[visionlist] New PhD Program in Developmental and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston - accepting applications for Fall 2012

[Erik Blaser]

Dear colleagues:

The University of Massachusetts Boston is proud to announce the launch of a new PhD program in Developmental and Brain Sciences. We are accepting applications for our inaugural, Fall 2012 class immediately, with a December 16th deadline. 

This is the only program in the Neurosciences at a public institution in Boston. This will be an intensive, developmentally-focused, research-based program. Core faculty (Jane Adams, Erik Blaser, Vivian Ciaramitaro, Tiffany Donaldson, Zsuzsa Kaldy, Celia Moore, Jin Ho Park, Mohinish Shukla, and Susan Zup) engage in lab work ranging from cognitive development and psychophysics to neuroendocrinology and behavioral genetics. Students may follow a Cognitive specialization investigating functional changes in perceptual and cognitive abilities or a Behavioral specialization investigating neural and hormonal correlates of behavior. New lab spaces for the program will be housed in the under-construction Integrated Sciences Building (completion date 2013), part of our campus on the Columbia Point peninsula. This location is just a few miles south of downtown, neighbors metro Boston’s world-class research universities, and offers wonderful views of the city and Boston Harbor. Applicants will likely have a BS and significant research experience. We especially encourage members of underrepresented populations in neuroscience to apply. 

For more information or to apply, please visit dbs.psych.umb.edu.

Erik Blaser, Ph.D.
DBS Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA  02125
dbs at umb.edu
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