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For Graduate Students Only
348. Current Research in Analysis. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics 388, 389. Instructor: Staff. 3
units.
358. Current Research in Algebra. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics 368-369. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
368. Current Research in Topology. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics 378-379. Instructor: Staff. 3
units.
369. Current Research in Differential Geometry. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
378. Research in Algebraic Geometry. Mini seminars on current topics which are repeatable for credit. Instructor: Staff.
1 unit.
379. Current Research in Mathematical Physics. Not open to students who have taken Mathematics 387. Instructor:
Staff. 3 units.
388. Research in Differential Equations. Mini seminars on current topics which are repeatable for credit. Instructor:
Staff. 1 unit.
389. Current Research in Applied Mathematics. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
390. Teaching College Mathematics. This course is designed for first year mathematics graduate students as preparation
for teaching as graduate students at Duke and as professors, once they graduate. Topics include lesson planning,
overview of the content in calculus courses, current issues in undergraduate mathematics education, writing and grading
tests, evaluating teaching and practice teaching. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 1 unit.
Medical Historian Training Program
Peter English, MD, Director
The Medical Historian Training Program is conducted under the auspices of the School of Medicine and the
Graduate School. The MD/PhD program requires a minimum of six years of graduate and medical study, and the MD/
AMAM four or five years, depending on the use of summer terms. The MD/PhD program is intended for those
students who know that their major career effort will be in teaching and other scholarly activities in the history of
medicine (not necessarily to the total exclusion of clinical medicine). The MD/AM, on the other hand, is appropriate
for those who are undecided, but who wish to acquire a firm foundation for future study. In both programs the first two
years and the last year will be spent in the Medical School. All requirements for the PhD and the AM must be
completed before the final year of the MD program.
Application and Admission Procedures. Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to the School of
Medicine and the Graduate School in the Department of History including the MCAT and GRE exams. Those candidates
holding the MD degree will be considered for the PhD and the AM degrees. Candidates who have completed two years
of medical school will also be considered for either degree.
Applicants should complete and submit an application to the Graduate School for admission to the Department of
History. Additional information may be obtained by writing to Dr. Peter English, Box 3675 Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Medical Physics
Associate Professor Dobbins, Director; Professor Samei, Director of Graduate Studies; Professors Coleman, Das,
Dewhirst, Frush, Howell, Jaszczak, Johnson, Marks, Provenzale, Samei, Smith, Allen Song, Spicer, Stauffer, Trahey,
Vaidyananthan, Qiuwen Wu, Yin, Zalutsky; Associate Professors Badea, Bida, Das, Dobbins, Driehuys, MacFall,
Oldham, Song, Tornai, Tourassi, Turkington, Vujaskovic, Wax, Wong, Jackie Wu, Yoshizumi; Assistant Profesors
Badea, Chen, Craciunescu, Driehuys, Kirkpatrick, Lo, Petry, Reiman, Segars, Haijun Song, Wang, Yoo; Consulting
Associate Professor Wieland; Medical Physicist Bowsher; Health Physicist Gunasingha
Medical physics is a discipline that applies physics to the needs of medicine, and has been instrumental in the
development of the medical fields of radiology, radiationoncology, and nuclear medicine. The Medical Physics
Graduate Program offers MS andPhD degrees, and is organized into four academic tracks: diagnostic imaging physics,
radiation oncology physics, nuclear medicine physics, and medical health physics. Graduates are trained for
employment opportunities in academic settings, clinical service, industry, or government labs. The medical physics
program is a collaborative interdisciplinary program, and the faculty are drawn from the sponsoring departments of
radiology, radiation oncology, occupational and environmental safety (health physics), biomedical engineering, and
physics. Current research interests of the faculty include magnetic resonance imaging and microscopy, advanced
digital imaging instrumentation and algorithms, detector and display characterization, computer-aided diagnosis,
ultrasound, monoclonal antibody imaging and therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, on-board imaging in
radiation therapy, SPECT and PET imaging, neutron-stimulated imaging, and dosimetry. All students take common
core courses in the first year, followed by concentration in a major track of study. An NIH training grant is available
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