TriCEM educates and engages with the community by supporting graduate and undergraduate research, hosting outreach events such as the Darwin Day Roadshow, coordinating workshops such as our signature Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI), and providing public venues for research discussion such as with our Club EvMed web series. We also support the Evolutionary and Comparative Medicine Interest Group (ECMIG).
Club EvMed is a monthly series launched in April 2020 to keep the evolutionary medicine community connected during a time of pandemic-related social distancing. These regularly-held virtual meetings are styled around the idea of a journal club, with a different topic and discussion leader each time. Videos are archived for exploration and learning on the youtube channel.
EMSI is organized by TriCEM and 11 other evolutionary medicine center programs and centers. Each year, the workshop focuses on a different topical area in evolutionary medicine. Held in NC at either Duke or NC State, EMSI brings together experts and trainees from far and near for 5 days of interdisciplinary learning and collaboration. More information can be found on the EMSI website.
TriCEM is an incubator that promotes innovative developments in the theory and practice of evolutionary medicine by fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations among Triangle-based scholars, physicians, veterinarians, public health workers, and more.
A key part of the mission is to provide opportunity for graduate students to gain experience and explore topics in evolutionary medicine. We administer several awards throughout the year to support these efforts. Join the list-serv to get alerts when new requests for proposals are announced.
TriCEM is an affiliate of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS), which provides us with an excellent opportunity to reach the public through lectures, presentations, and other events. We also partnered with the museum to hold the TriCEM Showcase, featuring research from across the Triangle related to evolutionary medicine.
Graduate awardees have the opportunity to present to their research to the public through this partnership. Read more here.
TriCEM is committed to student engagement, inclusion, and creating opportunities for education and involving students in research. MUSER (Matching Undergraduates to Science and Engineering Research) is a program dedicated to creating such opportunities for undergraduate students at Duke University. We are collaborating with the MUSER program to increase undergraduate recruitment in research-based education at Duke.
Please contact the Director, Charlie Nunn, if you believe your research could contribute to Evolutionary Medicine and undergraduate research training. You may be eligible to request funding from TriCEM to support your activities!
