Duke University in Durham, North Carolina offers fully funded PhD programs in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. This interdisciplinary graduate program has particular strengths in the areas of receptor function and cellular signaling mechanisms as targets of drug action, neuropharmacology, metabolism, and the pharmacology of normal and abnormal cell growth. All students accepted into the program receive financial aid and fully funded packages include a stipend, payment of tuition and fees, and health insurance for their first five years of study.