| MCMASTER UNIVERSITY | |
| Joint program: McMaster University, Credit Valley and Hamilton Hospitals | |
| Degree granted: | in clinical training fellowships |
| Training available: | M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 3 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 3 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Faculty status: | 6 M.S., 6 Ph.D., 3 M.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | anthropological genetics, biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, developmental genetics, dysmorphology, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, prenatal diagnosis |
| Clinical training fellowships: | clinical genetics, clinical molecular genetics, clinical cytogenetics, clinical biochemical genetics |
| ABMG accreditation: | |
| CCMG accreditation: |
clinical genetics cytogenetics biochemical genetics molecular genetics |
| Financial support: | Competitive application to Ontario Ministry of Health for 2-year funding grants.
Research-based post-doctoral funding (only through collaboration with other investigators). |
| Application deadline: | Funding application deadline is September 1 annually;
Starting dates for training are flexible. |
| Contact: | Ron Carter, PhD, FCCMG, FACMG, Director, Genetic Services, Hamilton Regional Lab Medicine Program, Pathology & Molecular Medicine, 3N15 HSC, 1200 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada, Tel: 905-521-5085, Fax: 905-521-2651, E-mail: carterr1@hhsc.ca |
| Web homepage: | http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/ |
| Program is accredited as a unique joint training site combining facilities of 2 large hospitals (Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, and Hamilton Health Sciences) and McMaster University. Professional staff with credentials in all 4 specialties. High service workload and abundant academic opportunities. Limited number of training slots; practical maximum of 1 or 2 trainees in each subdiscipline at a time. Completion of training and credentialing requirements permits candidates to write examinations for fellowship in CCMG. | |