May 2005: Last posted update of program information supplied by institution.
If applicable, accreditation has been confirmed as of May 2006.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Degree granted: Ph.D. in Psychology, Integrative Physiology, Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology
Training available: Masters, Doctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Current enrollment: 15 Doctoral, 7 Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Number of graduates in last 2 years: 1 Masters, 4 Doctoral
Faculty status: 26 Ph.D., 1 M.D.
Areas of concentration: behavioral genetics, biochemical genetics, developmental genetics, epidemiology, gene mapping, molecular genetics, pharmacogenetics, population genetics, Bioinformatics, Genomics
Clinical training fellowships:
ABMG accreditation:
Financial support: NIMH predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships;
NICHD predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships;
NIDA predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships;
Graduate student research assistantships and teaching assistantships, and extensive individual RO-1 and center grant support for postdoctoral training.
Application deadline: Complete by January 1st for Graduate students. Postdoctoral training has no deadline
Contact: Dr. Marissa A. Ehringer, Ph.D., Training Program Director, University of Colorado, Boulder, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, 447 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0447, Tel: 303-492-1463, Fax: 303-492-8063, E-mail: info@ibg.colorado.edu
Web homepage: http://ibgwww.colorado.edu
The Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG) provides an interdisciplinary training program that interacts synergistically with the many research projects, both human and non-human, conducted under the auspices of its faculty. The research projects emphasize many areas related to behavioral genetics, including aging, developmental psychology, neurobiology, neuropharmacology, pharmacogenetics, quantitative genetics, molecular biology, molecular genetics, and evolutionary biology. Complementing intensive research training is a core program of courses in which students learn to apply the principles and techniques of genetics to the analysis of behavior. Because IBG is not a degree-granting unit of the Graduate School, each trainee must be a degree candidate in an academic department of the University. The Institute has faculty and graduate student liaisons with several departments on the Boulder campus. There are also research and training links between IBG and the Departments of Pharmacology, Psychiatry and School of Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, as well as the Department of Psychology at Denver University.