Neuroscience at Boston University, Program in Biomedical Neuroscience

Welcome to Neuroscience at Boston University School of Medicine. The Medical School has over 50 faculty members in the neurosciences who are based throughout the Medical Campus. The School offers a rich, biomedically-based neuroscience environment in which students can participate in state-of-the-art neuroscience research.

David H. Farb PhD, Co-Director (email Dr. Farb)
Shelley J. Russek PhD, Co-Director (email Dr. Russek)
or by phone (617) 638-4300.

The Program in Biomedical Neuroscience offers a Ph.D. in Neuroscience that covers the complete spectrum of contemporary neuroscience research, ranging from developmental and cognitive neuroscience to the molecular genetics of the nervous system and the development of synthetic biomolecules that alter the function of defined receptor populations.

The goal of the Program in Biomedical Neuroscience is to provide an academic and research environment at the Boston University School of Medicine in which to train pre-doctoral students who are committed to careers in neuroscience. The central element of this program is an intensive period of full-time research in neuroscience. Students benefit from and contribute to the active discipline of neurosciences at the Boston University School of Medicine.

The Program in Biomedical Neuroscience gives students a maximum exposure to the important issues that impact our future ability to treat neurological diseases. The Program spans eight different basic science departments and programs at the Medical School campus.
For information on a department or program, click on the appropriate link:

The Program in Biomedical Neuroscience is available to students pursuing the PhD or MD/PhD degree; no Master of Arts degree is offered. Students who complete the program will be awarded a degree that indicates their basic science department or program and the Program in Biomedical Neuroscience.

Executive Committee Members:

  • Carmela R. Abraham, Ph.D., Professor (Biochemistry)
  • J. Krzysztof Blusztajn, Ph.D. Professor (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Research Professor of Psychiatry)
  • Lawrence S. Chin, M.D., FACS, Professor and Chairman (Neurosurgery)
  • Domenic A. Ciraulo, M.D., Professor and Chairman (Psychiatry)
  • David H. Farb, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman (Pharmacology) PBN Co-Director
  • Lindsay Farrer, Ph.D. Professor (Medicine, Section of Molecular Medicine, Genetics Program (Director) and Genetics and Genomics)
  • Robert C. Green, M.D.,M.P.H., Professor of Neurology, Genetics and Epidemiology
  • Gary B. Kaplan, M.D., Professor (Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pharmacology)
  • Carlos S. Kase, M.D., Professor and Chairman (Neurology)
  • Susan E. Leeman, Ph.D. Professor (Pharmacology) PBN Executive Director
  • Mark B. Moss, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman (Anatomy and Neurobiology, Neurology [Neuropsychology], and Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • Alexander Norbash, M.D., M.H.C.M., Professor and Chairman (Radiology)
  • Marlene Oscar Berman, Ph.D., Professor (Anatomy and Neurobiology and Behavioral Neuroscience)
  • Shelley J. Russek, Ph.D., Professor (Pharmacology) PBN Co-Director
Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine