Neuroscience Program Student Resources

The DeNardo Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (NeuroSURF) Program supports SLU undergraduate students for a 10-week summer research program designed for students with a committed interest in cutting-edge research in many disciplines of neuroscience. This program is funded through the DeNardo Education and Research Foundation and sponsored by the Neuroscience Program and the Henry and Amelia Nasrallah Center for Neuroscience.

• Emily Haar (2022)
• Carla Hamwi (2022)
• Julia Lanfersieck (2022)
• Andrew Hill (2022)
• Shalmali Mirajkar (2021)
• Casey Nichols (2021)
• Laasyapriya Sarva (2021)

The College of Arts and Sciences annually presents the James D. Collins Awards for Excellence in Student Academic Achievement to recognize scholarship and creative achievements among undergraduate students. This award is given to a senior that has demonstrated outstanding work as a neuroscience major.

Award recipients:

• Dhvanii Raval (2022)

• Rossana Sandoval (2021)
• Scott Lee (2020)
• Prerana Jayanth (2019)
• Elizabeth Erickson (2018)
• Sheetal Sethupathi (2017)
• Grace Milburn (2016)

The William S. Stark Undergraduate Research Award was established in 2019 to recognize emeritus professor William S. Stark's exemplary contributions the neuroscience program. The award honors a graduating neuroscience student who has demonstrated excellence in research.

Award recipients:

• Shalmali Mirajkar (2022)

• Patricia Mansfield (2021)
• Hannah Wilks (2020)
• Madison L. Richey (2019)

The Senior Legacy Symposium is an annual event that celebrates the achievements and abilities of Saint Louis University students. The following students were selected by the Neuroscience Program to showcase their culminating academic achievements to the SLU community through creative and poster presentations.

Presenters:

• Shalmali Mirajkar (2022)

• Priya Shah/Nimmy Tomy/Aubrey Czarnik (2022)

• Gabe Sweezy (2022)

• Chidera Agwu (2021)
• Hannah Wilks (2020)
• Sonia Jolly (2020)
• Wendy Teal (2020)
• Himani Aligireddy (2019)
• Ryanan Jayanth (2019)
• Ross Pelzel (2019)
• Jason Cocjin/Uddish Mondal (2018) 
• Elizabeth Erickson (2018) 
• Pallavi Mhaskar (2018) 
• Sheetal Sethupathi (2017) 
• Suriya Subramanian (2017) 
• Denish Jaswal/Daniel Sprehe (2017) 

Isabelle Baugh (2023) was selected to participate in the Washington University ASPIRE Program Summer 2022.

 

Harsha Bollepalli (2023) was selected to participate in the Washington University Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Institute for Public Health Summer 2022 Research Program.

 

Chidera Agwu (2021) was selected to participate in the Washington University Institute for Public Health Aging & Neurological Diseases Summer 2019 Research Program.

Scott Lee ('20) was selected to participate in the Washington University Institute for Public Health Aging & Neurological Diseases Summer 2018 Research Program.

You must be a graduate of an accredited high school or have an acceptable score on the GED. An official high school transcript and official test scores are required only if you who have attempted fewer than 24 transferable semester hours of college credit.

If you have completed 24 college credit hours or more, you need only submit a transcript from previously attended colleges. In reviewing your file, the Office of Admission will holistically examine your academic performance in college-level coursework as an indicator of your ability to meet the academic rigors of Saint Louis University.

In addition, if you transfer as a sophomore and intend to major in neuroscience you must have transfer credits for PSY 1010, BIOL 1240/1245, BIOL 1260/1265, CHEM 1110/1115 and CHEM 1120/1125 with a grade of B- or better in each course. If you transfer as a junior, you must also have transfer credits for BIOL 3020 and BIOL 3040 with a 3.0 GPA in these courses.

The research interests of our associated faculty include:

• Autonomic systems neuroscience
• Affective neuroscience
• Behavioral neuroscience
• Biomedical engineering
• Cellular and molecular neuroscience
• Clinical neurology
• Clinical psychology
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Computational neuroscience
• Developmental neuroscience
• Motor system neuroscience
• Nerve regeneration
• Neurodegeneration
• Neuroendocrine
• Neuroimaging
• Neuroimmunology
• Neurophysiology
• Neuropsychology
• Neurosurgery
• Pain
• Pharmacology
• Psychiatry
• Rehabilitation
• Sensory systems neuroscience
• Sleep disorders
• Spinal cord injury

Study abroad offers many valuable opportunities and all students are encouraged to consider this option. However, many courses in the neuroscience sequence have prerequisites that are only offered once a year. Summer abroad programs avoid any possible scheduling conflicts. Students wishing to take a semester abroad should take NEUR 3400: Introduction to Neuroscience 1 in the spring of their sophomore year and travel abroad in their junior year. Spring semester is preferred for the neuroscience sequence; fall semester may be recommended by pre-professional health office. If you travel in fall of junior year, then you will take NEUR 3500: Introduction to Neuroscience 2 in fall of senior year.