RISE presents students with multiple research opportunities, locally on the campus of NC A&T State University and also with many other organizations nationwide.

NC A&T State University Department of Biology

• Cellular and Molecular Carcinogenesis
• Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
• Seasonal Affective Disorder • Stress Physiology

NC A&T State University Department of Chemistry

• Genetics of Campylobacter jejuni
• Protein modeling and Computational Biology
• Synthesis of Anti-Tumour Compounds
• Synthesis of chemo-preventive Compounds
• Synthesis of melanogenic Compounds

NC A&T State University Department of Psychology

• Hypertension in Older African Americans
• Memory and the Aging Brain

Duke University

• Psycho-neuro-endocrinology of Sickle Cell Disease, Prostate Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease
• Statistical Method Development for Mapping Complex Human Diseases

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Cancer in Drinking Water National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Biology of Lung Cancer Naval Medical Research Center
• Pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni

North Carolina State University

• Enteric Pathogens in Drinking Water
• Fungal Genomics

Wake Forest University and Bowman Gray School of Medicine

• Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
• Growth Hormone, Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 and Aging
• Neurobehavioral Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery Patients
• Synthesis  of Novel Detoxification Compounds –Department of Chemistry
• Toxicology and Medical Pharmaceutical Science – Department of Biochemistry

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Immunology
• Insulin-like Growth Factors in the Central Nervous System
• AIDS Virology and Cancer

University of Miami, Florida

• Genetic Epidemiology of Complex Diseases in Humans