Training Opportunities on campusVolunteer Research OpportunitiesVarious labs at the School of Dentistry accept volunteers. Please review the SOD Research Lab websites and reach out to any faculty lab that aligns with your research interests. For further information, please contact the Office of Research at [email protected].Oral Health SciencesThe PhD Program in Oral Health Sciences trains outstanding students to become advanced research scientists in their field of 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 oral facial region. Contact email for the OHS PhD Program is [email protected].DDS/PhD in Oral Health SciencesThe 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.Specialty MS Programs/PhD in Oral Health SciencesPrograms 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 GrantPre- 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. This grant program, known as Tissue Engineering at Michigan (TEAM), is not a degree-granting program and relies on individual departments and units to recruit program candidates.Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program creates research partnerships between first and second year undergraduate students and University of Michigan faculty.Master of Science Clinical Researcher (MSCR)The Master of Science in Clinical Research program, which is the first of its kind in the United States, gives students in medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy the option of various research experiences. The program implements novel, flexible institutional clinical research training and provides efficient entry of interested students into clinical research careers. MS in Oral Health SciencesThe Oral Health Sciences Master's program is 10 months in duration with 30 credits required. Students begin in the summer (mid-June) term and continue through the Winter term with a capstone project due at the end of the training. The program is intended to prepare a student for the following options: to acquire skills and knowledge necessary for a competitive dental school application, to acquire skills and knowledge necessary for a competitive application to a PhD training program, and to acquire skills and knowledge necessary for employment in a research laboratory in the field of oral health sciences and craniofacial research.Training Opportunities on the NIH campusNIH - Medical Research Scholars ProgramThe National Institute of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) is a comprehensive, year-long research enrichment program designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented medical, dental, and veterinary students to the intramural campus of the NIH in Bethesda, MD. The application cycle is October 1 - January 31.NIDCR - Summer Research Fellowship ProgramThe 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. Fellows are assigned to a mentor who conducts research in the 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. Program duration: summer (minimum of 8 weeks). Applications due January.NIH-Summer Internship in Biomedical ResearchThe Summer Research Fellowship Program at the NIH provides an opportunity for 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. Program duration: summer (minimum of 8 weeks). Application process opens mid-November.
