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Important Checklists

Summer

  1. Contact Information: Please email any changes to postal and email addresses. You will receive information via your Duke email (not your personal email, so be sure to begin
    checking your Duke email), regarding the ethics RCR course, other events and registration procedures
  2. Please upload a photo/headshot to your BOX folder that can be used for the PCB website and other departmental communications
  3.  Submit your DukeCard photo
  4. Please let us know your arrival date once it is confirmed. This will help with scheduling our one on one meetings
  5. If you are graduating this spring, please remember to send a copy of your final transcript to the Graduate School
  6. Add all the important dates listed in this document on your calendar and review websites for additional dates
  7. Sign up for a parking permit if you need one
  8. Register for Duke’s health insurance or provide the necessary paperwork stating you have your own
  9. Collect and submit your immunization records. Request immunization records now!!
  10. Collect medical records and insurance information so that when you need to visit the doctor, DMV, etc. you are ready!
  11. Register for the RCR course as soon as you are asked to
  12. Review T3 (https://t3.medschool.duke.edu), make a note of labs that interest you, and then contact at least one of these labs.
  13. GET PUMPED ABOUT COMING TO DUKE!

Fall

  1. Meet with the Director of Graduate Studies. During this meeting lots of information will be covered, including how to register for classes and selection of laboratory rotations
    These meetings will be confirmed by the DGS Assistant
  2. Meet with the Program Administrator to make sure all your payroll paperwork is in order and all your questions have been answered
  3. Get your DukeCard
  4. GET PUMPED ABOUT STARTING RESEARCH!