Embark on a transformative journey with a Ph.D. program at the Boys Town National Research Hospital Institute for Human Neuroscience and Creighton University.
The Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Neuroscience is designed to prepare students for a distinguished career in research and education through unparalleled hands-on experience in cognitive neuroscience.
The Boys Town National Research Hospital Institute for Human Neuroscience offers a Ph.D. in Neuroscience through a joint program with Creighton University.
Are you considering a career in neuroscience? The Ph.D. program offered by the Institute for Human Neuroscience at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska is designed to prepare you for a distinguished career in neuroscience research and education through unparalleled hands-on experience in cognitive neuroscience.
Program Details:
Students apply to Creighton University's Ph.D. program in Pharmacology and Neuroscience. Accepted students will collaborate with world-renowned faculty at the Institute for Human Neuroscience and will utilize our cutting-edge neuroimaging facilities and data processing technologies. Students receive free tuition plus a competitive monthly stipend and take a series of required and elective courses customized to their program of study. Students will choose an area of concentration based on their interests, such as developmental cognitive neuroscience, neuroscience of aging, clinical cognitive neuroscience, neural bases of psychiatric disorders, and motor and sensory neuroscience. Please see our program flyer for more details.
The Institute for Human Neuroscience:
The Institute for Human Neuroscience is a world-class research facility that propels innovation and discovery in cognitive neuroscience through mentorship and collaboration. Benefitting from over $25 million in active funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Institute for Human Neuroscience is also home to world-renowned faculty and cutting-edge facilities, including two state-of-the-art Triux Neo MEGs, the highest-density optically pumped magnetometry (OPM) system in North America, and a research-dedicated 3 Tesla Siemens Prisma MRI. Our scholars and students achieve incredible milestones, including publishing in top scientific journals (such as PNAS and Brain), being recruited to the most elite programs and universities worldwide, and receiving some of the most prestigious awards and recognitions in the field.
Our laboratory directors lead cutting-edge, multi-modal research programs in topics such as early life stress, sensory processing, movement disorders, substance use, neuroHIV, child and adolescent development, and healthy and pathological aging.
Learn More and Apply Now!
For more information and to view the program faculty, visit the Ph.D. program website at https://www.
Apply now! Applications are due December 15.
Have questions? Contact us at hannah.okelberry@boystown.org.
