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Research is at the core of your work in Neuroscience

Whatever front door you enter to your Ph.D., you’ll have access to a full complement of facilities and equipment to pursue research in your neuroscience sub-discipline. Your coursework will introduce you to program faculty, giving you access to an array of research options while you zero in on your own approach to the field. As you make connections across neuroscience theory and applications, you’ll become aware of the many research opportunities available.

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Recent projects and grants

“Role of SIX and EYA genes in retinal development”

PI: Justin Kumar

“Mother-offspring microbiome as perinatal substrate for neurobehavioral development”

PI: Jeff Alberts; Co-PIs: Greg Demas and Cara Wellman

“Hoosier Brain Project”

PI: IRF investigators: Email hoosierbrain@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.

“Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Networks in Cannabis Users”

PI: Brian O’Donnell; Co-PI: Sharlene Newman

“Examining Cerebellar Functioning in Schizophrenia”

PI: William Hetrick

“Repression of non-ocular fates by the SIX and EYA genes during specification and patterning of the retina”

PI: Justin Kumar

“Collaborative Research: The Role of Gesture in Word Learning”

PI: Karin James

“Functional neuroimaging of e-cigarette use decisions”

PI: Joshua Brown

“Detecting glutamate signal change associated with alcohol use disorder using magnetic resonance spectroscopy”

PI: Hu Cheng, Sharlene Newman, George Rebec, and Peter Finn

“Adrenal androgens regulate aggression through novel actions of melatonin”

PI: Greg Demas

“Cerebellar Dysfunction in Autism”

PI: William Hetrick and Dan Kennedy

Neuroscience NIDA Training Grant

The aim of the Neuroscience NIDA Training Grant is to provide an integrative, inter-disciplinary predoctoral research training program at Indiana University focused on the neuronal substrates of drug abuse. The need for such a program arises from the explosive growth of technologies for investigating the molecular, anatomical, and functional aspects of the brain under a variety of substance abuse conditions.

Ideas that cross disciplinary boundaries offer the most fertile ground for cutting-edge research, so our training program includes not just NIDA-funded faculty, but also faculty focused on experimental approaches and research questions supported by other federal institutes that are relevant to understanding the range of issues that together comprise the neuroscience of drug abuse. The broad base of research expertise at IU is crucial in training the next generation of drug abuse researchers in an environment that emphasizes integration and collaboration across disciplines and experimental approaches.

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