The Neuroscience Collaborative Specialization offers an opportunity for MSc/MBS/PhD students engaged neuroscience research to enhance their departmental degree program with additional multidisciplinary experience. This unique study combination provides students with the best possible foundation for academic careers in neuroscience and related areas. The Collaborative Specialization in Neuroscience includes participation from core faculty members in the following departments: Animal Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Studies, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, Integrative Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Pathobiology, Philosophy (PhD only), Population Medicine and Psychology. Students wishing to pursue a Master’s or PhD degree with the designation Neuroscience must enter the Collaborative Specialization in Neuroscience through a participating department.
Administrative Staff
Director and Graduate Program Coordinator
Jasmin Lalonde (3460 Science Complex, Ext. 54706)
jlalon07@uoguelph.ca
Graduate Program Assistant
Jillian Cockwell (4480 Science Complex, Ext. 56246)
cbsmcbgrad@uoguelph.ca
College Representatives
Craig Bailey (OVC)
Jasmin Lalonde (CBS)
Boyer Winters (CSAHS)
Graduate Faculty
This list may include Regular Graduate Faculty, Associated Graduate Faculty and/or Graduate Faculty from other universities.
Naseem Al-Aidroos
B.Sc. Waterloo, MA, PhD Toronto – Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty
Sarah Alderman
Assistant Professor
Graduate Faculty
Craig D. Bailey
B.Sc., PhD Queen’s – Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty
Andrew J. Bendall
B.Sc. Australian National, PhD Macquarie – Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty
Leah Bent
B.Sc., M.Sc. Guelph, PhD British Columbia – Professor
Graduate Faculty
Nicholas J. Bernier
B.Sc. McGill, Diploma Aquaculture Malaspina College, M.Sc. British Columbia, PhD Ottawa – Professor
Graduate Faculty
Elena Choleris
B.Sc., PhD Parma (Italy) – Professor
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Donald Dedrick
BA, MA Carleton, PhD Toronto – Associate Professor
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Giannina Descalzi
BA Guelph, M.Sc., PhD Toronto – Assistant Professor
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Mark J. Fenske
B.Sc. Lethbridge, MA, PhD Waterloo – Professor
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Christopher Fiacconi
B.Sc. Western, PhD McMaster – Assistant Professor
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Andreas Heyland
B.Sc., M.Sc. Zurich, PhD Florida – Professor
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Fiona James
HB.Sc. Toronto, M.Sc. Western, DVM, D.V.Sc. Guelph, Dipl. ACVIM – Associate Professor
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Nina Jones
B.Sc. Guelph, PhD Toronto – Professor
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Bettina E. Kalisch
B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD Queen’s – Associate Professor
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Jibran Khokhar
B.Sc. Queen’s, PhD Toronto – Assistant Professor
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Frederic Laberge
B.Sc., M.Sc. Laval, PhD Manitoba – Associate Professor
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Jasmin Lalonde
BA Ottawa, MA, PhD McGill – Assistant Professor
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Francesco Leri
BA, MA, PhD McGill – Professor
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Ray Lu
B.Sc. Wuhan (China), M.Sc. Beijing Medical, PhD Saskatchewan – Associate Professor
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David W. L. Ma
B.Sc., PhD Alberta – Professor
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Neil J. MacLusky
B.Sc. Leeds, PhD London – Professor
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Georgia Mason
BA, PhD Cambridge – Professor
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Robert L. McLaughlin
B.Sc. Windsor, M.Sc. Queen’s, PhD McGill – Associate Professor
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Daniel V. Meegan
BA SUNY Albany, PhD McMaster – Associate Professor
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Robert T. Mullen
B.Sc., PhD Alberta – Professor
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Jennifer Murray
B.Sc. Nebraska-Kearney, MA, PhD Nebraska-Lincoln – Assistant Professor
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Lee E. Niel
B.Sc. Simon Fraser, PhD British Columbia – Assistant Professor
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Melissa Perreault
B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD McMaster – Associate Professor
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Geoffrey A. Power
BKin, M.Sc. Memorial, PhD Western – Associate Professor
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Tarek M. Saleh
B.Sc., PhD Western Ontario – Professor and Chair
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Shaun Sanders
B.Sc., PhD British Columbia – Assistant Professor
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Angela Scott
B.Sc. Saskatchewan, PhD University of British Columbia – Assistant Professor
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Rebecca Shapiro
B.Sc. McGill, PhD Toronto – Assistant Professor
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John Z. Srbely
B.Sc. Laurentian, DC Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, PhD Guelph – Associate Professor
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Lana M. Trick
B.Sc. Calgary, MA, PhD Western Ontario – Professor
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Lori A. Vallis
B.Sc., MA Ottawa, PhD Waterloo – Professor
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Terry Van Raay
B.Sc. Windsor, M.Sc. Guelph, PhD Utah – Associate Professor
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Boyer D. Winters
BA Dalhousie, PhD Cambridge – Professor
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John L. Zettel
BS Waterloo, M.Sc., PhD Toronto – Associate Professor
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