SUMMARY  |  AGENDA

2008 Annual Spring Meeting

The annual Spring Meeting of the ANDP was held in Bethesda, MD on May 3 and May 4, 2008, and featured a number of exciting and lively sessions on topics relevant to the present and future of neuroscience education and research. Topics included reports on the 2007 ANDP Survey of Neuroscience Programs, and on the National Research Council’s Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs, and a discussion of what this information may mean; recent trends in the evaluation of NIH training grants from a reviewer’s perspective; the challenge of promoting diversity in neuroscience training programs; neuroscience training and education from an international view; and the impact of the current NIH funding drought on the future of graduate programs. Dr. Shirley Malcom, Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science was our after-dinner speaker on May 3, and addressed the issue of “Women and minorities in neuroscience: Is there a future?“.  Copies of the powerpoint presentations of the speakers/panelists are linked to the 2008 ANDP Spring Meeting agenda on this website.  In addition, this year we announced a new ANDP travel fellowship program to encourage participation by programs/institutions who have not attended the meeting before. 

Michael Lehman
President, ANDP