Education

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Our program is designed to train individuals for academic careers in human and medical genetics. We offer training opportunities for graduate students, clinical residents and fellows as well as postdoctoral research trainees.

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Residency programs

Our program is designed to train individuals for academic careers in human and medical genetics.

Research as well as clinical competence is stressed. Research activities span a wide spectrum of topics in basic and clinical human genetics.

Medical Genetics Categorical Residency Program

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Pediatric-Medical Genetics Combined Residency Program

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Fellowship and Research training

Clinical Laboratory Fellowship Training

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Post-doctoral Training

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Graduate programs

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Master Of Science In Genetic Counseling

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There are additional graduate programs in related departments - Public Health Genetics, Genome Sciences, Pathology, Molecular and Cellular Biology - with concentrations in human and medical genetics.

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