News Archive Featured in the Media JeffNEWS Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience Thomas Jefferson University's interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience, jointly established by Jefferson College of Graduate Studies and the Farber Institute for Neurosciences.

The Farber Institute for Neurosciences and the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies of Thomas Jefferson University will host an open house to provide more information about the new Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience. Interested individuals will have opportunities to meet with faculty, staff and graduate students of the Ph.D. program.

The Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience combines classroom, seminar and laboratory study in a range of disciplines, such as cell and molecular neurobiology, biochemistry and genetics. It is designed to arm graduating students with the skills and experience needed to pursue a career in education and/or research in academe or industry.

“Jefferson’s new Graduate Program in Neuroscience combines hands-on training, senior scientists, and an interdisciplinary curriculum to expose students to a range of neuroscience topics and research methods,” says program director Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D.

“The neurosciences are poised to make exciting new discoveries and develop improved treatments for a number of neurological disorders,” Dr. Van Bockstaele says. “The new Jefferson program will help train the next generation of researchers and clinicians to meet the demands of the coming decades.”

Dates and Times:
Tuesday, January 25, 2005, noon to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location:
Farber Institute for Neurosciences
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
900 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

For more information, please contact Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D., at 215-503- 4323 or Elisabeth.Vanbockstaele@jefferson.edu, or visit http://www.jefferson.edu/jcgs/phd/neuro.cfm.