Faculty Profile: Wendy Sternberg

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Students interested in studying the nervous system can declare a concentration in Neural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS). Faculty members in the Bi-College NBS program conduct research on a range of topics in neuroscience from molecular neurobiology to cognitive neuroscience. Professor Wendy Sternberg’s behavioral neuroscience lab focuses on nervous system mechanisms of pain and pain inhibition in laboratory mice and Haverford athletes.

Wendy Sternberg and Emily Alspector '08 observe a stained slice of mouse brain as part of the senior thesis experience.

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