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Close this sub-navigation MS in Integrative Neuroscience Toggle sub-navigation About Neuroscience Research Events News People Toggle sub-navigation Close this sub-navigation Faculty Staff Post-Doctoral Fellows Students Directions Contact Close Academic Programs Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation MS in Integrative Neuroscience Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation About Neuroscience Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Research Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Events Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation News Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation People Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Faculty Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Staff Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Post-Doctoral Fellows Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Students Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Directions Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Contact Open sub-navigation Close sub-navigation Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience! To Discover, Challenge, & Inspire Our overarching goal is to improve brain health through discovery research. We focus on brain disorders that become increasingly worse as people age, like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, response to infections, depression, seizures, and recovery from a head injury. These disorders often affect memory, the ability to communicate, movement, and general mental well-being. We seek to understand what underlies these disorders to discover early detection methods and new therapies to improve health. Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, Chair & Professor, Department of Neuroscience The Department of Neuroscience values all diversity. We oppose systemic racism and biases in all dimensions of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic background, politics, and health status. A statement from the Neuroscience PhD program (IPN) is here (new window) . Comments on how we can improve our inclusivity? Please share them with us (new window) . You may find the following resources (new window) helpful. Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, professor and chair of the Dept of Neuroscience, receives President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers Eleni Daughters, MS Integrative Neuroscience, selected as finalist for the 2024 Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program Max Riesenhuber, PhD & Xiong Jiang, PhD receive Vicennial Medals for 20 years of service Melanie Collier – 2023 Ignatian Hoya Scholarship Recipient Zac Colon (G’21 & ’25) President of GUMC MCGSO (left) at Student Research Day William Macci (L’24) and Sparsha Muralidhara (G’23) aim to improve digital access and address internet inequities across the District Michael Ullman, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, presented his research at Georgetown’s second annual Healthy Aging Symposium. IPN PhD candidate Zac Colon (G’21) works with Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience Bill Rebeck, PhD, receives Vicennial Gold Medal Award Mark Burns, PhD Receives a Golden Apple Award Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, PhD receives the Karen Gale Outstanding Achievement Award Exposure to Environmental PCBs Impairs Brain Function in Mice: Research by Mondona McCann, PhD Candidate Master’s in Integrative Neuroscience Applications are open for the Master’s in Integrative Neuroscience program for Fall 2024. Deadline for applications for Fall 2024 is May 15, 2024. Associated Programs MS in Integrative Neuroscience PhD in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience School of Medicine Featured Stories Integrative Neuroscience Student Wins McCourt Public Policy Challenge M.S. in Integrative Neuroscience student Sparsha Muralidhara was a winner in the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2023 Georgetown Public Policy Challenge. Muralidhara worked with law student William Macci on their proposal, E-QualityDC, which empowers D.C. public schools to bridge the digital divide for at-risk students, connecting families to accessible and affordable resources. PhD student in Neuroscience receives NIH Award: August 2020 Nahdia Jones, a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in the IPN is the recipient of the F99/K00, also known as the Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN). Dr. Italo Mocchetti Receiving the President’s Award for Distinguished Scholar-Teacher: October 23, 2019 Ceremony will be held on October 23, 2019 at 5:00 PM in Gaston Hall, during the Fall Faculty Convocation. This award commends faculty who were nominated by their students and faculty peers for outstanding service to our community and to the Academy as exemplary scholar-teachers, embodying Georgetown’s mission as a student-centered research University. Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss Named New Chair of Department of Neuroscience As newly named chair of the Department of Neuroscience, Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, will help lead the initiative to grow Georgetown’s neuroscience research. MS in Integrative Neuroscience The Department of Neuroscience offers a rigorous program leading to the MS degree in Integrative Neuroscience. The MS program is designed for completion in two full-time consecutive semesters. The curriculum includes an extensive integrated overview of neuroscience, statistics, experimental design, and technical approaches. Bayer Extols the Virtues of Showing Up and Doing Your Job” From her formative years as a self-described Army brat” and a first-generation college graduate, Barbara M. Bayer, PhD, has focused on showing up and doing her job. Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Linked to Changes in Young, Healthy Brains Conventional wisdom might indicate that bigger brains and enhanced memory performance in youth should help protect against the cognitive declines seen decades later in Alzheimer’s disease. Yet for two Georgetown University scientists, recent research appears to suggest the opposite. Boys with High-Functioning Autism Show Surprising Strength at Language We had not expected this interesting finding,” says Michael Ullman, director of the Brain and Language Laboratory at Georgetown University Medical Center and senior author of the study that found boys with high-functioning autism could process a key grammar task faster than boys without autism. Neuroscience Events All Upcoming Events Georgetown University Events All Upcoming Events PhD Dissertation Defense: Michael Kranzlein May. 13 10:30 am 326 St. Mary’s Hall Doctoral Project Defense: Laura Sullivan May. 13 12:00 pm Soft Matter Seminar: Interactions of a Riboswitch RNA With Fluorogenic Probes for Multiplexed RNA Detection in Live Cells With the Riboglow-FLIM Sensor May. 13 1:00 pm Regents Hall, Room 351 Dissertation Defense: Samantha Steimle May. 13 2:00 pm White Gravenor 311 Higher Education Access and Funding: Challenges and Policy Options May. 14 6:00 am Online and in-person at Jeffery Hall, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL Department of Neuroscience New Research Building 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, NRB, EP04 Washington DC Phone: 202-687-5391 Email: Jensue.Ferrell@georgetown.edu Maps Copyright Privacy Accessibility Notice of Non-Discrimination Full Site Menu twitter instagram facebook...