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Decoding Vaccine Trials

As COVID-19 vaccines are introduced to the public, a few of our biostatistics experts explain the basic design of a vaccine trial and how we determine whether a vaccine is safe.

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COVID-19 Research

Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers are at the forefront of the COVID-19 research response with a number of regional, national and global studies designed to help combat the virus.

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Developing Leaders

Health care is only becoming more complex; requiring leaders of all kinds. Learn why Wake Forest initiated two new master’s degrees to develop individuals to lead health care organizations and clinical research programs.

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Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health Combine

Leading health systems create next-generation academic health system to enhance care, transform medical education, expand research and improve countless lives in North Carolina and beyond.

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Wake Forest School of Medicine directs the education of nearly 1,900 students and fellows, including physicians, basic scientists and allied clinical professionals. The School of Medicine also strategically investigates opportunities that will expand basic and clinical research, resulting in nationally and internationally recognized excellence in biomedical research. The School of Medicine seeks to leverage its current areas of strength and focus to improve integration of its research programs and to maximize multidisciplinary and translational approaches.

 

The School of Medicine is among the top of U.S. academic medical centers in total funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In the 2014 fiscal year, the school was awarded $193.4 million in research funding from federal and state agencies, industry and other sources.

The School of Medicine curriculum, developed by faculty, aims to cultivate physicians who:

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The School of Medicine is committed to excellence in primary care, with students experiencing patient care from their first week of medical school, as well as tertiary care, a critical component for a research and teaching hospital.

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The Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education is designed with the next generation of physician-leaders in mind. The building, a former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. manufacturing plant, offers students an advanced environment in which to learn.

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