Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at Penn State College of Medicine
The mission of the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics is to generate new knowledge to understand the nervous system in health and disease, to develop novel treatments and to provide high-quality training and education for the next generation of scientists and physicians.
Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at Penn State College of Medicine. Our faculty include innovative neuroscientists and pharmacologists who work to understand the nervous system, its contribution to disease, and novel avenues for treatment. Areas of study include: olfaction, feeding and obesity; degenerative retinal diseases; type 2 diabetes and its effect on bodyweight, the cardiovascular system and stroke; stress, pain and addiction; and neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration including the impact of spinal cord injury, ageing and age-related diseases (e.g., cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease) on neurons, glia and the vasculature.
Educationally, the department is involved in graduate and medical education and training. Our former trainees are employed as physicians, professors, entrepreneurs, research scientists and administrators throughout the world. Our faculty serve as educational leaders within the university and across the nation. We are assistant deans, program directors, center directors, course directors, textbook authors, and PhD and MD/PhD program directors.
This is an exciting time. Please join us for graduate school, for a postdoctoral position, or as a faculty member. We are ... Penn State Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics!
Patricia Sue Grigson, PhD
Professor and Chair, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Director, Penn State Addiction Center for Translation
Penn State College of Medicine