Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Research and Post Grad Life
Studying psychology and behavioral neuroscience prepares you for the rigors of graduate school and for a career. Faculty conduct research in a range of areas and involve students as collaborators. As a student you will have opportunities to conduct research during the academic year or during the summer at our Cornell Summer Research Institute. You might collaborate with faculty or with a number of research programs at other institutions.
Recent research conducted at Cornell
- Improving Eating Disorder Prevention and Treatment via the Development of an Enhanced Dissonance-Based Paradigm
- Cognitive Imbalance Connection to Soccer Ball Heading
Recent collaborative research programs at other institutions
- Department of Cognition and Information Sciences, Chiba University in Japan
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa
- Huntington’s Disease Center for Excellence, University of Iowa
Recent Cornell psychology alumni careers
- Issue resolution analyst
- Genetic counselor
- Therapist
- Director of wellness services
- Senior specialist, health care program development and implementation
Recent grad schools attended
- Ph.D., neuroscience, the University of Utah
- M.A., clinical mental health counseling, University of Northern Iowa
- Ph.D., biochemistry and molecular biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Ph.D., counseling psychology, the University of Iowa
- M.A., applied sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston