TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
DDS/Dental Hygiene Students
The Student Research Program is designed to provide a rewarding research experience for DDS and Dental Hygiene students. This experience will provide an insider’s perspective on research so that the student can more fully appreciate the scientific and technological advances that influence the dental profession.
The Student Research Group
The Student Research Group is a local chapter of the American Association for Dental Research Student Group. This is a student-run organization whose main purpose is to foster an environment where students interested in enriching their dental education and are encouraged to do so. Contact the Office of Research for information (SODRESOFF@umich.edu).
Student Research Lab Experience Opportunities
Guidelines to apply for a research lab experience opportunity in a lab at the School of Dentistry.
Advanced Research Training Programs
The Ph.D. Program in Oral Health Sciences trains outstanding students to become advanced research scientists in their field of specific interest within the oral sciences. This program provides students with an understanding of the functional, structural and molecular properties of the oral region. The training will prepare dentist scientists who will be strong candidates for faculty positions in dental schools at major research universities. The program includes basic, translational and clinical research approaches to important problems concerned with health maintenance or diseases of the oralfacial region.
DDS /PhD in Oral Health Sciences
The DDS/OHS PhD Program will prepare outstanding scientists with research emphases in areas of oral health and disease, who also will have the finest clinical preparation. Such individuals will be among the leaders in modern academic dentistry. Students apply to and are admitted to both the DDS Program and the Oral Health Sciences PhD Program. The DDS/OHS PhD Program provides training in dentistry and research through a series of clinical and research experiences and course work.
Graduate Programs /PhD in Oral Health Sciences
Programs for exceptional students who are interested in pursuing a master of science degree in a clinical specialty and PhD in Oral Health Sciences are available on an individual basis, pending admission to both programs.
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Training Grant (TEAM)
Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Positions have been established through this training grant supported by NIH, NIDCR. The primary objective is to provide an interdisciplinary research-intensive environment for individuals who wish to pursue careers in the oral sciences. TEAM is not a degree-granting program and relies on individual departments and units for the primary recruitment of program candidates.
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program creates research partnerships between first and second year undergraduate students and University of Michigan faculty.
Other Summer and Year-Long Research Training Opportunities
Training Opportunities for Dental Students – on the University of Michigan Campus
University of Michigan - Multidisciplinary Clinical Researchers in Training (MCRiT) Program
The University of Michigan Medical Innovation Center (MIC)
http://www.med.umich.edu/ummic
The MIC Fellowship Program builds tomorrow's innovation leaders today. The MIC Fellowship is a multidisciplinary "team" training program for post-graduate professionals with medical, dental, doctorate, or master's degrees, who are committed to addressing real healthcare issues through innovation excellence. Innovation Fellows are expected to function as a cohesive team, blurring the boundaries of their respective disciplines, specialties, or subspecialties.
Other benefits
- support for coursework
- stipend for the 1 year program
The Intensive Clinical Research Curriculum consists of three components: a Core Didactic and Practical Curriculum, which all Trainees will take, and five Multidisciplinary Tracks, each of which focuses on a different type of clinical research. Trainees may use the components as building blacks to craft a curriculum plan appropriate to their background and career goals. Individuals will be granted a Master of Science in Clinical Research from the School of Public Health. Year-Out Program
Application due July.
http://www.med.umich.edu/cacr/mcrit/year.htm
Training Opportunities for Dental Students – on the NIH campus
NIDCR – Summer Research Fellowship Program
The NIDCR Summer Dental Student Award is designed to promote the professional careers of talented dental students through exposure to the latest advances in oral health research. You will be assigned to a mentor who conducts research in your area of interest. Students will gain hands-on experience in basic or clinical research. Participation may result in presentation of research findings at a scientific meeting and co-authorship of scientific publications. Summer (minimum of 8 weeks)
Applications due January.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/Funding/Training/SummerDentalStudentAward.htm
NIH - Summer Research Fellowship
The Summer Research Fellowship Program at the NIH provides an opportunity to medical and dental students to spend the summer working side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. Summer (minimum of 8 weeks)
Application process opens mid-November 2006
http://www.training.nih.gov/student/srfp/
Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Research Scholars Program
Participants of the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes – NIH joint program work in NIH laboratories conducting basic, translational or applied biomedical research as part of a research team and are given the opportunity to attend conferences and meetings. Nine months – One year
Applications due January<./p>
http://www.hhmi.org/science/cloister/
NIH Clinical Research Training Program
This program is meant to attract research-oriented dental and medical students to the campus of NIH. Fellows spend a year engaged in a mentored clinical research project in an area that matches their personal interests and goals. One year
Applications due January.
http://www.training.nih.gov/crtp/
NIH Clinical Electives Program
This program offers a full complement of elective rotation for third- and fourth-year dental and medical students. Rotations are designed to provide first-hand experience in the design, conduct and management of clinical trials. 4, 8, or more weeks
Applications due May preceding the academic year of the desired session.