National Cancer Institute Training Program

The Yale University – National Cancer Institute Partnership Training Program in cancer epidemiology is a unique training program that partners Yale University's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) with the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). Fellowships are available to support students (tuition plus stipend) while they train in modern methodologies for evaluating lifestyle determinants of human cancer risk, with an emphasis on nutritional, environmental, and occupational determinants, including their interactions with genetic factors. Pre-doctoral students accepted for this unique training program are jointly mentored by Yale investigators and NCI investigators. Students will receive didactic instruction in EPH, as students in Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Graduate School). Dissertation research is conducted with cancer epidemiologists at the NCI in collaboration with Yale faculty, with access to an extensive portfolio of research and resources available through the NCI DCEG. Yale University will award the PhD upon successful completion of the program.