PhD Student Outcomes

Launch into a High-Impact Career

Whether the compass guiding your sense of purpose points toward startups or med school, an academic appointment or industry, from Duke BME you’ll launch into a career that means something to you—and to the world.

Meet Our PhD Students

Our students have the freedom to focus making impacts on the topics most important to them. Click to hear their stories.

MERCY ASIEDU:
Low-cost cancer screening
MARK DRAELOS:
Imaging for better surgery
CASLIN GILROY:
Improving diabetes drugs

Success in Numbers

Our PhD graduates go on to make important contributions across a range of opportunities. Click to get interactive with our data.

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18%

go on to positions in academia

at places such as Duke, Harvard, MIT and the National University of Singapore

61.2%

go on to careers in industry and the public sector

with leading organizations such as BD Biosciences, GE Healthcare and the National Institutes of Health

13.5%

go on to further training

including post-doctoral fellowships and medical school

Meet Duke BME Alumni

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