Educational Programs : Ph.D. Program
Graduate Studies
The science of genetics research is moving at such at rapid rate that discoveries are fast outpacing the ability of many institutions to fully exploit them. One big reason is that the number of scientists in the United States and around the world who can fully understand and interpret the information being uncovered is simply too small. That’s why graduates of top-level programs like those offered by the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics are so highly prized.
The HIHG, working in conjunction with the University of Miami and the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, offers several extensive graduate programs in genetics and genomics study. These include a multi-disciplinary program aimed at training scientists broadly in areas of human genetics and genomics relevant to human health and disease. Modern medicine is increasingly dependent on “genomic literacy” among practitioners and patients, and training the scientists who will work in genomics is our aim.