Outside the lab, our intensive curriculum focuses on neuroscience knowledge, scientific communication and graduate school preparation. Students gain skills essential to entering and succeeding in PhD or MD/PhD programs.
Neuroscience Knowledge
- Teen Brain: A week-long introduction to key neuroscience concepts and topics, including the neurobiology of the adolescent brain.
- Research seminars: Talks about neuroscience and different paths to becoming a neuroscientist.
- ENDURE-ing Synapses: A series of online, academic-year workshops to develop scientific analysis, presentation and networking skills.
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference: With 30,000 attendees and 15,000 scientific presentations, SfN is an unprecedented opportunity to network with top neuroscientists and discover the depth and breadth of neuroscience research. Program scholars attend and present at this meeting each Fall.
Science Communication
- Science writing: Fellowship and manuscript writing courses.
- Communicating science workshops: Crafting a scientific poster and elevator speech.
- Summer Research Symposium: End-of-program poster session where students present their work to the WUSTL community, family and friends.
Graduate School Preparation
- Pathways to graduate school: Sessions on the admissions process, feedback on personal statements and mock interviews.
- Advising: Personalized, one-on-one mentoring to discuss academic and career goals and creation of an individual development plan.
ENDURE is pleased to present up to two mentors with our Outstanding Mentor Award each summer. This year we awarded Nimansha Jain and Dr. Jo Etzel as Outstanding Mentors at the 2022 Closing Symposium on August 4, 2022 at the Eric P Neuman Education Center (EPNEC).