Who we are:

The Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology provides a unique opportunity for graduate students interested in systems neuroscience, applied anatomy, and/or a career in teaching in a medical school setting. Our research mission emphasizes the neuroanatomical basis of normal cognition, circadian rhythms, development, learning, and memory, and how these processes are disrupted in aging, autism, cerebrovascular disease and Parkinson’s disease. Our anatomical program includes classic training and dynamic applied anatomy (Biomedical Forensics Sciences, Forensic Anthropology). Students are immersed in a medical school setting and take courses with, and later teach, 1^st year medical and dental students. Our emphasis on teaching (the “Vesalius module”) develops students into skilled instructors that significantly enhance opportunities for positions in academic medical centers and undergraduate institutions alike.

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