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State of the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience

State of the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience. December 16, 2011. Mission and History of the Program.

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State of the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience

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  1. State of the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience December 16, 2011

  2. Mission and History of the Program • The University of Utah's Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Neuroscience is an interdepartmental graduate program designed to provide predoctoral students with a broad-based training in neuroscience disciplines. • Established in 1986 (Run by steering committee headed by Tom Parks) • Only interdepartmental program at U of U that offers a Ph.D. • Established to offer students broader training in neuroscience and a wider choice of mentors than a conventional, disciplinary program • Also established to offer students/faculty opportunities for Ph.D. students to train in clinical departments • Current structure with directorate and committees established in 1994. • Directorate, Curriculum Committee, Recruiting and Admissions Committee. • Toto Olivera (1994-1996), Rick Laseter (1996-2004), Mary Lucero (2005-2011) • Have since split recruiting into a separate committee and added a student advising committee.

  3. Current Administrative Structure • Directorate: • Director 5-year term: Keefe started July, 2011 • Director-elect: Nominations and selection during current director’s fourth year (2014/15). • Admissions Committee: • Current Chair: NingTian (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; 2011-2014) • Yingbin Fu (Ophthalmology/Vis Sci), Christopher Gregg (Neurobiol & Anat), David Krizaj (Ophthalmology/Vis Sci), Richard Rabbitt (Bioeng), Gary Rose (Biology; 2005), Sharif Taha (Physiology), Yong Wang (Ophthalmology/Vis Sci), Jason Watson (Psychology), Karen Wilcox (Pharm/Tox) • Curriculum Committee: • Current Chair: Sharif Taha (Physiology; 2011-2014) • Alessandra Angelucci(Ophthalmology/Vis Sci; 2006), Ed Dudek (Physiology; 2006), Greg Clark (Bioengineering; 2006), Jun Yang (Ophthalmology/Vis Sci; 2008) • Recruitment Committee: • Current Chair: Ed Levine (Ophthalmology/Vis Sci; 2010-2013) • _____________ • Student Advising Committee: • Rich Dorsky (Neurobiol & Anat; 2006), Jeff Anderson (Neuroradiology, 2008); AntheaLetsou (Human Genetics; 2010)

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