Neuroscience

Program and Course Offerings

The McMaster Neuroscience Graduate Program is a collaborative partnership among the Faculties of Health Science, Science, 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 six 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: https://neuroscience.mcmaster.ca

Faculty/Fall 2019

Professors

James R. Bain, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.(C)(Toronto)/Surgery
Alexander K. Ball, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Sigal Balshine, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cambridge)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Suzanna Becker, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Patrick Bennett, B.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Berkley)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ian Bruce, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne), P. Eng., F.A.S.A./Electrical & Computer Engineering
John Connolly, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (King’s College London)/Linguistics & Languages
Hubert deBruin, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster, Canada)/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Margaret Fahnestock, B.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Qiyin Fang, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (East Carolina University)/Engineering Physics School of Biomedical Engineering
Paul Faure, B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Cornell)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Bhagwati Gupta, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (TATA Institute)/Biology
Geoffrey B.C. Hall, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Audrey Lyn Hicks, B.P.E., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
Suleiman A. Igdoura, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)/Biology
Flavio Kapczinski, M.Sc., MD, Ph.D., FRCPC/ Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
James Lyons, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)/Kinesiology
James MacKillop, BA, MA, Ph.D. (State University of New York)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael Mazurek, MD, FRCPC/Medicine - Neurology
Randi McCabe, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Bruce Milliken, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo) /Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ram K. Mishra, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. (Memorial University)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Erwin B. Montgomery, MD/Medicine - Neurology
Kathryn M. Murphy, B.A., M.A. Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Michael D. Noseworthy, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph), P.Eng. / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michel P. Rathbone, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/ Medicine - Neurology
James Reilly, B.A.Sc., M. Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Louis A. Schmidt, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maryland)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Allison B. Sekuler, B.A., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ponnambalam (Ravi) Selvanagapathy, B.S., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)/Mechanical Engineering
Judith M. Shedden, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
David I Shore, B.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Laurel J. Trainor, B.Mus., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), F.R.S.C./Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Lyn Turkstra, B.A., H.B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Arizona)/Rehabilitation Science
John Turnbull, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. (Montreal), F.R.C.P.(C)/Medicine
Michael Van Ameringen, B.Sc., MD (McMaster), FRCPC/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Judith A. West-Mays, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Associate Professors

Peter Bieling, B.Sc, M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Nicholas Bock, Ph.D./Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Khrista Boylan, MD, Ph.D., BSc, FRCPC/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Steven Brown, Ph.D. (Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
David Feinberg, B.Sc., Ph.D. (St. Andrews)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Jane Foster, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Benicio Frey, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universidade Federal do RioGrande do Sul)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Deda C. Gillespie, B.Sc, Ph.D., (California-San Francisco)/Associate Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Daniel Goldreich, B.Sc., Ph.D. (California-San Francisco)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Jennifer Heisz, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
Todd Hoare, B.Sc, Ph.D. (McMaster), PDF (MIT)/Chemical Engineering
Karin Humphreys, Ph.D. (Indiana)/Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Wolfgang Kunze, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Victor Kuperman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Radboud)/Linguistics and Languages
Bruno Losier, Ph.D., CPsych, ABPP(CN)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Margaret C. McKinnon, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather McNeely, BA (hons), M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather Moulden, Ph.D. (Ottawa) C Psych/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Elyanne M. Ratcliffe, MD (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C./Pediatrics
Zainab (Zena) Samaan, M.Sc., DMMD, Ph.D., MRCPsych/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Roberto Sassi, MD, Ph.D. (Sao Paulo)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Elisabet Service, Ph.D. (Helsinki)/Linguistics & Languages
Alex Sevigny, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Communication Studies & Multimedia
Ranil Sonnadara, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Surgery
Noam Soreni, MD (The Hebrew University)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Hong-Jin Sun, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., 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., M.Sc, Ph.D. (University of Georgia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Iris Balodis, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc, Ph.D. (Queens)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Joe Gabriele, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience
Stelios Georgiades, BA, MA, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Andrea Gonzalez, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Melissa Kimber, BA, BSW, MSW, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Stephanie McDermid Vaz, Ph.D., C. Psych./Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Luciano Minuzzi, Ph.D., MD./Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Angela Scott , Ph.D./Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD, FRCPC/Medicine
Ryan J Van Lieshout, MD, Ph.D. (McMaster), FRCP(C)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Professors Emeriti

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./Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Laurie C. Doering, B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Lennard P. Niles, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Larry E. Roberts, B.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Henry Szechtman, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Programs

Master

Neuroscience, M.Sc.

Doctoral

Neuroscience, Ph.D

Course Offerings

Neuroscience Courses