Research Opportunities for Medical Students

Victoria Bendersky and Soni Nag

Photo: General Surgery resident Dr. Soni Nag with medical student Victoria Bendersky at Duke Surgery's Annual Research Day

Learn more about research opportunities for medical students in the list of projects below.

3D Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Engineering and Clinical Applications
Director: Joshua Broder, MD

Breast Cancer Research
Directors: Jeffrey Marks, PhD, and E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH

Cardiothoracic Surgery Translational Research Laboratory
Directors: Carmelo Milano, MD, and Dawn Bowles, MD

Center for Applied Therapeutics
Director: Herbert Kim Lyerly, MD

Center for Applied Therapeutics - Immune Therapy of Cancer
Director: Joshua C. Snyder, PhD

Clinical and Translational Sciences of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation
Director: Matthew Hartwig, MD

Computational Modeling Research Laboratory
Director: Dennis O. Frank-Ito, PhD

Congenital Heart Surgery Research Laboratory
Director: Joseph Turek, MD

Duke Transplant Center
Jean Kwun, PhD

Endocrine Neoplasia Research

Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion Laboratory
Directors: Andrew Barbas, MD, and Matthew Hartwig, MD

Immune Management Laboratory
Director: Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD

Immune Responses and Virology Laboratory
Director: Georgia Tomaras, PhD

Immunology, Inflammation and Immunotherapy Laboratory
Eda Holl, PhD

Laboratory of Protein Expression
Director: Kevin Saunders, MD

Melanoma Research Program
Georgia Beasley, MD

Tissue Engineering and Implantable Devices Laboratory
Director: Bruce Klitzman, PhD

Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Director: Linda Cendales, MD

3D Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Engineering and Clinical Applications
Director: Joshua Broder, MD

Acute Care and Emergency Medicine Research Program
Director: Alexander Limkakeng, MD

Breast Research Program
Director: Jennifer Plichta, MD

Center for Applied Therapeutics
Director: Herbert Kim Lyerly, MD

Center for Applied Therapeutics - Cancer Heterogeneity and Complexity
Director: Qing Cheng, PhD

Clinical and Translational Sciences of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation
Director: Matthew Hartwig, MD

Congenital Heart Surgery Research Laboratory
Director: Joseph Turek, MD

DataLab for Clinical Care & Population Health
Director: Alexander C. Allori, MD

Duke Kidney Stone Center
Director: Michael Lipkin, MD

Endocrine Neoplasia Research

Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion Laboratory
Directors: Andrew Barbas, MD, and Matthew Hartwig, MD

Global Surgery Research Program
Director: Henry Rice, MD

Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development
Director: David C. Montefiori, PhD

Melanoma Research Program
Georgia Beasley, MD
Paul Mosca, MD

Non-Pharmacologic Pain Management in the Emergency Department
Director: Stephanie Eucker, MD

Patient Safety Center
Director: Paul Mosca, MD

Surgical Education and Activities Laboratory
Director: Ranjan Sudan, MD

Snake Envenomation Research Program
Director: Charles J. Gerardo, MD

Thoracic Oncology Research Program
Director: Thomas D'Amico, MD

Vascular Outcomes Group
Director: Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH

Vascular Surgery Research Program
Director: Cynthia Shortell, MD

Environmental Health Scholars Program
Director: H. Kim Lyerly, MD

See a project that interests you?

Email Tam How to get started.

Tam How
Laboratory Administrative Manager
Email: tam.how@duke.edu