Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Education: The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy has a major teaching role in the Health Sciences Center. We offer anatomy courses for medical and dental students, and a large combined undergraduate introductory course for students of nursing, pharmacy, dental hygiene and physical therapy. Students of dental hygiene, physical therapy and physical education are also provided with additional undergraduate courses geared to their particular needs. Graduate courses in the Department serve neuroscience, anatomy, other basic science graduate students, and post-graduate students in dentistry and medicine.
Research: Our own research labs are focused on the following fields: brain, neuroscience, central nervous system, pulmonary disease and function, microcirculation, anatomy, and brain development. We collaborate with other researchers in the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and several Interdisciplinary Center's of the HSC.
Health Sciences Support: The Department supports the University-wide research community through our Microscopy and Image Analysis Facility which consists of several state-of-the-art microscopy and image analysis systems. We are also home to the statewide Human Gift Registry Program which manages human body donations that are used in our medical training and research. |
