Emory University

The Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS) at Emory University offers a Ph.D. program in neuroscience. 

Neuroscience research at Emory has grown dramatically in the last decade. The program includes over 120 neuroscientists drawn from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 22 university and medical school departments. These include the Department of Pharmacology, which "The Scientist" magazine ranked number 1 in the world; the Department of Neurology, which is ranked 3rd in the nation in total NIH funding; and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, which is ranked 9th in the nation for total research funding.

In addition, Emory's Neuroscience program was ranked number 1 for overall student satisfaction in the National Doctoral Program Survey, in part due to the high level of interaction between faculty members and students, and a mentoring system that creates a supportive atmosphere for success.

First-Rate Research Centers and Facilities

Research in neuroscience is conducted at the Yerkes Functional Brain Imaging Center, Advanced Imaging Research (AIR) Center, Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Biomarkers Core Lab, Transgenic Mouse and Gene Targeting Core, Core Facility for Flow Cytometry, Rodent Behavioral Core, and the NINDS Core Facilities, which include the Neuropathology and Histochemistry Core, the Viral Vector Core, the Microscopy Core, the Genetics and Expression Core, and the Proteomics Core.