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A Ph.D. in neuroscience can break open new and interesting careers! In addition to academic careers in research and teaching, there are additional health-related careers, research careers (institutes and pharma), policy work, work in global health, business and law, government, writing and publishing, nonprofit research/foundation, consulting, Big Data and other quantitative fields. The list goes on.… What will you add to it?
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From pursuing a postdoc, to becoming a healthcare provider, to getting involved in science policy, our program offers students the opportunity to excel in a broad range of careers.
Meet Our AlumniWhat Is Neuroscience?
Neuroscience is the study of how the nervous system develops. More than that, it is an integrative discipline that seeks to understand both normal function and dysfunction. Neuroscientists study functional, evolutionary, computational, molecular, cellular, and medical aspects of the nervous system.