A
Message from Mark B. Moss, PhD
Chairman
of Anatomy & Neurobiology
The
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology has had a long-standing national
reputation for its research contributions and achievements in the area
of systems neuroscience. Research programs in the Department have
expanded over the past five years and now include Cerebral Systems,
Cognitive Neurobiology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Neuroimaging.
Specific research areas include the neurobiology of aging and age-related
disease including hypertension, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease,
the organization and connectivity of the cerebral cortex, retinal neurobiology,
sensorimotor function, sleep and circadian rhythms, neurodegeneration
and cell death, neuronal plasticity and development.
The
Department boasts one the nation’s recently awarded Centers of Excellence
in the study of Autism, and a long-standing NIH-NIA Program Project
focused on the neural basis of cognitive decline in normal aging. Just
recently, the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University
School of Medicine was awarded and cited by the Carnegie Foundation
as a Partner Department in the Initiative for the Doctorate in Neuroscience.
The
Department has a long-standing record for its excellence in teaching,
and our graduate students have ample opportunities to teach at all levels
at the Medical School through our “Vesalius” program – a training module
in how to teach in the biomedical sciences. The Department offers
courses that include Human Gross Anatomy, Neurosciences, Microscopic
Anatomy, Neural Development and Plasticity, Neurobiology of Aging, Neuroanatomical
Basis of Neurological Disease, advanced Clinical Anatomy, Techniques
in Neuroscience as well as other special topics in the Neurosciences.
Sincerely,
Mark
B. Moss, PhD
Chairman
