| TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | |
| HUMAN GENETICS PROGRAM | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Human Genetics (one year program), Ph.D. in Human Genetics, M.D./Ph.D. in Medical Genetics, in Medical and Human Genetics |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral, M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 11 Masters, 4 Doctoral, 2 M.D. Postdoctoral, 1 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 15 Masters, 2 Doctoral |
| Faculty status: | 3 M.S., 6 Ph.D., 4 M.D., 2 M.D./Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | behavioral genetics, biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, developmental genetics, dysmorphology, epidemiology, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, population genetics, prenatal diagnosis |
| Clinical training fellowships: | clinical genetics, clinical molecular genetics, Ph.D. medical genetics, clinical cytogenetics, clinical biochemical genetics |
| ABMG accreditation: |
Ph.D. medical genetics clinical cytogenetics clinical biochemical genetics clinical molecular genetics |
| ACGME accreditation: | Clinical genetics |
| Financial support: | Ph.D. Program: Graduate School Stipends and Tuition Wwivers, Fellowship Grants |
| Application deadline: | For Financial Aid: February 1 (Doctoral), MARCH 31 (Postdoctoral), December 1 and July 1 (one-year Masters) |
| Contact: |
Karen Weissbecker, PhD, Director, Graduate Training Program, Tulane University School of Medicine, Human Genetics Program, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70112, Tel: 504/988-5229, Fax: 504/988-1763, E-mail: kremer@tulane.edu Hans Andersson, M.D., Director, Medical Genetics Training Program, Tulane University School of Medicine, Human Genetics Program, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70112, Tel: 504/988-5229, Fax: 504/988-1763, E-mail: handers@tulane.edu |
| Web homepage: | http://www.som.tulane.edu/human_genetics/ |
| The Human Genetics Program/Hayward Genetics Center is an interdepartmental, multidisciplinary program combining clinical genetics activities in a major medical school and basic research in human genetics and related fields of two medical schools and a major university. Core faculty of the program hold appointments in pediatrics, biochemistry, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and neurology, medicine, environmental health sciences, pathology and laboratory medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, with close interaction with the Department of Biometry and Genetics of Louisiana State University Medical School and the state genetic and newborn screening programs. A high volume of clinical activity offers unexcelled opportunities for training in clinical aspects of human genetics at the pre- and postdoctoral levels. Active ongoing research in biochemical genetics, cytogenetics, and molecular genetics and the close interaction with other researchers and clinicians provide the trainee with a comprehensive approach to both research and clinical training. | |