Neuroscience

Program and Course Offerings

The McMaster Neuroscience Graduate Program is a collaborative partnership among the Faculties of Science, Health Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences. All four faculties are within a few minutes walking distance, facilitating interactions among graduate students, postdoctoral students, and faculty. Our goal is to attract the brightest graduate minds available each year to the field of neuroscience, by providing meaningful research opportunities in a collaborative, resource-rich environment. We offer programs in five research areas: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience; Clinical & Health Neuroscience; Cognitive Neuroscience; Computational Neuroscience, Systems & Behavioural Neuroscience and Neurotech. Programs offered at the Master’s level include research project, coursework and thesis requirements, leading to a Master of Science degree in Neuroscience. Ph.D. programs include research project, coursework, seminar, comprehensive and thesis requirements, leading to a Doctoral degree in Neuroscience.

Email: neuroinfo@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://neuroscience.mcmaster.ca

Faculty/Fall 2016

Distinguished University Professors

John B. Bienenstock, M.B., B.S. (U.K.), M.R.C.P, F.R.C.P.(C), F.R.C.P., F.R.S.C./Director, The Brain Body Institute, Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Simon Haykin, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Birmingham), F.R.S.C., F.I.E.E.E/Electrical & Computer Engineering

Professors

James R. Bain, N.S. (Western), M.Sc. (Toronto), M.D. (Western)/Surgery
Alexander K. Ball, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/ Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Sigal Balshine, B.Sc., (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge) Canada Research Chair/Psychology, Neuroscience &Behaviour
Suzanna Becker, B.A., M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Patrick Bennett, B.Sc. (Tufts), Ph.D. (California-Berkley), Canada Research Chair/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ana R. Campos, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Rio de Janerio), Ph.D. (Brandeis)/Biology
John Connolly, A.B. (Holy Cross), M.A. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (King’s College London)/Linguistics & Languages
Denys deCatanzaro, B.A., M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Laurie C. Doering, B.Sc (Queen’s), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Margaret Fahnestock, B.Sc. (Stanford), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Paul Faure, B.Sc, M.Sc. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Cornell)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Audrey Lyn Hicks, B.P.E., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
J. Roger Jacobs, B.Sc. (Calgary), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Biology
James Lyons, B.A., M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)/Kinesiology
James MacKillop, BA, MA, PhD (State University of New York)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael F. Mazurek, B.A., M.D. (Toronto), F.R.C.P.(C)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Ram K. Mishra, B.Sc. (Udaipur, India), M.S. (Punjab University, India), M.S.(Louisiana State), Ph.D. (Memorial University)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Kathryn M. Murphy, B.A. (Western), M.A. Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/Director, McMaster Neuroscience Graduate Program, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Lennard P. Niles B.A. (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael D. Noseworthy, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph), P.Eng. / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michel P. Rathbone, M.B., Ch.B. (Liverpool), Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/ Medicine - Neurology
James Reilly, B.A.Sc. (Waterloo), M. Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Electrical and Computer Engineering
C. David Rollo, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Biology
Patricia I. Rosebush, B.Sc. N., M.Sc.N. (Toronto), M.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Mel Rutherford, B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-Santa Barbara)/Canada Research Chair/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Louis A. Schmidt, B.A. (Maryland), B.S. (Baltimore), Ph.D. (Maryland)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Allison B. Sekuler, B.A. (Pomona), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley), Canada Research Chair/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ravi Selvanagapathy, B.S. (CERI), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)/Mechanical Engineering
David Shore, B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Henry Szechtman, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Laurel J. Trainor, B.Mus., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Mark Tarnopolsky, Ph.D. (McMaster) M.D., F.R.C.P.(C) (Rochester)/Neurology, Paediatrics & Medicine
John Turnbull, B.Sc. (York), M.Sc. (Laval), M.D. (Western), Ph.D. (Montreal), F.R.C.P.(C)/Medical Sciences
Michael Van Ameringen, B.Sc., M.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Judith A. West-Mays, B.Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Robert Zipursky, MD (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Associate Professors

Peter Bieling, B.Sc (Victoria), M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Khrista Boylan, MD, PhD, BSc (Dalhousie), FRCPC/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Steven Brown, Ph.D. (Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ian Bruce, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne) / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Qiyin Fang, B.S. (Nankai), M.S. (East Carolina University) Ph.D. (East Carolina University)/Engineering Physics School of Biomedical Engineering
David Feinberg, B.Sc. (Rutgers), Ph.D. (St. Andrews)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Benicio Frey, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universidade Federal do RioGrande do Sul)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Jane Foster, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Victoria Galea, B.Sc, M.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
Deda C. Gillespie, B.Sc (Yale), Ph.D., (California- San Francisco)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Daniel Goldreich, B.Sc. (California-San Diego), Ph.D. (California-San Francisco)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Bhagwati Gupta, B.Sc. (Banaras Hindu), M.Sc. (Jawaharlal Nehru), Ph.D. (TATA Institute)/Biology
Geoffrey B.C. Hall, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Todd Hoare, B.Sc (Queens), PhD (McMaster), PDF (MIT)/Department of Chemical Engineering
Karin Humphreys, Ph.D. (Indiana)/Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Suleiman A. Igdoura, B.Sc. (Victoria), M.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (McGill)/Biology
Shucui Jiang, B.Sc. (Qingdao), M.Sc. (Shanghai), M.D. (Qingdao), Ph.D. (Fed. Inst. Neurobiology, Germany)/Medicine - Neurosurgery
Wolfgang Kunze, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Victor Kuperman, B.A., M.A.(Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Ph.D. (Radboud)/Linguistics and Languages
Randi McCabe, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather McNeely, BA (Queens), BA (hons) (Lakehead), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Margaret C. McKinnon, B.A. (Windsor), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Sukhvinder Obhi, BSc (Loughborough University), MS.c (Manchester Metropolitan), Ph.D. (UCL)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Elyanne M. Ratcliffe, M.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C./Pediatrics
Boris Sakic, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Zena Samaan, M.Sc. (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), DMMD (Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin), Ph.D. (Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College London, UK), MRCPsych (Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Roberto Sassi, M.D., Ph.D. (Sao Paulo)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Elisabet Service, Ph.D. (London)/Linguistics & Languages
Alex Sevigny, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Communication Studies & Multimedia
Judith M. Shedden, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Noam Soreni, MD (The Hebrew University)/Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Hong-Jin Sun, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Peking), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Queen’s)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Scott Watter, Ph.D. (Indiana)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Assistant Professors

Daniel Ambrosini, BA, LLB/BCL, M.Sc, Ph.D. (McGill)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael Amlung, B.Sc. (Indiana University), MSc, Ph.D. (University of Georgia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Rebecca Anglin, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)/Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Iris Balodis, PhD (Queens)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Nick Bock Ph.D. /Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Mark Ferro, BSc(Hon) (McMaster), MSc (University of Saskatchewan, PhD (Western)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Joe Gabriele, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience
Andrea Gonzalez, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Jennifer Heisz, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
Bruno Losier, Ph.D., CPsych, ABPP(CN)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Luciano Minuzzi, Ph.D., MD./Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather Moulden, PhD (Ottawa) C Psych/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Elisabet Service, M.Sc. (Finland), Ph.D. (Helsinki)/Linguistics
Sheila Singh, B.Sc. (McGill), M.D. (McMaster), Ph.D., F.R.S.C. (Toronto)/Surgery
Valerie Taylor, M.D., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Ryan J Van Lieshout, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)/Associate Director, McMaster Neuroscience Graduate Program, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Stephanie McDermid Vaz, Ph.D., C. Psych./Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Professors Emeriti

Colin A. Nurse, B.E.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Harvard)/Biology
Larry E. Roberts, B.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Meir Steiner, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Programs

Master

Neuroscience, M.Sc.

Doctoral

Neuroscience, Ph.D

Course Offerings

Neuroscience Courses