· 40 hours per week, day-time class offerings
· 2 years tuition remission for PhD students and annual
stipend for Teaching Assistantships; 1 year tuition remission for MA students,
with the possibility of 1.5-2 years, and annual stipend for Teaching
Assistantships.
· Program Duration: 2 years (MA with thesis; MA non-thesis
track); 4-6 years (PhD)
· Application Deadline: January 15, 2020 for Fall 2020
Admission
About Us
The Behavioral Neuroscience Program offers intense training in four critical areas of skill development that
are required to successfully fulfill an academic career. The universal training
goals of the Behavioral Neuroscience program are the following: Critical thinking,
application of research methods and analyses, scientific writing, and teaching.
Our research specialties include Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Clinical
Neuroscience on topics such as neurophysiological correlates of
posttraumatic stress disorder, self-reflection and default mode network, the neurocognition of emotion and romantic love, prejudice and
discrimination, and health disparities. We soon will have training on the
neuroscience of substance abuse and addiction. Please note we no longer offer
training in animal models. Our Department of Psychological Sciences currently
trains more than 50 PhD candidates, offering a stimulating and
multidisciplinary research environment. The Department is equipped with several
EEG systems, physiological research suites including eye-tracking,
cardiovascular measures, and skin conductance. Many faculty have connections to
facilities with magnetic resonance imaging equipment. We also have an active
chapter of Graduate Women in Science.
Faculty currently accepting PhD and MA students for Fall 2020
include:
Dr. Bettina J. Casad (Social, Cognitive, and Affective
Neuroscience), Social Neuroscience and Intergroup Relations Lab
Dr. Michael G. Griffin (Social, Cognitive, Affective, and
Clinical Neuroscience), Center
for Trauma Recovery
Dr. Sandra J. E. Langeslag (Social, Cognitive, and Affective
Neuroscience), Neurocognition
of Emotion and Motivation Lab
Dr. Carissa Philippi (Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Clinical
Neuroscience), Laboratory of Cognitive
and Affective Neurobiology of Self
Preferred Applicant Qualifications
We seek highly talented and motivated PhD and MA students. You
will be given the opportunity to regularly present your work at national and
international conferences and meetings. In order to develop your own research
agenda, we will encourage and support you in applying for competitive research
grants and career development fellowships.
Applicant Requirements
·
A
BA or BS degree in a field related to neuroscience, psychology or biomedical
sciences;
·
A
strong interest in social, cognitive, affective, or clinical neuroscience and
psychophysiology;
·
An
interest in and preferably experience with EEG/ERPs, fMRI, and/or
psychophysiology for human research;
·
An
interest in and preferably experience with computational programs such as SPSS,
R, Python, or MATLAB;
·
The
ambition to become a top scientist seeking a research career in academia or
industry.
·
A
good command of written and spoken English.
·
Excellent
social and collaborative skills.
You should be able to work in an interdisciplinary environment,
sharing knowledge and ideas, and contribute to a diverse and inclusive
Department and University.
University of Missouri-St. Louis
As the metropolitan, land-grant, research
institution serving the most diverse and economically important region in
Missouri, the University of Missouri–St. Louis delivers exceptional educational, research and
engagement experiences that inform, prepare, challenge and inspire. The
Department of Psychological Sciences educates diverse, talented, traditional
and nontraditional students who will supply knowledge, skills, and intellectual
leadership in both the private and public sectors. Active engagement in
research and scholarship enable the psychology faculty to advance knowledge and
to impart research methods and results directly in their classroom teaching.
The psychology faculty is committed to generating knowledge through research
that can be applied to problems at the regional, state, national, and
international level. In addition to laboratory research, many psychology
faculty members are engaged in field research that has practical implications
in the areas of mental health, medicine, and business. The University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to
building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and as such encourages
applications from individuals underrepresented in higher education and science
fields.
Would you like more information?
For more information about our program, please
contact:
Dr. Suzanne Welcome, Program Director
Dr. Suzanne Welcome, Program Director
Apply directly
Please
submit your application online to https://www.umsl.edu/admissions/applications.html no later
than January 15, 2020.
In addition to your online application to
the Graduate School, please email the following attachments to Dr. Suzanne
Welcome welcomes@umsl.edu
· Full Statement of Purpose (1-3 pages) and CV
This message in PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8MoULSuGTjEdmkXJKmfGRvxMgxA0LSS/view?usp=sharing
BN program brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UEPbFGBZe8BvF01mfsIzgLmk-LeoP9Dw/view?usp=sharing
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