| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY | |
| Kimmel Cancer Center, Ph.D. Program, Genetics | |
| Degree granted: | Ph.D. in Genetics |
| Training available: | Doctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 18 Doctoral, 35 Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 1 Masters, 6 Doctoral, 35 Postdoctoral |
| Faculty status: | 19 Ph.D., 3 M.D., 4 M.D./Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | biochemical genetics, gene mapping, immunogenetics, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, somatic cell genetics |
| Clinical training fellowships: | |
| ABMG accreditation: | |
| Financial support: | Graduate fellowships (no teaching required); NRSA training grant in the Molecular Genetics of Cancer; Research grants. |
| Application deadline: | Doctoral - March 1, Postdoctoral - none. |
| Contact: |
Arthur Buchberg, Program Director, Thomas Jefferson University, Genetics Ph.D. Program/KCC, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, Tel: 215-503-4533, Fax: 215-923-4153, E-mail: buchberg@mail.jci.tju.edu Joanne Balitzky, Training Programs Coordinator, Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, Tel: 215-503-6687, Fax: 215-503-0622, E-mail: J_Balitzky@mail.jci.tju.edu |
| Web homepage: | http://www.kimmelcancercenter.org |
| We provide training at levels from graduate through postdoctoral in the study of cancer. Cancer is a genetic disease and carcinogenesis is a multistep process involving alterations in a large number of genes. As a consequence, the major scientific thrust of research in the Kimmel Cancer Center is the identification of genes involved in the initiation and progression of human cancer, and of the molecular mechanisms by which changes in the genes lead to the alterations that transform a normal into a malignant cell. Faculty scientists in the Center pursue these questions along many lines, and provide numerous diverse research training opportunities. | |