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John Assad is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He received his PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University in 1991. His research primarily focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying attention, animal behavior, and perception processes. Dr. Assad has contributed significantly to the fields of choice behavior, ocular fixation, and the functioning of various brain regions associated with spatial and temporal perception, such as the frontal and parietal lobes. His work encompasses various aspects of visual pattern recognition and motion perception, exploring how sensory cues impact reaction times and saccadic movements. He has taught courses on Neuroscience and has a commitment to educating the next generation of scientists.
This entry covers the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) PhD, which serves as the primary doctoral path for HST students collaborating with engineering departments like Biomedical Engineering and EECS. GRE is not accepted.