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Please encourage your talented seniors to apply! Students in our program are supported by Teaching Assistantships, and both US and non-US citizens (including current DACA recipients) get the same stipends and benefits.<br class="">
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We are accepting applications until Jan. 12th.
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<div class="">Vivian <a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/vivian_ciaramitaro" class="">Ciaramitaro</a> and Zsuzsa <a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/zsuzsa_kaldy" class="">Kaldy</a> are accepting students (and I am open to co-mentorship).
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<div class="">See the ad below for more details!
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Erik<br class="">
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<b class="">Erik Blaser, Ph.D.<br class="">
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Developmental and Brain Sciences <br class="">
University of Massachusetts, Boston<br class="">
100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125<br class="">
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Dear Colleagues:<br class="">
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The PhD program in Developmental and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston is focused on understanding cognition, perception, and behavior when underlying neural and hormonal mechanisms are developing. It is an intensive, developmentally-focused,
research-based program using both human and animal models. Core faculty engage in research ranging from cognitive development and psychophysics to neuroendocrinology and behavioral genetics. Students may follow a Cognitive Neuroscience specialization investigating
functional changes in perceptual and cognitive abilities or a Behavioral Neuroscience specialization investigating neural and hormonal correlates of behavior. All DBS students receive rigorous core training in methods (dry and wet lab skills, advanced statistical
methods, computational tools like MATLAB) and work in labs using multiple levels of investigation including psychophysical and neuropsychological evaluation, functional brain imaging (NIRS, ERP), and neuropharmacological, molecular/cellular, and genetic/epigenetic
methods. New lab spaces for the program are housed in the Integrated Sciences Building, part of our campus on the Columbia Point peninsula. This location is just a few miles south of downtown, neighbors metro Boston’s other world-class research Universities,
and offers wonderful views of the city and Boston Harbor. Applicants will likely have a BS and significant research experience. We especially encourage members of underrepresented populations in neuroscience to apply.<br class="">
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For more information or to apply, please visit <a href="http://dbs.psych.umb.edu" class="">dbs.psych.umb.edu</a>.<br class="">
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DBS Core Faculty:<br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/jane_adams" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Jane Adams</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Neurobehavioral
teratology</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/erik_blaser" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Erik Blaser</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Visual</i> <i class="">psychophysics</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/vivian_ciaramitaro" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Vivian Ciaramitaro</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Sensory
development and attention</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/s._tiffany_donaldson" class="">Tiffany Donaldson</a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Behavioral psychopharmacology</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/richard_hunter" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Richard Hunter</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Neuroendocrinology
and epigenetics</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/zsuzsa_kaldy" class="">Zsuzsa Kaldy</a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Cognitive development</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Jin Ho Park</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Behavioral neuroendocrinology</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/mohinish_shukla" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Mohinish Shukla</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Language
and cognition</i></span><br class="">
<a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/edward_tronick" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Ed Tronick</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Neurobehavioral
and social-emotional development</i></span>
<div class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/susan_zup" class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">Susan Zup</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">, <i class="">Behavioral
neuroendocrinology</i></span></div>
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