| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | |
| Department of Anthropology & Graduate Program in Genetics | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Genetics, Ph.D. in Anthropology (Biological); Genetics, in Anthropology |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 8 Masters, 6 Ph.D. Postdoctoral, 4 M.D./Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 4 Masters, 3 Doctoral, 2 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Faculty status: | 6 M.D./Ph.D., 1 D.P.H. |
| Areas of concentration: | anthropological genetics, epidemiology, molecular genetics, population genetics |
| Clinical training fellowships: | |
| ABMG accreditation: | |
| Financial support: | Graduate Assistantships. Some require teaching, others have no work requirement or are assigned to active research projects |
| Application deadline: | January 15 |
| Contact: |
Kenneth M. Weiss, Professor, Penn State University, Anthropology & Biology, 409 Carpenter Bldg, University Park, PA, 16802, Tel: 814.865.0989, Fax: 814.864.1474, E-mail: kmw4@psu.edu Mark Shriver, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Genetics, Penn State University, Anthropology, 409 Carpenter Bldg, University Park, PA, 16802, United States, Tel: 814.863.1078, Fax: 814.863.1474, E-mail: MDS17@psu.edu |
| Web homepage: | http://anthro.psu.edu and http://www.genetics.psu.edu |
| We provide training at all levels from undergraduate through post-doctoral in the study of human genetic variation, its origin and analysis. Research involves the relationship between population history and the distribution and amount of genetic variation in our species. We apply this to problems in human disease, adaptation, and the genetics of complex morphological and physiological traits (e.g., diabetes, anthropometric variation, cardiovascular disease). We also have projects under way in the evolution of important developmental and complex traits as part of primate and human adaptive radiation, in particular, in the process responsible for the patterning of the dentition. Students are trained either in the Department of Anthropology or through the InterCollege Graduate Program in Genetics. The latter also provides training in a wider range of topics in genetics, including medical genetics. This program is integrated between the University Park arts and sciences campus and the Penn State Medical School at Hershey, which offers its own genetics training through the Genetics program. | |