Research Opportunities
Research provides critical skills that you will need no matter what your career aspirations are. It also allows you to develop and tailor projects to your areas of interest.
Opportunities to start research in faculty laboratories begin as early as your first year.
Remember that research isn't about "working in a lab" – it’s a process of discovery where students use the scientific method to generate new knowledge and drive the process of learning.
Why Research Is Important
- It helps improve academic skills such as reading, writing, organizational and time management skills.
- Research is a tremendous learning experience - it teaches you how to think critically, "how to learn" and how to find things out for yourself.
- You'll learn how to organize, analyze, and interpret data.
- Research helps develop personal qualities like patience, persistence and industry.
- It serves as a bonding experience with your co-workers (faculty and classmates).
How To Get Involved
Think carefully if research is right for you before getting involved. Talk with fellow students and with your professors. Remember that research involvement should be part of your academic plan. It is not something in which you "dabble."
Scranton neuroscience students participate in research through a number of different venues:
Faculty Research
As trained professionals in their respective fields, our faculty members are deeply involved in research. They use this process of inquiry not only to advance knowledge and generate information, but also to inform their teaching.Our professors maintain active and vibrant research programs on a diversity of areas such as:
- cellular and molecular neuroscience
- cognitive neuroscience
- nerve cell regeneration
- neuroanatomy
- neurodevelopment
- neurophysiology
- learning and memory
- animal and human behavior
This diversity of research creates a strong research culture that’s ideally suited for student involvement. Our faculty routinely publish peer reviewed articles and give research presentations at international conferences with students.