Tufts School of Medicine Neuroscience Department

09/16/2026

Registration is now open for the 15th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium & William Shucart Lecture! Join us on October 8th at Tufts University School of Medicine for a day of exciting science exploring neural metabolism across scales, from cellular bioenergetics to systemic energy homeostasis.

Register and learn more at the link below.

Please join us in person for the 15th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture on Thursday, October 8th, 2026.

03/26/2026

Prof. Jamie Maguire, PhD, of Tufts University School of Medicine has received a 2026 Distinguished Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

Her research targets treatment-resistant depression by exploring a novel, biology-driven approach with potential to impact multiple psychiatric disorders.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/CSnR50Ywk9m

10/02/2025

We are just two weeks away from the 14th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium & Shucart Lecture! Register and learn more at the link below.

Please join us in person for the 14th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture on Thursday, October 16th, 2025.

07/03/2025

We are excited to share that Professor Chris Dulla, PhD has been named permanent Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and will be proposed as the Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine!

Over the past 15 years at Tufts, Dr. Dulla has established himself as a prominent researcher in brain function and neurological disorders, as well as a nationally recognized mentor and educator.

Congratulations to Dr. Dulla on this well-earned appointment! We look forward to the department’s continued growth and excellence under his leadership.

Congrats to Professor Chris Dulla, PhD, who has been named permanent Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and will be proposed as the Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience at TUSM! 🎊 Dr. Dulla is a distinguished neuroscientist whose research has significantly advanced our unders...

04/01/2025

We are excited to officially welcome our new faculty member, Assistant Professor Emily Newman, PhD!

A triple Jumbo and accomplished neuroscientist, Dr. Newman joins TUSM as the inaugural Ghahreman Khodadad Professor of Neuroscience. Her research focuses on the neurobiology of social interactions and aggression, female chronic social stress, and the neurocircuitry and molecular mechanisms that underlie stress and fear-related disorders.

The professorship is named for neurosurgeon Ghahreman Khodadad, MD, whose generous gift also established the Ghahreman Khodadad Center for the Study of Excessive Pathological Selfishness (EPS) based at TUSM. The center is dedicated to developing an understanding of the neurobiological underpinnings of EPS, bridging biology and behavior.

To learn more about the Khodadad Center, please visit:
https://medicine.tufts.edu/research/research-labs-centers/research-centers/khodadad-center

02/21/2025

Recent studies from the Maguire Lab provide exciting new insights into the complex relationship between past experiences and behavioral outcomes, especially related to stress and social interactions. Their findings could have significant implications for understanding psychiatric disorders.

School of Medicine researchers manipulate neural circuits in mice that make social interaction more or less rewarding.

11/18/2024

Thanks to all who joined us for the 13th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture on November 7th!

Each year, the full-day event features engaging research talks and discussions from prominent leaders in Neuroscience as well as short talks by Tufts Neuroscience trainees. This year’s program highlighted advances in systems, cognitive and computational neuroscience.

The final lecture of the day honors Dr. William Shucart, former professor and chair of Neurosurgery at TUSM, who advocated for education, collaboration and exchange between clinicians and basic science researchers.

This year’s event drew nearly 100 attendees across disciplines including Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Psychiatry, as well as individuals from many Boston area schools and industries. Check out more event photos.

10/31/2024

We are just one week away from our 13th annual Neuroscience Symposium & William Shucart Lecture! Learn more and register below.

Please join us in person for the 13th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture on Thursday, November 7th, 2024.

10/24/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Michele Jacob for receiving an Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Scholar Award. These inaugural awards support breakthrough treatments for rare diseases across neurologic, oncologic, and metabolic disease areas.

The award will advance the efforts of Dr. Jacob and colleagues to develop an efficacious treatment for CTNNB1 syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder linked with motor and intellectual disabilities and some forms of autism, that currently lacks treatment options.

Their team’s latest findings, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, provide the first evidence that an efficacious drug treatment can be developed to potentially mitigate and even reverse the cognitive and motor symptoms of the disorder.

Learn more about their research on CTNNB1:

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) have identified a small molecule that, in mouse and human cell models, rectifies the underlying molecular cause of a rare genetic developmental disorder linked with motor and intellectual disabil...

09/09/2024

Neuroscientist Phil Haydon hopes his recent win in the Newport Bermuda sailing race will help inspire others with epilepsy to live fuller lives.