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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The <i class="">Developmental and Brain Sciences</i> PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Boston is currently accepting applications! Review of applications will begin immediately, and a full review can only
be ensured if an application is received by </span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class="">December 17</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">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 now 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 groups in
neuroscience to apply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">For more information or to apply, please visit <a href="http://dbs.psych.umb.edu/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class="">dbs.psych.umb.edu</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class="">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">DBS Core Faculty:</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/jane_adams" class="">Jane Adams</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Neurobehavioral teratology</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class="">Erik Blaser</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Visual</i> <i class="">Psychophysics</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/vivian_ciaramitaro" class="">Vivian Ciaramitaro</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Sensory development and attention</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/ac" class="">Tiffany Donaldson</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Behavioral psychopharmacology</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/richard_hunter" class="">Richard Hunter</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class="">,</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">
<i class="">Neuroendocrinology and Epigenetics</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/zsuzsa_kaldy" class="">Zsuzsa Kaldy</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Cognitive Development</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">(Emeritus) Celia Moore, </i>
Developmental Psychobiology</span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla" class="">Jin Ho Park</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Behavioral neuroendocrinology</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/mohinish_shukla" class="">Mohinish Shukla</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Language and cognition</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/edward_tronick" class="">Ed Tronick</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Neurobehavioral and social-emotional development</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 50, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 50, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/susan_zup" class="">Susan Zup</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">,
<i class="">Behavioral Neuroendocrinology</i></span></div>
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