The main division offices are located in the Medical Sciences Research Building (MSRB) and the Bell Building, and include both faculty and support staff offices, a conference room/library, and a fellows' office with individual carrels, phone access, and computer facilities.

 

This program provides formalized training in the quantitative and methodological principles of clinical research. Designed primarily for Duke clinical fellows who are training for academic careers, the program offers formal courses in research design, statistical analyses, research ethics, and research management.

 

Students who complete a prescribed course of study in the training program are awarded a Masters of Health Sciences in Clinical Research by the School of Medicine.

 

The DCRI is the primary site for a number of large multi-center trials.

 

For more information visit dcri.duke.edu.

 

The core pulmonary laboratory in the Medical Sciences Research Building occupies 10,000 square feet and has been designed and equipped for chemical, biochemical, cell and molecular biology, and physiological studies. The facilities include a walk-in cold room, cell culture room, equipment room, and biochemistry bioassay preparations.

 

Animal support facilities are provided by the Duke University Vivarium which is fully accredited by the American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.

 

Computer resources include a network of Macintosh and IBM PC's (10 work stations) for data acquisition (cellular, bio-chemical and in vivo models), storage and statistical analysis. Major equipment includes:

 

The Hypo- and Hyperbaric Center laboratories occupy about 12,000 square feet of space in the Clinical Research Building II.

 

Eight chambers are rated for human use with capabilities extending from simulated altitudes up to 155,000 feet (one torr) to simulated depths of 3,600 feet (109 ATA).

 

The facilities include appropriate life support monitoring systems and biomedical monitoring equipment to support research involving assessment of cardiopulmonary function in altered environments.

 

Four research laboratories are part of the complex and support human research as well as acute and chronic large animal physiologic studies.

 

A preparatory room for bringing animals into the clean areas, an operating room designed to meet AAALAC requirements and for animal surgery, and computer facilities to support large animal experimentation are available.

 

For more information visit hyperbaric.mc.duke.edu.

 

Duke University has recently made strong initiatives to be at the forefront of genome technologies and medical genetics. Fellows can work within the division as well as with researchers in the Institute of Genome Sciences and Policy, Center for Human Genetics, and the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

 

Some of our fellows are taking adjunct coursework leading to a Masters degree in Medical Genomics through the Medical Genomics Training Program.

 

These laboratories include 1,500 square feet of space in the Research Wing of the Durham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.

 

This space is designed for biochemical and molecular biological work, cell and tissue culture, and support of electron microscopic studies.

 

Equipment available includes:

 

Electron microscopy facilities include two fully equipped darkrooms and a JEOL 1200 transmission electron microscope.