaviors in mammals. In addition to their training in neuroscience, students also benefit from being part of the Department of Biological Sciences which provides background and expertise in genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry. Lehigh's campus is one of the most beautiful in the United States. The Behavioral Neuroscience Doctoral Program includes a modern animal facility and state-of-the-art molecular endocrinology and neuroanatomy laboratories.

Admission Requirements: see web page

How, or Where to Apply: Apply online http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios

Annual Tuition and Fees Costs: $960 per credit hour (teaching/research assistanceships covers entire tuition) $100 per semester for technology fee

Approximate Cost of Living Per Year: Quite reasonable (far less than New York City and more than Omaha, Nebraska)

Housing Availability and Costs Per Year:

Day-Care Facilities and Costs Per Month: sliding scale

Stipend-Assistantships and Financial Assistance: $19,500 per year for teaching/research assistanceships

How, if Necessary to Apply: not necessary

Last revised February 2007
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