umass: med vs amherst

[dagkoc]

Please guys tell me what is the difference between these two? I am looking for neuroscience.

[funkydays]

Can you tell me more about your research interests specifically?  UMass Med and UMass Amherst have different focuses in their curriculum and training, so it would depend on where your interests lie.  

[dagkoc]

I am now between three, trying to justify primary interest. Psychiatry,cognitive and neuroendo.

[funkydays]

Based on your comment, you said psychiatry/cognitive/neuroendo as your interests.  Those are closely related fields of interests so you might not need to just pick one.  I suggest you take a look at the research the faculty does at each program and decide which would align best with your interests.  

 

UMass Amherst does a lot of basic research, so you'll see a wide range of topics and fields of research (evo devo, plant, human, etc).  UMass Med is half basic, half biomedical.  So there are some labs that do basic research, but there's also labs that are doing translational med or are researching a specific disease model.  So it's really up to your own interests and what type of research you would want to do in the future.

[yolk]

I recommend applying to both and forming your opinion during the interviews. I interviewed at UMass Med and was really impressed with the program, facilities, and the breadth of research - a spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical that was being conducted. This and the professors I interviewed were congenial and excited about the prospect of an incoming class of graduate students.

Edited March 22, 2015 by yolk

[dagkoc]

hi, thanks for responses. the other thing i need to consider is that my PI was a prof in one of them, but i have a very positive replies from the other one.

Edited March 24, 2015 by dagkoc