The Neuroscience Program trains students to perform fundamental research in nearly all areas of neuroscience - from basic molecular biology through complex human neurological disorders. Areas of interest include learning and memory, behavioral neuroscience, sensory systems, neurodegenerative disease, brain injury, psychiatric disorders, and regenerative medicine. Students take coursework in advanced neurobiology topics and are taught critical thinking, grant writing, and presentation skills.
Our highly collaborative faculty share technology resources, ensuring that students will have the mentoring and equipment to pursue interdisciplinary projects. Additionally, clinical collaborations and mentored shadowing rotations in neurology clinics offer the opportunity for translational research. Our program provides networking opportunities for students to interact with scientists from all over the world through weekly lunches with our seminar speakers and at our biannual Brain Aging Research Symposium.
We are committed to career development. Our PhD graduates have achieved postdoctoral and faculty positions utilizing their research and/or teaching skills in industry, higher education, academic and private medicine, government, and scientific writing.
Lauren Schoem, MS
Assistant Director, Graduate School Admissions
(706) 721-9516
BIOMED@augusta.edu
"We’re living in an extraordinary era of breakthroughs in neuroscience. Armed with cutting-edge technologies, researchers are closer than ever to unraveling—and potentially curing—a range of debilitating neurological disorders: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, stroke, brain, and spinal cord injuries, and more. If you're a driven individual eager to shape the future of neuroscience, we invite you to begin your journey in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at AU. Join us—and start here."
Hedong Li, PhD
Program Director
hedli@augusta.edu
Eula Tatman
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
(706) 721- 1811
etatman@augusta.edu
"The faculty and student interactions are all so enjoyable. We are able to be comfortable and confident in a professional setting while still being able to make mistakes, ask questions, have fun, learn, and grow as scientists."
"My research focuses on gene regulatory networks that are involved in the development of retinal neurons. This unique area of study intersects genetics and neuroscience, enabling me to use modern genetic tools to investigate neuronal development in the retina."
The Graduate School at Augusta University facilitates ground-breaking research and ensures outstanding education. We create an environment that embraces and empowers the next generation of scholars and investigators, supports faculty and staff, and fosters meaningful relationships and collaborations among students across our programs and colleges.
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