February 2006: Last posted update of program information supplied by institution.
If applicable, accreditation has been confirmed as of May 2006.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology Branch
Degree granted: None
Training available: M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Current enrollment: 1 M.D. Postdoctoral, 3 Ph.D. Postdoctoral, 2 M.D./Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Number of graduates in last 2 years: 1 M.D. Postdoctoral, 1 Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Faculty status: 1 M.S.N., 4 Ph.D., 3 M.D., 1 M.D./Ph.D.
Areas of concentration: gene mapping, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, pharmacogenetics, genetic epidemiology
Clinical training fellowships:
ABMG accreditation:
Financial support: Full fellowship support
Application deadline: None. Applications are reviewed on an on-going basis.
Contact: Dilys M. Parry, National Institutes of Health, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Executive Plaza South, Room 7124, 6120 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7236, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7236, Tel: 301-496-4948, Fax: 301-402-4489, E-mail: parryd@mail.nih.gov
Web homepage: http://www.dceg.cancer.gov/
This up to 5-year program provides interdisciplinary training in genetic epidemiology and clinical, molecular and quantitative genetics to support research identifying genetic factors that predispose to cancer, and gene-environment interactions that confer cancer risk in humans. The program is based in Bethesda, MD. In addition to conducting research, fellows rotate through cancer genetics clinics. Rotations through a molecular genetics laboratory are arranged on an ad hoc basis. Fellows with no epidemiology training are strongly encouraged to take an epidemiology course during the first year. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens or foreign nationals with a training visa.