The Clinical Scientist research training program is designed to provide young clinical scientists with the tools and skills needed to perform innovative clinical research, translating and testing basic science discoveries in the clinical arena.
The program's clinical research training is based on a unique master's program, the Masters of Health Sciences in Clinical Research, that Duke has developed to train clinical researchers. Clinical research trainees are required to participate in core courses required for this degree.

The trainees, working with mentors experienced in clinical research and committed to this program, may select from a broad range of research initiatives based within the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI), the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the NICHD-sponsored Neonatal Network, The Institute for Genomic Sciences and Policy (IGSP) and the Center for Human Genetics.

 

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) is the largest academic clinical research organization in the United States and home to the Pediatric Clinical Research Initiative. The goals of the DCRI are to advance medical care and iprove patient survuval and quality of life by developing and directing multi-centered clinical trials in pediatric therapeutics, train pediatricians in clinical research, and, through mentoring, help them develop successful research careers.

The NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NRN) was established in 1986 to improve the care and outcome of neonates, especially very-low-birth-weight infants. Operating under competitive cooperative agreements, the NRN includes investigators from 16 university-based clinical centers, a Network Data Coordinating Center, and NICHD staff. The Network was developed to address major problem areas in neonatology through multicenter randomized controlled trials.

Clinical research is also available in Neurodevelopmental Followup under the direction of Dr. Goldstein.

For more information about faculty in the Clinical Scientist Track, read about Neonatology's Clinical Research programs.

 

Download this PDF file or click on the image to see a larger view of how Research Track II is organized in the division.