波士顿马萨诸塞大学的发展与脑科学（DBS）博士课程是一项研究密集型课程，专注于在底层神经和荷尔蒙机制发展时理解认知，知觉和行为。核心教师（简·亚当斯，埃里克·布拉瑟，维维安·西亚拉米塔罗，蒂芙尼·唐纳森，理查德·亨特，祖苏莎·卡尔迪，西莉亚·摩尔，金浩·帕克，莫希尼什·舒克拉，爱德华·特罗尼克和苏珊·祖普）从事的实验室工作范围从认知发展，心理物理学到神经内分泌学和行为遗传学。
The PhD program in Developmental and Brain Sciences (DBS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston is a research-intensive program focused on understanding cognition, perception, and behavior when underlying neural and hormonal mechanisms are developing. Core faculty (Jane Adams, Erik Blaser, Vivian Ciaramitaro, Tiffany Donaldson, Richard Hunter, Zsuzsa Kaldy, Celia Moore, Jin Ho Park, Mohinish Shukla, Edward Tronick, and Susan Zup) engage in lab work ranging from cognitive development and psychophysics to neuroendocrinology and behavioral genetics.