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Dr. Harvey Karten was recently awarded the Sanford Palay Award by the
Editorial Board of J. Comparative Neurology and the Officers of the Cajal
Club. Palay was the founder of the field of ultrastructure of the brain,
and long term editor-in-chief of the Journal of Comparative Neurology. It
is considered to be one of the most honored of awards given to experimental
neuroanatomists.
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The Department of Neurosciences is dedicated to advancing all areas of research, education and clinical care related to the nervous system. We are committed to exploring every opportunity to integrate, accelerate and strengthen the research, educational and clinical enterprise to ensure that the department will continue to be a leader in the field of neurosciences. Our goals are to conduct state-of-the-art bench to bedside neurosciences research, to be the preeminent teaching institution in the nation and to set the standard for excellence in patient care. |
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Welcome from the Chair
 The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine
enjoys a unique structure in which basic scientists, clinicians, and
clinical researchers coexist with in one department. This model is in
large part responsible for propelling UCSD forward by integrating
basic and clinical disciplines.
The Department of Neurosciences is composed of 33 ladder-rank
faculty members, 23 research and project scientists, and 27 faculty
who hold adjunct and joint appointments. Additionally, there are 61
individuals outside the university who participate in our clinical
teaching programs. We are proud that Neurosciences at UCSD ranks
first out of 90 competitors in overall NIH grant funding.Read more...
Doris A. Trauner, MD
Professor and Interim Chair
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Dr. Jody Corey-Bloom on UCSD-TV program that receives an Emmy..
UCSD-TV's signature interview series "Health Matters" received a 2008 Emmy
Award in the Health/Science Program category for "Health Matters: MS Doesn't
Have Me."click on the link
Infectious disease of Nervous systems pathogenesis and worldwide impact conference is part of the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the opening of the Institut Pasteur, which was created in 1888 to develop studies on vaccination and infection. Louis Pasteur indeed prepared the first live attenuated virus vaccine against rabies. Click detail..
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