The University of Scranton Neuroscience Program

Overview of the Neuroscience Program What is Neuroscience?  Some Resources What are our Grads Doing? (Graduates enter their own stories.)  Student Publications and Presentations (roughly, the last decade) Nobel Laureate Researchers who have Spoken on Campus: Eric Kandel (2001) Torsten Wiesel (2003) David Hubel (2004) 2007-2008 School Catalog (Large PDF File--Neuroscience is on Page 184.) Career Resources: Undergraduate Career Calendar for Students Interested in Pursuing a Ph.D. (This is also a good resourse for students interested in pursuing research positions with a B.S. degree.) Pre-Med Pre-DPT Course Selection (Neuroscience Majors can easily take the courses required to apply for admission to MD/DO (allopathic or osteopathic medical school) or DPT (Doctorate in Physical Therapy) programs. Many prerequisite courses are already built into the  major.) Pre-Physician's Assistant Course Selection Summer Student Research Experiences (under early development) Faculty (members of the Neuroscience Advisory Committee* and/or Faculty with whom Neuroscience Majors have done campus research) Dr. Tim Cannon*- Psychology Department, Director of the Neuroscience Program Dr. Paul Fahey*- Physics Department Dr. Tim Foley*- Chemistry Department Dr. George Gomez*- Biology Department Dr. Christie Karpiak*- Psychology Department Dr. Gary Kwiecinski*- Biology Department Dr. Jerry Muir*- Mathematics Department Dr. Carol Reinson - Occupational Therapy Department Dr. Carole Slotterback- Psychology Department Dr. Terrence Sweeney- Biology Department Dr. Joe Vinson- Chemistry Department Dr. Robert Waldeck*- Biology Department Dr. Joan Wasilewski - Chemistry Department 2nd Annual Scranton Neuroscience Conference 1st Annual Scranton Neuroscience Conference Scranton Neuroscience Society Anyone in the region can join our new organization that promotes neuroscience locally.  We sponsor many educational outreach activities.   Nu Rho Psi  Our neuroscience honor society - the Alpha Chapter in Pennsylvania.   Drexel Neuroscience Seminars Videostreamed to Scranton  Drexel shares its regular Neuroscience Seminar Series with Scranton via an Internet 2 Link with 2-Way Communication What's News this Month in Science, Medicine, and Technology? Our monthly informal Student/Faculty/Staff discussion of "What's Happening" Sheep Brain Dissection Guide Our award winning sheep brain dissection guide Human Brain Dissection Guide Sadly, our guide of the human brain is almost, but not quite, finished - come help! Still it's a good overview as far as it goes.   Kids Judge Neuroscience We run an annual event for 4-6th graders. They come from over an hour away to judge how well our students do at presenting neuroscience. Regional Brain Bee We run an annual regional Brain Bee to qualify high school students for the International Brain Bee - in 2003, our winner came in 3rd and in 2008 our winner was 5th in the national competition.   Neuroscience Links Links to the world of Neuroscience. Neuroscience Awareness Programs  Links to resources for our live online programs being distributed via the Internet 2 to schools in the region.

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