Overview of NBD

The Signature Research Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders comprises research groups that investigate molecular, developmental, systems and cognitive neuroscience. The program is part of an integrated Neuroscience Research Partnership under the aegis of the Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR) that seeks to advance neuroscience research nationally. The A*STAR-Duke-NUS Neurosciences Research Partnership has forged a strong link between the Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders program and the researchers, resources and infrastructure at the nearby Biopolis research campus.

One aim of the Program is to translate discoveries in basic science into diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in the domains of cognitive, developmental, eye and psychiatric diseases. In collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Duke-NUS operate a Translational and Clinical Research Flagship Program on the early diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. Members of the Program also work with the Institute of Mental Health and the National Neuroscience Institute, providing opportunities to study psychiatric and neurological disorders on many different levels.