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Neuroscience Hub

Organization Description

The St. Mary’s neuroscience curriculum creates a cross-disciplinary approach to the neurosciences with each student gaining experience and perspectives from the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and psychology.

137 Goodpaster Hall
Silhouette of a human head with a colorful, network-like brain structure inside, set against a background of blurred lights. The brain is depicted with interconnected lines and nodes, symbolizing neural connections or digital networks.

Department Leadership

Me, Liz Leininger, looking at the camera and smiling. I have dark brown hair with parts dyed teal, wear tortise-shell pattern glasses and am wearing a white shirt with black leaf pattern

Elizabeth Leininger

Associate Professor

Department Chair

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Latest News

Two St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) alumni, Cooper Clendenin ’24 and Eleanor “Ellie” Walter ’24, received Fulbright English Teaching Assistant… Continue Reading
Gretchen Phillips

July 11, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience Sarah Latchney recently published a new research article in the Journal of Neuroimmunology, co-… Continue Reading
Pickeral, Presley A.

April 21, 2025, 10:26 a.m.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland hosted the 17th Annual Southern Maryland (SOMD) Brain Bee on March 1, 2025. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience… Continue Reading
Elizabeth Leininger

March 19, 2025, 4:16 p.m.