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 and Systems & Behavioural Neuroscience. 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 2014

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

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
Stephen Collins, M.B. B.S. (London), F.R.C.P. (U.K.), F.R.C.P.C./Medicine
John Connolly, Ph.D. (London)/Linguistics & Languages
Denys deCatanzaro, B.A., M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Margaret Fahnestock, B.Sc. (Stanford), Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Associate Director, McMaster Neuroscience Graduate Program, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Audrey Lyn Hicks, B.P.E., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
J. Roger Jacobs, B.Sc. (Calgary), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Biology
Timothy D. Lee, B.H.K., B.Sc. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Louisiana State)/Kinesiology
Terri L. Lewis, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)/ Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Daphne M. Maurer, B.A. (Swarthmore), M.A. (Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Minnesota)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
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 Agricultural University, India), M.S.(Louisiana State), Ph.D. (Memorial)/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
Colin A. Nurse, B.E.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Harvard)/Biology
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
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
David Shore, B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Peter Szatmari, B.Sc, M.Sc., M.D. (McMaster)/ Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Henry Szechtman, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Laurel J. Trainor, B.Mus., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
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

Associate Professors

Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Ph.D. (Connecticut)/Kinesiology
James R. Bain, N.S. (Western), M.Sc. (Toronto), M.D. (Western)/Surgery
Ian Bruce, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne) / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bruce K. Christensen, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Wayne State), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Laurie C. Doering, B.Sc (Queen’s), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Reuven Dukas, B.A. (Jerusalem), Ph.D. (North Carolina State)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Qiyin Fang, B.S. (Nankai), M.S. (East Carolina University) Ph.D. (East Carolina University)/Department of Engineering Physics School of Biomedical Engineering
Paul Faure, B.Sc, M.Sc. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Cornell)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
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
Alison Holloway, B.Sc, PhD/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Division of Reproductive Biology
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
James Lyons, B.A., M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)/Kinesiology
Randi McCabe, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael Noseworthy, H.B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D. (Guelph)/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elyanne Ratcliffe, M.D. (McMaster)/Pediatrics
Mel Rutherford, B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-Santa Barbara)/Canada Research Chair/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Boris Sakic, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Ravi Selvanagapathy, B.S. (CERI), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)/Mechanical Engineering
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
Ray Truant, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
John Turnbull, B.Sc. (York), M.Sc. (Laval), M.D. (Western), Ph.D. (Montreal), F.R.C.P.(C)/Medical Sciences
Scott Watter, Ph.D. (Indiana)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Assistant Professors

Paul Andrews, B. Eng. (Arizona), L.L.B. (Illinois), Ph.D. (New Mexico)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Rebecca Anglin, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)/Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Nick Bock/Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences (Neurobiology)
Steven Brown, Ph.D. (Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
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
Joe Gabriele, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience
Michael Kiang, A.B. (Harvard), M.D. (Toronto), Ph.D. (UC San Diego)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Margaret C. McKinnon, B.A. (Windsor), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather Moulden, PhD (Ottawa) C Psych/Department of Psychiatry and 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 Saddi, M.D., Ph.D. (Sao Paulo)/Psychiatry & 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)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences.

Professors Emeriti

Larry E. Roberts, B.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Meir Steiner, M.D. (Tel Aviv University), Ph.D. (Michigan), F.R.C.P.C., C.P.S.O/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sandra Witelson, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)/ Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Programs

Master

Neuroscience, M.Sc.

Doctoral

Neuroscience, Ph.D

Course Offerings

Neuroscience Courses