We would like to introduce you to the Neuroscience PhD program in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. We are a diverse community of scientists with interests spanning molecular, cellular and systems level neuroscience. Our students and faculty address issues including development of the nervous system, assembly of synapses, neurodegeneration, pain perception, neuroplasticity, sleep, epilepsy, cognitive processing, machine-brain interfaces, sensory processing, and many others.The Stanford Neurosciences Program fosters a research environment that creates unprecedented opportunities for interdisciplinary investigation, with the goal of bringing new insights to bear on nervous system function and disorder. The 93 faculty and 90 students in this interdepartmental PhD program are housed in more than 22 different departments at Stanford, taking advantage of our centralized campus. Collaborations, often motivated by our students' interests, are a common theme demonstrated by the large number of papers coauthored by multiple students that reach across laboratories.
Expanding the number of underrepresented minorities in the sciences, and specifically within our program, is central to our mission. Through our program and community resources, we strive to create future leaders in the field. At Stanford University, we take pride in the many resources we have to support all students and particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds.We have many active student-led organization, one in particular called BioAIMS, addresses the needs and concerns and provides a voice to current minority biosciences graduate students. A second bioscience-wide program, called Advance, provides the opportunity for graduate students to enter their program early for an intensive 8-week training opportunity where students can acclimate to their new role as graduate students by participating in a variety of workshops, classes, and a research rotation.
There are also community service and tutoring programs in which our PhD students take their scientific knowledge and give back to younger students in the greater community. Service and outreach are a key component to graduate education at Stanford.As part of our ongoing efforts to increase the representation of minority graduate students in our neuroscience program, we would like to create easier avenues of communication between our program and qualified minority students interested in pursuing a graduate degree in neuroscience research.
We are looking for candidates who have a rigorous background of research experience in the sciences and who have displayed exceptional leadership skills and dedication in both their academic and extra-curricular activities.
Application Deadline: December 2nd, 2014
We invite any questions you may have about our Neuroscience PhD program or
the larger Stanford community.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Best regards,
Tony Ricci
Neurosciences Program Director
