General Information

In 2000, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey established a joint training program in Integrative Neuroscience. Although both institutions had successful independent programs and substantial NIH-funded research, neither program covered the entire breadth of the field of neuroscience. Both faculty and students desired to understand neurobiological questions from behavioral and molecular points of view and to move from behavioral to molecular investigations to find comprehensive answers to neurological disease.

Our Mission

The goal of the Graduate Program in Integrative Neuroscience (INS) is to provide both outstanding training across the subdisciplines of neuroscience as well as to provide intensive training within one area of focus so that our graduates will be prepared for careers as academicians, educators and research scientists.

Curriculum

The INS curriculum offers a broad range of courses that provide both breadth and depth. The Program has few required courses so that students may tailor their coursework to support their long-term goals. Students are trained to conduct independent research and to present and discuss their results both orally and in written form. Students also gain experience in both undergraduate and graduate teaching.  

Successful completion of the INS Graduate Program leads to a Ph.D. in Integrative Neuroscience from both UMDNJ and Rutgers.

Research

The faculty of the INS program have an exceptionally wide range of research interests, including cellular and molecular neurobiologu, developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and neuroimmunology. More detailed information can be found on the Faculty pages.