Duke University

Program Information

Degree Offered

Toxicology Certificate

Program Description:

The Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program includes participation of faculty members from the Departments of Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Neurobiology, Pathology, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Radiation Oncology, and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, including the Duke Marine Laboratory. Among the principal areas of concentration in the program are Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disease; Epigenetics, Genetic Toxicology, and Cancer; Developmental Toxicology and Children's Health; Environmental Exposure and Toxicology; and Pulmonary Toxicology and Disease.

Duke faculty members have a variety of collaborative research efforts with and students have access to scientists at the nearby laboratories of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, CIIT Centers for Health Research, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Format: Campus

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Private not-for-profit

Locale: Midsize City

Size & Settings: 10,000 - 19,999