Annual Report 2010   The Neuroscience Ph.D. Program at The
University of Iowa promotes interaction among faculty and
students and fosters a collegial and collaborative environment
for investigating the structure and function of the nervous
system and its role in determining behavior. The program
emphasizes a highly interdisciplinary orientation and is tied to
the National Institute of Health's mission to foster
improvements in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
nervous system disorders, and to develop knowledge in the basic
sciences fundamental to this purpose. The neuroscience program
is committed to training a diverse and highly expert workforce
of neuroscientists who will assume leadership roles related to
the nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda.  Areas
of study include molecular biology, developmental and cell
biology, neuroimaging, experimental neuropsychology, and the
cognitive sciences. The neuroscience community is poised for a
quantum leap in the understanding of the biologica