Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Medicine (Human Genetics)

The graduate program in the Faculty of Medicine are structured to create an academic environment conducive to research training excellence. The program is designed to provide formal instruction as well as to promote informal exchange in areas of health and health research.These programs are based upon focal areas of health research within the Faculty and are dependent upon a critical mass of actively engaged faculty researchers in these areas. Each area of concentration has a program coordinator and includes a core of graduate courses appropriate to the area of health research and mechanisms for formal and informal exchange of research ideas (journal clubs, seminar series, visiting speakers program).The PhD program involves courses, a comprehensive exam, and a thesis. It can be completed in four years of full-time study.