The Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at Georgetown University School of Medicine includes more than 60 faculty members in the Departments of Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychiatry, and Radiology and the Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences. D. students for independent research and teaching in neuroscience. Molecular and cellular approaches are applied toward the understanding of neuroplasticity, neurological and psychiatric disorders, cognition, and perception and regulation of immune, endocrine, and autonomic functions.
Special emphasis is placed on integrative systems neuroscience.
The program is tailored to fit the needs of individual students. Courses are designed to allow students ample time to become involved in laboratory rotations. Students begin their first laboratory rotation in the summer prior to the first semester of course work. A student's knowledge of neuroscience is stimulated initially by an introduction to the research activities of the faculty, a neuroscience seminar series, and a journal club that critically evaluates the literature. A series of core courses deals with the basics of neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, cellular electrophysiology, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and behavior, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric disorders.