NIDCR Dental Clinical Research Fellowship

NIDCR offers a clinical research fellowship to dentists interested in an academic career. An independent clinical research project with relevance to human disease or health is the focus of the fellowship.

The NIDCR Dental Clinical Research Fellowship is a two- to three-year full-time on-site program designed to provide experience in the latest clinical and translational research methodologies. Fellowships begin on July 1 of each calendar year.

Fellows participate in weekly Clinical Case Conferences, Grand Rounds, career development workshops, and lab-based journal clubs which highlight current research on a wide range of oral and craniofacial conditions and give fellows the opportunity to interact with experts in their fields. 

Fellows have modest clinical service responsibilities in the NIH Clinical Center Dental Clinic within NIDCR’s intramural program in Bethesda, Maryland. The Dental Clinic supports clinical and translational research and offers oral medicine, oral surgery, and hospital dentistry consultation services for the unique patient population of the NIH Clinical Center.

Fellows also have the option of participating in the NIH-Duke Master’s Program in Clinical Research, which is one of the nation’s first training programs in clinical research.