The
multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of Kansas
offers students broadly based training in neuroscience and advanced training
in the specialized area in which a student plans to carry out his or her research.
The program is a collaborative effort of 41 faculty members from disciplines
such as Anatomy and Cell Biology, Human Development, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular
and Integrative Physiology, Molecular Biosciences, Occupational Therapy, Otolaryngology,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Experimental Therapeutics,
Psychology, and Speech, Language, and Hearing. In addition, many of the scientists
and faculty in this program are members of two major University research centers,
the Life Span Studies Institute
(LSI), which includes the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Research Center, and the Higuchi
Biosciences Center (HBC), which includes the Center
for Neurobiology and Immunology Research.
The LSI focuses on interdisciplinary research in behavioral
sciences with special emphasis on behavioral biology, behavioral genetics, behavioral
pharmacology, cognitive neurosciences, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neurotoxicology,
speech and language development, and hearing sciences. Participating faculty
members study potential behavioral and pharmacologic interventions for developmental
disabilities, drug-induced behavioral anomalies such as dyskinesias, the neurobiological
mechanisms underlying self-injurious behavior, and many others. The HBC focuses
on interdisciplinary research in the biomedical sciences with special emphasis
on molecular and cellular neurobiology, neurogenetics, biological bases of addictions,
neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology, neuroimmunology, and developmental neurobiology.
These well-established opportunities for interdisciplinary
research training in the behavioral, biological, chemical, and pharmaceutical
aspects of the neurosciences provide great breadth in an array of disciplines
that students may draw upon in designing their areas of focus to fit their career
plans.
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Malott Hall
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., Room 5064
Lawrence, KS 66045-7582
Telephone: (785) 864-4002 or (785) 864-7339
E-mail: emichaelis@ku.edu