A far-reaching pilot training and research program, stressing the inter-relation of many branches of the biological and physical sciences as the key to a better understanding of the nervous system and human behavior, has been initiated at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, as a result of a $1, 700, 000 grant made by the National Institute of Mental Health, U. S, Public Health Service.
Announcement of the grant, which covers a six-year period, was made today by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, Provision is made for awarding 36 fellowships on both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels. The program will mark a new emphasis in both medical education and research by cutting across departmental lines and promoting an interwoven pattern of scientific research and thinking.
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