Welcome to Anatomy and Neurobiology
Graduate Program
Neuroscience Graduate Program
The Neuroscience Graduate
Program is a multidisciplinary and interdepartmental program including the
Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Molecular Science, Pathology, Pharmacology, and
Physiology. The Neuroscience Track provides a broad background in
neuroscience and specific research training in neurochemistry, neurophysiology,
neuropharmacology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, developmental
neurobiology, and behavioral neuroscience. Neuroscience graduate students must first apply to the Integrated Program in Biomedical
Sciences (IPBS), and join the Neuroscience Track. Students must satisfy both the requirements of the Neuroscience Track and of the IPBS to qualify for the Ph.D. degree.
Organization of the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Faculty
The Neuroscience Track is composed of faculty who are actively involved in
neuroscience research and who are willing to make a commitment, with approval of
their departments, to participate in graduate student courses, seminars,
guidance committees, and other functions necessary for the continued development
of a graduate program. Faculty who hold appointments in clinical departments not
offering the Ph.D. degree also participate in the program through joint
appointments in one of the basic science departments.
Neuroscience Program Director
The Program Director is responsible to the College of Graduate Health
Sciences and is designated by the Dean of the College of Graduate Health
Sciences. The Director's appointment is subject to periodic review. He/she also
serves as the IPBS Neuroscience Track Head.
Admissions
All graduate students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
are now admitted through the Integrated Program in Biological
Sciences. Students interested in Neuroscience are encouraged to check
the optional Neuroscience Track box on the electronic application form.
Please see Application
Information for more specific instructions if you are applying to the
Neuroscience Program.
Course of Study
Students are required to take Functional Neuroanatomy and a minimum of two additional semester neuroscience elective courses (Cellular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Developmental and Molecular Neuroscience) as well as Seminars in Neuroscience and Neuroscience Symposium. The balance of required and elective courses is specified by the IPBS. A statistics course is highly recommended.
Neuroscience Graduate Fellowships
All students admitted to the IPBS that participate in the Neuroscience Track
receive a stipend through the Neuroscience Institute for the first two years as
well as a waiver of tuition and fees. Stipends are currently $20,000 plus
a waiver of tuition and fees. Student mentors provide the student's
stipend in subsequent years.
Administration
The Neuroscience Graduate Program is administered in the College of Graduate
Health Sciences. The Neuroscience Graduate Committee, which is chaired by the
Program Director, is responsible for directing and providing assistance and
critical assessment of the student's dissertation research and for recommending
additional course work for each department.
Neuroscience Graduate Committee
The Neuroscience Graduate Committee is composed of representatives from the
Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Molecular Sciences, Pharmacology, and
Physiology and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The members and
the chairperson of the Committee must be Neuroscience participating faculty and
approved by the College of Graduate Health Sciences. In addition, each
department participating in the Neuroscience Graduate Program has been approved
by the Dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, upon the advice of the
department chairman.
The Neuroscience Graduate Committee advises the Program Director on the
operation of the Neuroscience Graduate Program and makes recommendations on
matters pertaining to the maintenance of academic quality, student admissions,
academic courses, educational policy, pre- and postdoctoral stipends, and
individual faculty involvement.
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