About the IPN

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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Program Statistics

Recent Student SuccessMean: 5.2 years to defense
4.3 total publications
2.2 first author
Program Diversity33% from groups underrepresented in science
56% female students
32% female core faculty
Alumni Careers67% initially postdoctoral research (recent)
21% tenure-track faculty (established)

Life as an IPN Student

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Learn what it’s like to live in D.C. as a Georgetown graduate student.
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Alumni Success

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 Alumni