Graduate Certificate in Public Health Genetics
Overview
The Graduate Certificate Program in Public Health Genetics is available to students already enrolled in any other University of Washington graduate degree program.
The program provides training in three primary areas of public health genetics:
- Genetic epidemiology
- Pharmacogenomics
- Ethical, legal, and social issues connected with genetics
Students who complete the program will receive the Certificate from the Institute for Public Health Genetics. The Certificate will be acknowledged on the student's official UW transcript.
Curriculum
The following courses are required for the Certificate:
| Course | Course name / Link to catalog description | Course website |
Syllabus | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHG 511 |
Genetic Epidemiology
Prerequisites: GENOME 371 or equivalent; AND EPI 511 or equivalent; AND BIOST 511 or equivalent |
Website | Syllabus | 3 |
| PHG 512 | Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues in Public Health Genetics | Website | Syllabus | 3 |
| PHG 513 |
Basic Concepts in Pharmacogenetics and Toxicogenomics
Prerequisite: GENOME 372 or equivalent |
Website | Syllabus | 3 |
| PHG 580 |
PHG Interactive Seminar
1 credit/quarter (required for 3 quarters) |
Website | 3 |
PHG 511, 512, and 513 must be taken for a grade. PHG 580
may be taken on a credit/no-credit basis.
Prerequisites include
GENOME 371/372, Epidemiology 511, and Biostatistics 511, or their
equivalents.
In addition to these required courses, students are highly encouraged to take other PHG courses as electives. For a full list of the core PHG courses, please see Curriculum Overview.
Admission to the Certificate Program
Applications for the certificate program are reviewed bi-monthly Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.
To submit an application, please send the following materials to Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Box 357236, Seattle, WA 98195-7236:
- The completed Graduate Certificate program application form
- A typed statement of purpose (maximum one page) in which you discuss your educational and professional background, reasons for joining the program, career goals, and how the Graduate Certificate in Public Health Genetics would contribute to those goals
- Current UW graduate school transcripts (available at http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/transcripts.html)
For information about financial aid, see For Prospective Students.
For additional information, contact the IPHG Graduate Program Assistant at phgen@u.washington.edu.