| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER | |
| Human Medical Genetics Program | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Genetic Counseling, Ph.D. in Human Medical Genetics |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral, M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 12 Masters, 4 Doctoral, 2 M.D. Postdoctoral, 1 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 14 Masters, 1 Doctoral |
| Faculty status: | 20 M.S., 2 M.S.W., 6 Ph.D., 9 M.D., 5 M.D./Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, dysmorphology, gene mapping, genetic counseling, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, population genetics, prenatal diagnosis |
| Clinical training fellowships: | clinical genetics, genetic counseling, clinical molecular genetics, clinical cytogenetics, clinical biochemical genetics |
| ABMG accreditation: |
clinical cytogenetics clinical biochemical genetics clinical molecular genetics |
| ACGME accreditation: | Clinical genetics |
| ABGC accreditation: |
Full status |
| Financial support: | Stipends for M.D. Residents in Clinical Genetics Stipends for doctoral students in Human Medical Genetics |
| Application deadline: | M.S. Genetic Counseling: January 15; Ph.D. Human Medical Genetics: January 31; Residency: December 31; Fellowship: December 31. |
| Contact: |
For M.S.: Carol Walton, M.S., C.G.C., Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Clinical Genetics/Metabolism; Dept. Pediatrics, Box B300, The Children's Hospital, 1056 E. 19th Avenue, Denver, CO, 80218-1088, Tel: 303-861-6395, Fax: 303-861-3921, E-mail: walton.carol@tchden.org For Residency/Fellowship: Janet A. Thomas, M.D., Medical Genetics Residency Program Director, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Tel: 303-861-6395, Fax: 303-861-3921, E-mail: thomas.janet@tchden.org |
| Web homepage: | http://UCHSC Graduate Programs: www.uchsc.edu/gs/gs |
| Trainees have access to the approximately 3000 patients served annually in the general genetics/dysmorphology and multidisciplinary clinics at The Children's Hospital, as well as the prenatal diagnosis, adult medical genetics, hereditary cancer and other subspecialty clinics at University of Colorado Hospital. The molecular, biochemical and cytogenetics laboratories at UCHSC, all with ABMG certified directors, are available for training. Didactic courses cover all aspects of genetics and are designed specifically for genetics trainees' needs. The teaching faculty have a broad range of interests, and opportunities for involvement in a variety of basic science and clinical research projects are available. The program in Human Medical Genetics is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program providing research training in the rapidly developing area of human genetics. Experimental approaches are introduced after the core curriculum and include population genetics and introduction to human genetic disease, among other topics. Research opportunities are offered in a broad range of interdisciplinary areas including cancer genetics, genomics, human genetic and chromosomal disease, inherited metabolic disease, basic human molecular biology, mouse genetics, structural investigations of mutant human proteins and nucleic acids. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows a multifaceted focus on human medical genetics. The program's director is Richard A. Spritz, M.D., 303-724-3101 | |