About the Program

The Genetics PhD program provides opportunities for graduate study in all major areas of modern genetics, including identification and analysis of human disease genes, molecular evolution, gene therapy, statistical genetics, application of model organisms to problems in biology and medicine, and computational and experimental approaches to genome biology. Our program emphasizes a spectrum of approaches based on molecules, organisms, populations, and genomes: more than just learning a set of tools, you will gain a coherent and fruitful way of thinking about biology and medicine.