UAB’s School of Health Professions and the School of Medicine’s Department of Genetics are proud to announce the establishment of the first Genetic Counseling graduate degree program in Alabama and one of the few in this region of the country. The program recently received provisional accreditation as a new program from the American Board of Genetic Counseling. The first class of students will be admitted for the fall 2010 semester.
Our program and students have access to state of the art facilities, internationally recognized faculty and a diverse population. We are actively seeking prospective students with a strong interest in the field of genetics and genetic counseling (UAB Graduate School on-line application). Students will have the unique opportunity to work with the program faculty to shape the program to maximize the variety of genetic resources available at UAB.
UAB offers a 21 month full time university based curriculum. All students are admitted in the fall of each academic year and proceed through the program as a group. The first two semesters are didactic coursework in the areas of genetics, genetic counseling principles and process, pediatric, cancer, prenatal genetics supported by clinical exposure in each area. Students will also participate in ethics and research methods courses during their first year. Clinical rotations for the program begin in the summer following the successful completion of the first year. The second year of the curriculum includes extensive clinical training, graduate project development and completion and didactic coursework in research and laboratory genetic counseling, advanced genetic counseling principles and practice, and ethical issues in genetics.
Graduates will be well prepared for roles in traditional clinical settings as well as emerging areas of genetic counseling such as research and laboratory based genetic counseling.
Genetic Counseling Program Information Sessions
The program will be hosting three informational sessions about the genetic counseling profession and training program at UAB. Each session will provide participants the opportunity to learn more about the profession and the program. To make a reservation please email the program director at MSGC@uab.edu.
Session schedule (held in the Kaul Human Genetics Guilding, Room 637):
Friday, September 18, 2009 9:00 - 10:00 am
Monday, October 19, 2009 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Monday, November 9, 2009 5:30 – 6:30 pm
For additional information contact R. Lynn Holt, MS, CGC, UAB Genetic Counseling Program Director at (205) 934-4863 or msgc@uab.edu.