Anatomy & Neurobiology Track
Leading to the PhD in Anatomy & Neurobiology
This doctoral program includes courses in anatomy and neuroscience within the Medical School curriculum as well as a number of advanced courses within the GMS Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology and related departments at the Medical School. This program is designed to produce well-rounded biomedical scientists who expect to include teaching and research in their career portfolio.
- Overview: 64-credit PhD program
- Core Track requirements: 18–20 credits
- Department basic courses: 6 credits
- Department advanced courses: 6 credits
- Electives or research: 32–34 credits
Core Track Required Courses: 18–20 credits
- Medical Histology 6 credits or Gross Anatomy (8 cr)
- Medical Neuroscience (4 cr)
- Cell, Molecular Biology or Biochemistry (4 cr)
- Methods in Neuroscience (4 cr)
Department Basic Required Courses: 6 credits
- Experimental Design & Statistics (2 cr)
- Journal Club (2 cr)
- Professional Skills for Students in the Biomedical Sciences (2 cr)
Department Advanced and Elective Courses—Required: 6 credits
Offered each year
- Teaching in Biomedical Science (recommended) (2 cr)
- Advanced Clinical Anatomy (2 cr)
- Biomedical Forensics (2 cr)
- Functional Bioimaging (2 cr)
- Introduction to the Neurobiology of Education (2 cr)
Offered once every two or three years
- Autism: Clinical and Neuroscience Perspectives (2 cr)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2 cr)
- Neural Development and Plasticity (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of Aging (2 cr)
- Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of the Visual System (2 cr)
Department Laboratory and Teaching Courses—Electives
- Directed Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences I and II (2–6 cr)
The Vesalius Certificate
The Vesalius Certificate is a four-course component of the MA in Anatomy & Neurobiology—Vesalius Program. Students typically start these courses after or alongside their first-year medical and graduate school courses.
The Vesalius Certificate is also available as part of the PhD program in Anatomy & Neurobiology and, with permission from the program director, to any student in the GMS program. For more information on how the program fits in with other degree programs see the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology site.
The certificate consists of four courses: one in educational neuroscience, one in the development of teaching skills in the biomedical sciences, followed by two practica courses that consist of one-on-one mentoring with experienced and award-winning faculty.
- GMS AN 806 Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences (2 cr)
- GMS AN 720 Introduction to the Neurobiology of Education (2 cr)
- GMS AN 804 Structured Teaching Practicum (2 cr)
- GMS AN 805 Mentored Teaching Practicum (var cr)
Students are required to take at least two of the following courses:
- GMS AN 700 Medical Histology (6 cr)
- GMS AN 701 Medical Gross Anatomy (8 cr)
- GMS AN 701 Medical Neuroscience (4 cr)
- GMS AN 811 Cognitive Neuroscience (4 cr)
