Neuroscience (GDBBS)

Emory’s doctoral program in neuroscience provides a multidisciplinary and collaborative atmosphere for the training of outstanding Ph.D. students. Our faculty includes 115 neuroscientists drawn from 23 University and Medical School departments and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Together, they maintain active research programs across the breadth of contemporary neuroscience—cellular, molecular, behavioral, developmental, computational and systems neuroscience.

The Emory Neuroscience program enjoys a strong sense of academic community and collegial leadership. Our program was ranked #1 for overall student satisfaction in the last National Doctoral Program Survey, in part due to the high level of interaction between faculty and students and a mentoring system that creates an atmosphere that supports success.

The Emory Neuroscience program is structured to encourage a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to solving challengin  research questions, with many interdisciplinary Center Grants and a joint program in Hybrid Neural Microsystems with neighboring Georgia Tech. Two major center grants, the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and the Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, unite researchers from a variety of disciplines and universities to study the biological foundations of complex behaviors and neurodegeneration. 

Neuroscience (NS) is one of eight interdiscipinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS)