Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

Photo: Undergraduate student Ulises Nino-Espino from Dr. Gay Devi's lab presents his abstract for the Duke Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship (B-SURF)
Learn more about research opportunities for undergraduate students in the list of projects below.
Basic Research
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
Breast Cancer and Breast Reconstruction Research Program
Director: Scott Hollenbeck, MD
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
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
Fibrosis and Wound Healing Laboratory
Director: Howard Levinson, 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
Melanoma Research Program
Georgia Beasley, MD
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Research Program
Director: Ralph Abi Hachem, MD
Tissue Engineering and Implantable Devices Laboratory
Director: Bruce Klitzman, PhD
Urinary Dysfunction Laboratory
Director: J. Todd Purves, MD, PhD
Urologic Oncology Laboratory
Director: Brant A. Inman, MD
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Director: Linda Cendales, MD
Clinical Research
3D Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Engineering and Clinical Applications
Director: Joshua Broder, MD
Acute Coronary Syndrome Research Program
Director: Alexander Limkakeng, MD
Breast Cancer and Breast Reconstruction Research Program
Director: Scott Hollenbeck, MD
Breast Clinical and Health Services Research
Director: Lola Fayanju, MD
Breast Research
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
Congenital Heart Surgery Research Laboratory
Director: Joseph Turek, MD
Duke Emergency Medicine and Global Health
Director: Catherine A. Staton, MD
Duke Kidney Stone Center
Director: Michael Lipkin, MD
Global Surgery
Director: Henry Rice, MD
Head and Neck Surgery Research Program
Director: Eileen M. Raynor, MD
Melanoma Research Program
Georgia Beasley, MD
Paul Mosca, MD
Patient Safety Center
Director: Paul Mosca, MD
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Research Program
Director: Ralph Abi Hachem, 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
Urologic Oncology Laboratory
Director: Brant A. Inman, MD
Vascular Surgery Research Program
Director: Cynthia Shortell, MD
Education Research
Surgical Education and Activities Laboratory
Director: Ranjan Sudan, MD
Health Services and Outcomes Research
3D Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Engineering and Clinical Applications
Director: Joshua Broder, MD
Breast Clinical and Health Services Research
Director: Lola Fayanju, MD
Center for Applied Therapeutics
Director: Herbert Kim Lyerly, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute Urology
Director: Charles Scales, MD
Duke Emergency Medicine and Global Health
Director: Catherine A. Staton, MD
Endocrine Surgery Health Services Research
Director: Randall P. Scheri, MD
Head and Neck Surgery Health Services Research
Director: Dan Rocke, MD
Pediatric Global Surgery Research
Director: Tamara N. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Pediatric Urology Clinical and Health Services Research Lab
Director: Jonathan C. Routh, MD
Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Research Program
Director: Ralph Abi Hachem, MD
Surgical Education and Activities Laboratory
Director: Ranjan Sudan, MD
Surgical Oncology Health Services Research
Director: Dan Blazer III, MD
Thoracic Oncology Health Services Research
Director: Betty Tong, MD
Vascular Surgery Health Services Research
Director: Cynthia Shortell, MD