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 neural sciences by providing meaningful research opportunities in a collaborative, resource-rich environment. We offer programs in five research areas: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience; Circuits & Systems Neuroscience; Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience; Clinical & Health Neuroscience; and Computational Neuroscience & 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: neuroinf@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://neuroscience.mcmaster.ca

Faculty/Fall 2024

Professors

James R. Bain, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.(C)(Toronto)/Surgery
Sigal Balshine, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cambridge)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Patrick Bennett, B.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Peter Bieling, B.Sc, M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Ian C. Bruce, B.Eng., Ph.D. (Melbourne), P. Eng., F.A.S.A./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 A. Faure, B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Cornell)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Jane Foster, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Benicio Frey, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC (Universidade Federal do RioGrande do Sul)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Bhagwati Gupta, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (TATA Institute)/Biology
Todd Hoare, B.Sc, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Chemical Engineering
Suleiman A. Igdoura, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)/Biology
Paul S. Links, MD, FRCPC/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
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
Bruce Milliken, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo) /Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
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
Sukhvinder Obhi, Ph.D. (University College London)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Elyanne M. Ratcliffe, MD (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C./Pediatrics
Michel P. Rathbone, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/ Medicine - Neurology
Mel Rutherford, B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (California-Santa Barbara)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Zainab (Zena) Samaan, M.Sc., DMMD, Ph.D., MRCPsych/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Louis A. Schmidt, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maryland)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Ponnambalam (Ravi) Selvaganapathy, B.S., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)/Mechanical Engineering
Elisabet Service, Ph.D. (Helsinki)/Linguistics & Languages
Heather Sheardown, Ph.D., FCAE, FAIMBE, FIUSBE/Chemical Engineering
David I. Shore, B.Sc., (McMaster) M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Lehana Thabane, Ph.D.(Western)/Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
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
Ryan J Van Lieshout, MD, Ph.D. (McMaster), FRCP(C)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Judith A. West-Mays, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Associate Professors

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
Teresa (Terry) Bennett, MD,Ph.D. FRCPC (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Nicholas Bock, Ph.D./Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Khrista Boylan, MD, Ph.D., BSc, FRCPC (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Steven Brown, Ph.D. (Columbia)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
David Feinberg, B.Sc., Ph.D. (St. Andrews)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Stelios Georgiades, BA, MA, Ph.D. (McMaster)/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
Andrea Gonzalez, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Jennifer Heisz, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Kinesiology
Karin Humphreys, Ph.D. (Illinois)/Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Melissa Kimber, BA, BSW, MSW, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Wolfgang Kunze, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Bruno Losier, Ph.D.(Dalhousie), CPsych, ABPP(CN)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Luciano Minuzzi, Ph.D., MD./Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Heather Moulden, Ph.D. (Ottawa) C Psych/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Daniel Pape, Ph.D. (Humboldt)/Linguistics & Languages
Sébastien Prat, MD, MA, MBA /Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
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

Assistant Professors

Daniel Ambrosini, BA, LLB/BCL, M.Sc, Ph.D. (McGill)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Jenna Boyd, Ph.D. (McMaster), C. Psych /Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Christian Brodbeck, Ph.D. (New York University)/Computing & Software
Jonathan J Cannon, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Boston University)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Katrina Choe, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Dante Duarte, MD, M.Sc, Ph.D. /Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Lauren Fink, B.Mus., MPhil., M.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Davis)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Joe Gabriele, Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Fabiano Alves Gomes, MD, MSc, PhD (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Taylor Hatchard, Ph.D. (Ottawa), C.Psych/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Katherine Holshausen, MSc, Ph.D. (Queens)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Andrew A. Nicholson, PhD (Western University)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Christopher Rowley, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster) / Physics and Astronomy
Roberto Sassi, MD, Ph.D. (Sao Paulo)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Maiko Schneider, MD, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD, FRCPC/Medicine
Aftab Taiyab, Ph.D./Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Irina Trofimova, Ph.D. (Institute of Psychology, Rus Academy of Sciences)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Professors Emeriti

Alexander K. Ball, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)/Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Suzanna Becker, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
John Connolly, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (King’s College London)/Anesthesia
Hubert deBruin, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Electrical & Computer Engineering
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
Ram K. Mishra, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. (Memorial University)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Erwin B. Montgomery, MD/Medicine - Neurology
Lennard P. Niles, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
James Reilly, B.A.Sc. (Waterlooo), M. Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Allison B. Sekuler, B.A., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)/Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Judith M. Shedden, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)/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