Center for Neuroscience

Research Support. Many neuroscience faculty members conduct research funded from external sources such as NIH, NSF, foundations, and industry. An aim of the Center for Neuroscience is to make the sum of individual research projects greater than the individual components.

One means of making the sum greater than the parts is by facilitating interactions and collaborations among neuroscience laboratories. A model at Temple University for this facilitation is evident in the Center for Substance Abuse that invites faculty to interact in a bi-weekly speakers series over lunch. Faculty members participating in the Center have successfully applied for a Program Project research grant that binds them together in a common research endeavor and provides them with core facilities and resources. Another model is the 18-member Psychology Department Neuroscience Group that initiated meetings in 2007. Having a number of faculty members working in the neuroscience domain has been synergistic. Collaborations between members of this group resulted in collaborative individual awards from NSF and NIH and an NSF Center grant.

The Center for Neuroscience supports research by providing core staff to manage resources. Among the centrally shared resources is a Patient Registry/Database created and housed in the Center to facilitate access to unique patient populations and foster interactions between basic and clinical neuroscience.

If you have questions about research you may contact Asim Malik, Research Coordinator for the Neuroscience Program, at asim.malik@temple.edu.