Training the Neuroscience Workforce for the 21st Century

Darcy B. Kelley

Columbia UniversityDoctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior

1995 Koester & Kelley

2014CoDirectors Grueber, Kelley, Mason and Miller

Columbia UniversityIntercampus, inter School, interdepartmentalPhDStats: 400 applicants

40 inteviewed20 admitted10 students/yr average

70 students in trainingTTD 5.5 yrsMD/PhD16 students in training

120 faculty members

GovernanceExecutive CommitteeAdvisory: Int. Ext. Student Faculty

consultationsAdmissionsCurriculum

Academic

Year 1• Bootcamp• 2 survey coursesYear 2*• 2 advanced seminars

Professional Development

Year 1• Exp App (write NSF proposal*)• EthicsYear 2• Write QE/NRSA proposal*• Professional development*

* nanocourses

Presentation skills:Journal clubResearch presentationNeuwriteRetreat

* outreach

Med to gradCTVScience/health policy

*teaching

Talent*Creativity

Neuroscience vs Math*Disease? Brain evolution?

*case studies

Calcium is slow Neurons are clustered