Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Q&A with Ted Abel and Lane Strathearn

FOEDRC Chair

EXPLORING LIFE, INSPIRING INNOVATION

Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Faculty

Iowans, we stand with you

Ted Abel appointed to NAMHC

FACULTY RECRUITMENT

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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

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MEET OUR TEAM

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RESEARCH

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EDUCATION

A wide array of educational opportunities are available in the department's undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs.

News

Meet a biomedical science student: Misty Perez

Matt Potthoff One of Eight Faculty Receives Seeding Excellence Initiative award

6 UI faculty honored with 2023 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Autism combined with high IQ increases risk of suicidal thoughts

Black History Month - February 2023

Events

Pain Research Program Seminar - Steven Cohen, MD

Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 9:00am to 10:00am

"Nociplastic pain and other predictors of pain procedure outcomes" Presented by Steven Cohen, MD Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Dir., Pain Medicine Division of Medical Education Johns Hopkins University

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar Series - Raajaram (Raaj) Gowrishankar, PhD

Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Dynamic endogenous opioid neuromodulation shapes goal-directed behavior" Presented by Raajaram (Raaj) Gowrishankar, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Washington