Graduate Programs in Human Genetics
The Department of Genetics is one of six Basic Science departments at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). We are located on the sixth floor of the Clinical Sciences Research Building, .a state-of-the-art research facility.
The Department of Genetics offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Genetics and participates in the Masters of Biomedical Sciences (MS) program and the MD/PhD program. The department has outstanding faculty, researchers, and community educators that cut across disciplines to fulfill our mission to provide state-of-the-art education, research, and community outreach in the area of genetics.
Mission Statement
The Graduate Program in Genetics fosters research, education and training of graduate students aimed at identifying, understanding and contributing to advances in biomedical sciences and human health, integrating knowledge in functional and molecular genetics, genomics and advanced technologies. The Program aims to teach the students how to apply the approaches of formulating hypothesis, designing experiments and interpreting results. The students will also learn how to function as active members of the scientific community who can critically evaluate all aspects of biomedical research. Towards this end, we have designed degree requirements consisting of traditional coursework including scientific writing, seminar series, proposal writing, and a rigorous laboratory-based research program.
