Start Your Career in Genetics
Join a diverse and highly interactive community focused on mentorship and student learning.
Graduate training at the U-M Medical School Department of Human Genetics includes multidisciplinary programs with distinct goals and diverse skills, each fusing breadth with depth and balancing rigor with flexibility. Our programs are driven by the interests of the student and take advantage of a wide variety of genetics and genomics initiatives and promote inter-department collaborations. Trainees are well prepared for employment in industry or for matriculation into elite graduate or medical programs.
To learn more about our PhD Program in Genetics and Genomics, MS Program in Human Genetics, MS Program in Genetic Counseling, Genetics Training Program, Medical Scientist Training Program, or Dual Degree Programs, explore each program below.
Dive deep into what makes us unique—from our comprehensive curriculum to hands-on opportunities outside the classroom, you'll hone your skills and build lifelong connections.
The field of Human Genetics began by linking specific mutations to disease and has since transformed into a far more diverse realm of study. It is one of the most exciting and fastest-growing fields in the biomedical sciences. Conceptual and technical innovations fuel discoveries in the molecular bases of complex diseases, organismal development, population dynamics, and genomic evolution.
The Department of Human Genetics Faculty offer mentorship and support. Our laboratories are involved in widely assorted areas of research, including genomics, population and statistical genetics, genomic instability, the genetic epidemiology of common diseases, complex trait analysis, disease gene identification, regulation of gene expression, developmental genetics, and cancer genetics. Our students carry out interdisciplinary genetics research in each of these diverse areas.
All students in good standing will be provided with a monthly stipend, comprehensive health care coverage, and coverage of tuition and fees. Students can be supported by a combination of individual fellowships, pre-doctoral training grant funds, institutional funds, and research grants.
