Overview

There are a variety of training opportunities available for individuals interested in clinical and basic research in hemostasis and thrombosis. Opportunities for exposure to research are offered through the Howard Hughes and Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center programs to talented high-school students interested in working in a laboratory during the summer. Undergraduates, graduate students, and medical students frequently work in basic research laboratories of investigators in the Center. The Medical Scientist Training Program is one of the oldest in the nation, started in 1966.

 

Research opportunities also exist during residency training as well as during fellowship and post-doctoral years. Fellowship opportunities include training grants in Hematology, Cardiology, and other Divisions in Medicine. Research opportunities are also available through other clinical and basic science departments at Duke. Additional opportunities for training exist through a variety of mechanisms, including through the Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Center for Human Genetics. Specific institutional opportunities are summarized below.