MSGE Thesis
By the end of the first year of the program, each student will focus on a research project for his or her Master's thesis under the guidance of a supervisory committee. The thesis project may be based on research involving primary data collection, or may be a secondary analysis of data from a completed genetic epidemiologic study by investigating a research question not yet considered in that study.
The thesis committee chair is chosen by the student and must be a member of the MSGE Core Faculty. The full Master's thesis committee will consist of at least two members of the Graduate Faculty. The second member need not be from the Genetic Epidemiology core faculty. No more than four members can serve on a master's committee. Each MSGE student must write a thesis proposal and obtain approval of the proposal by his or her thesis chair before beginning research and before earning thesis credits.
As with all graduate programs, the thesis must be completed and approved by the thesis committee before the student can complete his or her degree program.
MSGE Core Faculty
Melissa A. Austin Ph.D. (IPHG, Epidemiology)
Karen L. Edwards Ph.D. (IPHG, Epidemiology)
Michael Rosenfeld Ph.D. (Pathobiology)
Stephen M. Schwartz Ph.D. (Epidemiology)