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Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease — Resources

This initiative supported 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) 443-3107

Twelve institutions received grants to develop courses. Below is a list of the 12 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
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
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
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
Contact: Karen N. Gale, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Georgetown University
Medical Center
galek@georgetown.edu
(202) 687-1062

University of Iowa
Contact: Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Graduate Programs in Neuroscience, Genetics and
Molecular & Cellular Biology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
pedro-gonzalez-alegre@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-7498
neuroscience.grad.uiowa.edu/NOD/index.html

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

University of Pennsylvania
Contact: Marc A. Dichter, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
dichter@mail.med.upenn.edu
(215) 349-5166
http://www.med.upenn.edu/neurobiologyofdisease/

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

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

Yale University
Contact: George R. Heninger, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry (Emeritus)
Senior Research Scientist
Director, Laboratory of 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 Disease are funded by the Institutes and Centers U.S. Department of Health that comprise the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.