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Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease

This initiative supports the creation or the significant expansion of courses for neuroscience graduate students. “Neurobiology of disease” refers to basic genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underlie a wide range of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders. The courses are designed to foster an understanding of the links between basic science, disease-oriented research, and translational research. The courses offer a foundation of knowledge in critical areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Contact:
Nancy Desmond, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Research Training and Career
Development
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
ndesmond@mail.nih.gov
(301) 443-3563

Twelve institutions received grants to develop courses in FY2005 and 2006. Below is a list of the twelve grantees with contact information and links to websites (if available) that offer access to the developed curriculum. These sites offer PowerPoint presentations, videos of patient interviews, links to journal articles, links to disorder related resources such as support organizations and voluntary groups, webcasts of lecture presentations, syllabi, and additional course materials.

Contacts:
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030
Contact: Jeffrey Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory
jnoebels@bcm.tmc.edu
(713) 798-5830

Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
Wilhelmina Robertson Professor and Chair
Department of Neuroscience
Director of Neuroscience Initiatives
friedlan@bcm.edu
(713) 798-1468
neuro.bcm.edu/nod/
(log on: nod; password: nodnod223)

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Contact: Sacha B. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Department of Life Sciences
nelson@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-3181
www.bio.brandeis.edu/nbio146/index.html

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0934
Contact: Neal R. Swerdlow, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine
nswerdlow@ucsd.edu
(619) 543- 6270
meded.ucsd.edu/neu232/

Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
Contact: Karen N. Gale, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Georgetown University
Medical Center
galek@georgetown.edu
(202) 687-1062

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Contact: Peg Nopoulos, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Neuroscience
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
peggy-nopoulos@uiowa.edu
(319) 384-9264
neuroscience.grad.uiowa.edu/NOD/index.html

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40536-0509
Contact: James W. Geddes, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury
Research Center
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, UK Chandler Hospital
jgeddes@uky.edu
(859) 323-5135

Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN 37208
Contact: Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D.
Vice President, Office for Research School of Medicine
llimbird@mmc.edu
(615) 327-6063

Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR 97239
Contact: Gary L. Westbrook, M.D.
Senior Scientist and Co-Director, Vollum Institute Professor
of Neurology
westbroo@ohsu.edu
(503) 494-5429
www.ohsu.edu/nod/

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Contact: Marc A. Dichter. M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute of
Neurological Sciences
dichter@mail.med.upenn.edu
(215) 349-5166
www.med.upenn.edu/neurobiologyofdisease/

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29425
Contact: Jacqueline F. McGinty, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
mcginty@musc.edu
(843) 792-9036
etl2.library.musc.edu/bnnd/

University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7290
Contact: Marc D Binder, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics UW School of Medicine
mdbinder@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-2509

Yale University
New Haven, CT 06508
Contact: George R. Heninger, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry (Emeritus)
Senior Research Scientist
Director, Laboratory Clinical and Molecular
Neurobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
George.Heninger@yale.edu
(203) 974-7778

 

 

The grants supporting Course Development in the Neurobiology of Diseaseare funded by the Institutes and Centers that comprise the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.