July 2007: Last posted update of program information supplied by institution.
If applicable, accreditation has been confirmed as of July 2007.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
Human and Molecular Genetics Center
Degree granted: None
Training available: M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Current enrollment: 5 Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Number of graduates in last 2 years: 3 Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Faculty status: 15 Ph.D., 6 M.D., 1 D.V.M.
Areas of concentration: epidemiology, gene mapping, molecular genetics, pharmacogenetics, population genetics, genomics
Clinical training fellowships:
ABMG accreditation:
Financial support: Individual financial support available, according to NIH guidelines
Application deadline: None
Contact: Melinda R. Dwinell, Scientific Center Administrator, Medical College of Wisconsin, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, Tel: 414-456-4498, Fax: 414-456-6516, E-mail: mrdwinel@mcw.edu
Web homepage: http://hmgc.mcw.edu
The Postdoctoral Program in Physiological Genomics at the Human and Molecular Genetics Center offers postdoctoral research opportunities in a variety of areas such as genomics, expression analysis, bioinformatics, and proteomics. Research focuses on linkage and association studies of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, Alzheimer s disease, and other complex disorders in humans, analysis of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype structures of candidate regions in humans using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), expression analysis and functional studies to identify genes involved in prostate cancer and obesity, and transgenic rat and mouse approaches to discover genes involved in development of complex disorders. The program provides training in statistical genetics and bioinformatics in collaboration with the Bioinformatics Research Center to develop novel approaches to data mining and analysis of complex biological and genetic datasets. Close collaborations with clinical and basic science departments at the College offer unique opportunities for disease-oriented training in functional genomics and human disease genetics.