Education and Research
There are multiple venues for training and research experiences in the UNC School of Medicine.
Please click on the tabs below to explore available educational opportunities.
The Office of Biomedical Science Training and Research (the BioSTAR Office) is led by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education (ADGE), Dr. Donita Robinson, who reports to the Vice Dean for Research and is a member of the OoR team.
The Biomedical Science Training and Research (BioSTAR) Office supports the development of students, postbacs, and postdocs as future biomedical science leaders. We promote innovative recruitment and training, stimulate purposeful career development, remove barriers to success, and foster a collaborative research community.
The Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP) is a unified mechanism for application to graduate study in the biological or biomedical sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. The BBSP is responsible for graduate students during their first year, giving them an opportunity to gain research experience with a variety of faculty that is not limited to a single degree program
The PhD in Biomedical Engineering is not part of the BBSP since it is a joint department at UNC Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. Click here for more information on the UNC-NCSU BME department.
The School of Medicine and the Graduate School offer a combined MD/PhD program. The students in the MD-PhD Program train with a diverse faculty whose areas of research extend from the most basic of biological processes to translational interests much more clinically applied, and health care service research.
UNC fosters a culture of collaborative research where cross-departmental and cross-school collaboration is extremely common and highly valued. At the same time, UNC is very much committed to the training of outstanding physicians. Because of these complementary and equally valued areas of institutional excellence, UNC represents an ideal environment for students seeking to pursue combined-degree training in a state-of-the-art MD-PhD Program.
Visit the UNC MD-PhD website.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has introduced the Postbaccalaureate Research Initiative in Science and Medicine (PRISM) Program. This program is a paid post-baccalaureate research opportunity for recent graduates interested in research experiences in UNC labs for 1-to-2 years.
Visit the UNC Postbaccalaureate Biomedical Research Program for more information and application process.
The Medical School offers opportunities for medical students to participate in various research programs. Funding is available to support students engaged in the program. The Office of Medical Student Research assists students and their mentors to find and participate in research experiences, here at UNC or around the world.
Visit the Office of Medical Student Research for more information and application process.