Neuroscience Program

Neuroscience PhD students Rajvi Patel, Farah Gadelkarim, Ashley Tranquille, and Xiaofang Li.

Through interdisciplinary coursework and a variety of laboratory experiences, you will learn from faculty-scientists with expertise in neuroscience-related fields across more than 20 departments and divisions at UB.

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PhD Program
8/2/24
Interdisciplinary degree program, part of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences PhD.

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Master’s Program
9/24/24
The neuroscience master’s (MS) degree is typically completed in four semesters, culminating in a research-based thesis project. Upon entering the master’s program, we will help you select a mentor whose research excites you, and courses that complement your research interests.

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Undergraduate Programs
1/7/22
Our undergraduate programs deliver a comprehensive background of modern medical neuroscience, through an inclusive curriculum focusing on how the central nervous system is organized, the pathophysiology of disease, and treatment of disease states.

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Recent Publications

- Monsoon E, Cideciyan AV, Roman AJ, Sumaroka A, Swider M, Wu V, Viarbitskaya I, Jacobson SG, Fliesler SJ, Pittler SJ. (2024) Inherited retinal degeneration caused by DHDDS mutation – Effect of an ALG6 modifier variant. Int J Med Sci (Dec), 2(25): 1004.
- Gorman BR, Voloudakis G, Igo Jr RP, Kinzy T, Halladay CW, Bigdeli TB, Zeng B, Venkatesh S, Cooke Bailey JN, Crawford DC, Markianos K, Dong F, Schreiner P, Zhang W, VA Million Veteran Program, International AMD Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC), Hadi T, Anger MD, Stockwell AD, Melles RB, Yin J, Choquet H, Kaye R, Patasova K, Patel PV, Yaspan BL, Jorgenson E, Hysi PG, Lotery AJ, Gaziano JM, Tsao PS, Fliesler SJ, Sullivan JM, Greenberg PM, Wu W-C, Assimes TL, Pyarajan S, Roussos P, Peachey NS, Iyengar SK. (2024) Distinctive cross-ancestry genetic architecture for age-related macular degeneration. Nature Genetics (Dec), 12(56): 2659-2671. doi:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01764-0

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