Graduate and Postgraduate Training in the Neuroscience Program

The Neuroscience Program trains graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for research and teaching careers in the neurosciences. Graduate students in the program are trained in cellular, molecular, and integrative neuroscience A combined MD/PhD Program in Neuroscience, in which graduate and medical training are interwoven, is available to highly qualified applicants.

 

Similarly, postgraduate training (through postdoctoral fellowships) is available to qualified trainees. Postgraduate trainees work closely with individual faculty members, but in addition, benefit from the broad range of expertise of all the faculty and the seminars and public lectures in the neurosciences.

 

Application

Students interested in the graduate program in Neuroscience apply to the "Programs in Biomedical Sciences" (PIBS). All entering students are "uncommitted" during their first year and will be able to choose from among eight biomedical graduate programs (including Neuroscience). Doctoral degrees will continue to be awarded in specific disciplines (such as Neuroscience).

 

The PIBS Admissions Committee reviews applications as they are received. The PIBS Admission Committee will begin reviewing applications after December 15th.

 

Finances and Housing

Students admitted to the program receive a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend of $25,500 (effective June 1, 2008). A limited number of university rooms and apartments are available for graduate student housing, but most students rent or share apartments in the community, where rents are typically about $600/month. Students are not required to be teaching assistants.

 

Students should apply before January 15 to receive full consideration for fellowships

 

The University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, nondenominational, coeducational institution with over 1400 full-time faculty and 14,000 students. The University has three campuses, including the Coral Gables Campus, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), and the University of Miami School of Medicine. The medical center is one the largest in the United States and is linked by rapid transit to the Coral Gables Campus.

 

Facilities

Neuroscience resources at the University of Miami include laboratories at the Lois Pope LIFE Neuroscience Research Center, which houses the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, the Parkinson Building, the Louis and Virginia Bantle Rehabilitation Research Center, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, all located at the Medical School campus, as well as facilities in the Behavioral Medicine Building and the Cox Science Building on the Coral Gables campus and at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS).

 

Individual faculty research laboratories are well equipped for state-of-art research in neuroscience. In addition, shared facilities include a transgenic mouse facility, a Noran UV/visible laser-scanning confocal microscope with Silicon Graphics and Pentium/Metamorph work stations, network connections and ancillary image analysis, storage and printing equipment, two Imagel/AT Imaging systems with low-light SIT and ISIT intensified cameras for use on compound microscopes, a Phillips 300 electron microscope, freeze-fracture apparatus, X-ray developer, scanning densitomer, cryostat, centrifugation, ultracentrifugation, dishwashing, and sterilization. There are machine and electronics shops run by full-time skilled operators. A new shared resource, opening in early 2000, is a DNA microarray facility. The medical library receives over 2300 periodicals and holds over 250,000 volumes, and additional resources are available in the University libraries on the Coral Gables campus.

 

Miami and South Florida

Miami is a rapidly growing, multilingual, cosmopolitan community that serves as a gateway to Europe, the Caribbean, and South America. Miami offers a wide variety of films, concerts, opera, ballet and theatrical performances, in addition to having several fine museums. Because of the city's subtropical location, the climate is clear and mild year around. There are numerous parks, ocean beaches, tropical gardens and wildlife sanctuaries. The Everglades National Park, Florida Keys and coral reefs are readily accessible for outdoor activities. Because of the mild winters, many scientific symposia and meetings are held in the area.

 

Information

Anyone interested in the program is encouraged to telephone (305) 243-3368. Correspondence may be addressed to:

Neuroscience Program (R50)

P.O. Box 011351

Miami, FL 33101