Neuroscience (Collaborative Program)
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Medicine
Participating Degree Programs
Biochemistry – MSc, PhD
Biomedical Engineering – MASc, MSc, PhD
Cell and Systems Biology – MSc, PhD
Dentistry – MSc, PhD
Developmental Psychology and Education – MA, PhD
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology – MSc, PhD
Medical Biophysics – MSc, PhD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Molecular Genetics – MSc, PhD
Pharmacology – MSc, PhD
Pharmaceutical Sciences – MSc, PhD
Physiology – MSc, PhD
Psychology – MA, PhD
Rehabilitation Science – MSc, PhD
Speech-Language Pathology – MSc, PhD
Overview
The graduate programs listed above participate in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. Participating graduate units contribute courses and provide facilities and supervision for graduate research. Students must follow a program of studies acceptable to both the participating unit and the Neuroscience Program. Upon successful completion of the requirements, students receive, in addition to the master’s or PhD degree in their discipline, the notation “Completed Collaborative Program in Neuroscience” on their transcripts as well as a certificate.
Students interested in joining the program should contact the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience office to obtain an application form. Students should register within one month of initial registration in the participating unit. The Neuroscience Web site provides areas of research for all the faculty in the Collaborative Program and their graduate unit affiliations and contact information, as well as additional information on neuroscience courses.
Students in the program receive the University of Toronto Neuroscience Program (UTNP) newsletter and a monthly calendar listing neuroscience lectures held on campus. The program runs a Distinguished Lecturer series of talks by eminent neuroscientists and an annual poster day which students are required to attend.
Contact and Address
Web: www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca
E-mail: p.neuroscience@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-8761
Fax: (416) 978-8511
Collaborative Program in Neuroscience
University of Toronto
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building
Room 904, 144 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2
Canada
Degree Programs
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants who wish to enrol in the Collaborative Program must apply to and be admitted to both the Collaborative Program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating units.
Program Requirements
- The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.
- The student's supervisor must be a member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).
- The student must complete at least 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) for the master's degree chosen from the list of courses approved by the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience which is listed below.
- The student must attend the Annual Poster Day and present his/her work at least once.
- The student must attend at least 75% of the lectures in the UTNP Distinguished Lecturers Series for a minimum of one year in consecutive sessions during their studies.
Doctoral Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants who wish to enrol in the Collaborative Program must apply to and be admitted to both the Collaborative Program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating units.
Program Requirements
- The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.
- The student's supervisor must be a member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).
- All PhD students must take JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular, or JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour, or one of several additional courses in cognitive psychology or imaging (1.0 FCE) to be determined by the CPIN Program Committee and posted on the CPIN Web site in July of each year.
- The student must attend the Annual PIN Poster Day and present his/her work at least twice.
- The student must attend at least 75% of the lectures in the UTNP Distinguished Lecturers Series for a minimum of three consecutive years during their studies.
- After completing the MSc or MA, students who wish to continue on to a PhD degree in Neuroscience must register again and fulfil all the program requirements (e.g., students must again present posters in the doctoral program).
Course List
Neuroscience courses offered by the participating units are listed below. Not all courses are offered each year.
DEN 1060H Oral Physiology: Sensory and Neuromuscular Function
HDP 3286H Developmental Neurobiology
JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour
JPM 1005Y Behavioural Pharmacology
JPY 1007Y Neuropharmacology of Neurotransmitter Receptors
JYG 1555H Topics in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
MSC 1006H Advanced Neuroanatomy
MSC 1085H Molecular Approaches to Mental Health and Addictions
MSC 6000H Special Topics in Anatomy (Requires prior permission of the Neuroscience Program Director)
PCL 1012H Cognitive Neuropharmacology
PSL 1024H Advanced Topics: Endocrinology and Neuroendocrinology
PSL 1026H Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology
PSL 1047H Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience
PSL 1053H Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function
PSL 1068H Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour
PSY 4706H Human Brain Neuroanatomy
PSY 5101H Mechanisms of Behaviour
PSY 5103H Learning and Plasticity
PSY 5104H Neuropsychology
PSY 5110H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience I
PSY 5111H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II
PSY 5112H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience III
PSY 5121H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II
PSY 5130H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology I
PSY 5131H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology II
PSY 5132H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology III
PSY 5201H Audition
PSY 5202H Vision
PSY 5203H Higher Cognition
PSY 5204H Attention
PSY 5205H Memory
PSY 5210H Advanced Topics in Perception I
PSY 5211H Advanced Topics in Perception II
PSY 5212H Advanced Topics in Perception III
PSY 5220H Advanced Topics in Cognition I
PSY 5221H Advanced Topics in Cognition II
PSY 5222H Advanced Topics in Cognition III
PSY 5311H Advanced Topics in Developmental Neuroscience II
REH 1510H Disordered Restorative Motor Control
JEB 1444H Neural Engineering
JEB 1451H Neural Bioelectricity
MSC 1081H Studies in Schizophrenia
MSC 1086H Integrative perspectives in Consciousness and Self-Awareness
MSC 1087H Neuroimaging Methods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSC 1088H Brain Positron Emission Tomography
PSL 1050H Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour
PSL 1071H Advanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience
PSL 1441H Systems Level Neuroplasticity
PSL 1445H Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience
PSL 1446H Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders
Other Courses
Courses not specifically in neuroscience which do not fulfil the program requirements as neuroscience courses but might be useful for neuroscience students.
JBL 1507H Biochemistry of Inherited Disease
JDB 1025Y Developmental Biology
JNP 1017H+ The Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNP 1018H+ Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
PHM 1122H Fundamentals of Drug Discovery
PSL 1054H Physiological Instrumentation and Electronics
PSL 1472H Sleep Physiology and Chronobiology
PSY 5102H Motivational Processes
SLP 1522Y Speech Physiology and Acoustics
SLP 1533Y Aphasia
SLP 1534Y Motor Speech Disorders
SLP 3001H Theoretical Foundations of Communication Sciences
+Extended course. For academic reasons, course work is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.
Program Committee
Trimble, William – BSc, PhD, Canada Research Chair – Biochemistry
Shoichet, Molly – BSc, MSc, PhD, Canada Research Chair – Biomedical Engineering
Sessle, Barry – BDS, BSc, MSD, PhD, FRSC, Canada Research Chair – Dentistry
Lewis, Marc – BA, MA, PhD, CPsych – Human Development & Applied Psychology
Gerold Schmitt-Ulms – Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Stefanovic, B. – PhD – Medical Biophysics
Carlen, Peter – MD, FRCP(C) – Medical Science
Roder, John – BA, PhD, Canada Research Chair – Molecular Genetics
Hampson, David – PhD – Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPIN Director)
Wells, James – BScPhm, MSc, PhD – Pharmaceutical Sciences
Burnham, Willets – BA, PhD – Pharmacology
Dostrovsky, Jonathan – BSc, MSc, PhD – Physiology (CPIN Advisor)
Jia, Zhengping – PhD – Physiology
Yeomans, John – BA, PhD – Psychology
Zebjec, Karl – PhD – Rehabilitation Science
De Nil, Luc – MSc, PhD – Speech–Language Pathology
Peever, John – BSc, MSc, PhD – Cell & Systems Biology