| USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | |
| Molecular Epidemiology | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Molecular Epidemiology, Ph.D. in Molecular Epidemiology |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral, M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 2 Masters, 2 Doctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | None |
| Faculty status: | 64 M.S., 64 Ph.D., 64 M.D./Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | biochemical genetics, epidemiology, gene mapping, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, pharmacogenetics, population genetics |
| Clinical training fellowships: | |
| ABMG accreditation: | |
| Financial support: | from individual training PIs, a few TAships, a few fellowships for postdocs. |
| Application deadline: | none |
| Contact: |
Stanley Azen, Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine, CHP218, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9010, Tel: 323-442-1810, Fax: 323-442-2993, E-mail: sazen@usc.edu Sue Ingles, Director, Program in Molecular Epidemiology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9075, Tel: 323-865-0498, Fax: 323-865-0473, E-mail: ingles@usc.edu |
| Web homepage: | http://www.usc.edu |
| The Doctor of Philosophy Program in Molecular Epidemiology is a joint effort of the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Preventive Medicine to combine molecular, genomic and population-based research in order to integrate new knowledge from the human genomic studies to test molecular/genetic hypotheses about the consequences of genetic polymorphisms. The Doctor of Philosophy program in Molecular Epidemiology encourages applicants who have undergraduate or Masters degrees in quantitative biological sciences or other related fields. Undergraduate preparation should include at least one year of general biology, one semester of biochemistry and molecular biology, and one semester of applied statistics. The PhD program is designed to train students for future independent research careers in an academic, government or private sector setting. The objective of the PhD program is to produce a molecular epidemiologist with in-depth laboratory, statistical and analytic skills in both epidemiology and the molecular biosciences. To meet this objective, the program introduces students to molecular/laboratory science and research early in their training. The program gives students a solid background in the methodological aspects of molecular epidemiology, and in statistical thinking as applied to molecular epidemiology, as well as a solid grounding in epidemiological methods. | |