Applications open: Graduate Student Research Assistantships in Pandemic Lifecycle Modeling TriCEM seeks applications from PhD students at Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University to participate in an NSF-funded project on the lifecycle of pandemics. The PhD students will engage in research on the dynamics of the early Read more about New Graduate Research Assistantships in Pandemic Modeling[…]

TriCEM is now accepting proposals for our fall funding cycle! We have two opportunities available for graduate students at Duke, and faculty members at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Seed Grants provide one year of up to $20,000 in funding to new initiate new research among interdisciplinary groups of faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars. For this Read more about Fall request for proposals: Graduate Student Awards, Seed Grants in Cancer & Evolution[…]

The Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM) received funding from the National Science Foundation’s Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) program. Funding will support TriCEM’s research on modeling the pandemic lifecycle for disease control. Under the direction of PI Charles Nunn (Duke University) and Co-PIs Michael Emch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), David Read more about TriCEM awarded grant on “Modeling the Pandemic Lifecycle for Disease Control”[…]

We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our Spring 2022 Graduate Student Awards! These awards support up to $7,500 in research expenses for graduate students pursuing studies in evolutionary medicine. This cohort is an outstanding group of scientists from Duke and NC State studying exciting and novel questions in disease susceptibility, human brain evolution, Read more about Announcing our Spring 2022 cohort of TriCEM Grads![…]

Now accepting applications for spring graduate student funding! We have 2 opportunities available: Graduate Student Awards and the Steve Meshnick Travel Award. Graduate Student Awards support up to $7,500 in evolutionary medicine research, with additional funds available to support an undergraduate research assistant on the project. For this cycle, grad students at Duke, NC A&T, Read more about Applications now open for spring funding[…]