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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This announcement may be of particular
interest to undergraduates in physics, computer science, math, engineering, and
related fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PhD Program in Neuroscience at Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Neuroscientists increasingly recognize that
theory and computational approaches are essential to understanding how the
human brain works. Baylor College of Medicine is at the forefront of this
development, with a core group of researchers working to incorporate
theoretical and quantitative methods into studies of cognition in health and
psychiatric disease. The Graduate Program in Neuroscience offers students with
a strong quantitative and analytical background the opportunity to apply their
skills to challenging problems in cognition research, while receiving
world-class training across the breadth of neuroscience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Physics, mathematics, computer science, and
engineering are not traditionally associated with investigating human
cognition. Yet students from these and related disciplines often possess the
skills and mindset that are necessary to create theoretical frameworks for
experimental data. In the Department of Neuroscience at BCM, this can take on
many forms, such as advanced analysis of neuroimaging data, investigating the
neural mechanisms of time perception, modeling anomalies of reward processing
in psychiatric patients, studying the dynamics of decision-making in groups, or
developing probabilistic theories of human perception. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Each of the computationally oriented
neuroscience laboratories at BCM also conducts human behavioral or neuroimaging
studies, thereby allowing for a direct and fruitful interplay between theory
and experiment. This is aided by state-of-the-art imaging and computing
facilities, as well as active collaborations with neurophysiological
laboratories and clinical divisions. Students of this new approach will acquire
the tools and training that will position them uniquely for groundbreaking
interdisciplinary research after the completion of their program, as well as
for many other career paths. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in
neuroscience is designed as a five-year program. In the first year, students
complete a series of courses that provide them with a strong background in all
facets of neuroscience. Concurrently, they familiarize themselves with
ongoing research through 3 to 5 rotations in the laboratories of Neuroscience
faculty of their choice. At the end of the first year, students choose an
advisor, enter into the lab full-time, and develop suitable thesis research
projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information about the neuroscience
laboratories at BCM with a theoretical/computational focus, please visit the
website of the Computational Psychiatry Unit at <u><span style='color:blue'><a
href="http://cpu.bcm.edu/labs.html">http://cpu.bcm.edu/labs.html</a></span></u>.
For more information about the Graduate Program, visit <b><a
href="http://neuro.bcm.edu/think" title="http://neuro.bcm.edu/think">http://neuro.bcm.edu/think</a></b></span><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>or contact Dr.
Mariella De Biasi, Director of Graduate Studies, at <a
href="mailto:debiasi@bcm.edu" title="mailto:debiasi@bcm.edu">debiasi@bcm.edu</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>P.S.
There is no application fee and our Program offers free tuition and a very
competitive stipend!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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