The program is housed within the º£½Ç½ûÇø College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience and the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center.

 

º£½Ç½ûÇøNeu-PREP is a two year, NIH-funded post baccalaureate program at the º£½Ç½ûÇø. This is a training program for recent college graduates who are interested in research careers in neuroscience, but lacked access to research opportunities as undergraduates.

This two-year post baccalaureate program includes mentored laboratory research and experience, graduate level courses, opportunities for professional development, and mentorship.

Program Goals

  •  2-year post-baccalaureate neuroscience training program 
  • Prepare participants for entry into neuroscience graduate degree programs
  • Connect participants to research opportunities and holistic, culturally-competent mentorship
Program Goals
  •  2-year post-baccalaureate neuroscience training program 
  • Prepare participants for entry into neuroscience graduate degree programs
  • Connect participants to research opportunities and holistic, culturally-competent mentorship

Program Offerings

  • $36,000/year salary + benefits
  • 75% research + 25% coursework
  • Interact with other training programs e.g. All Access Research Training Scholars (AARTS); Stem Through Authentic Research Training: (S.T.A.R.T); Neurobiology of CNS Injury T32 graduate training program
Program Offerings
  • $36,000/year salary + benefits
  • 75% research + 25% coursework
  • Interact with other training programs e.g. All Access Research Training Scholars (AARTS); Stem Through Authentic Research Training: (S.T.A.R.T); Neurobiology of CNS Injury T32 graduate training program

Eligibility

  • Neuroscience or related undergraduate education
  • Baccalaureate degree from an institution without substantial research opportunities (undergraduate institution does not have a doctoral degree program in neuroscience)
  • Participants must not currently be enrolled in a degree seeking program when starting the program and must have obtained a baccalaureate no more that 36 months prior to applying to the program
Eligibility
  • Neuroscience or related undergraduate education
  • Baccalaureate degree from an institution without substantial research opportunities (undergraduate institution does not have a doctoral degree program in neuroscience)
  • Participants must not currently be enrolled in a degree seeking program when starting the program and must have obtained a baccalaureate no more that 36 months prior to applying to the program

Get in Touch with the Program Directors

Email the program directors for more information: 

Recruitment - Luke Bradley, PhD: lhbradley@uky.edu  

Program On-boarding - John C. Gensel, PhD: gensel.1@uky.edu 
 

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About the Program Directors

Luke H. Bradley, PhD


Positions Held:
  • Regular Faculty
  • Acting Chair

John Carib Gensel, PhD


Positions Held:
  • Director-Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC)
  • Professor of Physiology
  • SCoBIRC Endowed Chair #5.