Duke offers educational and training opportunities for all levels of students. Explore opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, fellowships, and study abroad opportunities.
Opportunities for All
Genome Academy is a series of stand-alone workshops in genome topics offered to Duke faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff at little to no fee. Sabbatical scholars and other collaborating visitors may request registration and will be accommodated on a space-available basis.
Undergraduate Opportunities
The Duke Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) Program is 10-week summer experiences in cardiovascular research funded by the American Hearth Association. The program is designed for under-represented college students entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year who are exploring careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM).
The Summer Scholars Program provides opportunities for students to learn first-hand what it is like to conduct biomedical research. They gain fundamental laboratory skills, enhance critical thinking and reading skills, conduct literature reviews, and learn to present research findings. The experiences they gain, such as how to design a research project, how to carry out necessary experiments to achieve project goals and test hypotheses, what appropriate lab etiquette entails, and how to effectively present work to peers, will be applicable to any biomedical research setting.
This program provides Duke undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in a faculty-mentored research project in applied genomics and precision medicine.
Graduate Opportunities
The School of Medicine's Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (OBGE) offers 17 different graduate programs. The OBGE website lists all of the programs and descriptions of each. Applications to all biomedical Ph.D. programs (except the Medical Scientist Training Program) are submitted through the Graduate School at Duke.
The Pratt School of Engineering's Biomedical Engineering department offers a Ph.D. track and Master's degree tracks. The BME program is ranked among the best biomedical engineering programs in the world.
Postdoctoral Opportunities
The Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine offers a two-year post-doctoral training program in genomic medicine. This unique program provides training in a fast-growing field marked by the advent of new technologies, increased use of clinical genomic medicine, and large-scale federally- and privately-funded research efforts.
The objective of the program is to foster the development of physicians who are both excellent clinicians and investigators in the arena of medical genetics and genomics. The Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency program is open to MD applicants who have completed a minimum of one year of residency in an ACGME-accredited program (usually pediatrics or internal medicine, although other disciplines may also be acceptable).
Learn more about the Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency program
The Medical Genetics and Genomics residency program includes specialties in medical biochemical genetics, clinical biochemical genetics, and laboratory genetics and genomics. The goal of the Medical Biochemical Genetics program is to provide specialized training in the field of inborn errors of metabolism, for MDs who have completed a residency in medical genetics and genomics. The goal of the Clinical Biochemical Genetics and Laboratory Genetics and Genomics programs is to train MDs, or scientists with a PhD in genetics or a related field, to become clinical laboratory directors.
The Duke CTSA TL1 postdoctoral program is a 2-year training program aiming to provide 2 years of funded time to support the research training of outstanding junior scientists. We welcome applications from all eligible potential postdoctoral fellows in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, but we have particular interest in applicants who are interested in broadening their previous training to include a new category of research methodology (e.g., bench science trainees looking to gain training in translational or clinical research, or vice versa). We also have particular interest in applicants looking to obtain training in data science methodology. The Duke CTSA TL1 will typically be for two years, will provide tailored professional development support, an NIH-scale postdoctoral stipend, as well as federally-designated training-related expenses.
Fellowships
The Duke AI Health Data Science Fellowship Program is a 2-year training program in data science with direct application for healthcare. Designed for early-career data scientists with strong backgrounds in quantitative discipline, the program is part of a multidisciplinary, campus-spanning initiative that applies machine learning and quantitative sciences to rich sources of healthcare and administrative data, using the insights gained to improve healthcare delivery, quality of care, and the health of individuals and communities.
The Duke CTSA TL1 physician fellowship is a 2-year training program aiming to provide 2 years of funded time to support the research training of physician-scientists. All eligible physician trainees may apply, but we have particular interest in applicants who are interested in broadening their previous training to include a new category of research methodology (e.g., applicants with a bench science background looking to gain training in translational or clinical research, or vice versa). We also have particular interest in applicants looking to obtain training in data science methodology. The Duke CTSA TL1 will typically be for two years, will provide tailored professional development support, an NIH-scale postgraduate stipend, as well as federally-designated training-related expenses.