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Clinical and Public Health Genomics
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From August 2009, the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Nihes) will provide a new, multidisciplinary research-training programme in Clinical and Public Health Genomics. The programme will be tailored to the needs of students who wish to focus on genetics in clinical or public-health research.
How can healthcare practice and population health benefit from ongoing genetic discoveries? A new specialization of the Nihes Genetic Epidemiology programme provides a comprehensive range of courses focusing on this key question.
Advances in genetic epidemiology research are rapidly unravelling the role of genetic factors in the pathogeneses of common diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis, asthma, and type 2 diabetes. One major promise is that these advances will lead to personalized medicine, where preventive and therapeutic interventions for complex diseases can be individually tailored to a person’s genetic profile. To investigate the potential for genome-based applications in healthcare practice, now is the time to train experts in clinical and public-health genomics – people who understand the full spectrum of genomic disciplines: from molecular genetics to the ethical, legal and societal aspects of genomics.
The new programme in Clinical and Public Health Genomics comprises courses on molecular genetics, genetic epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, public health, health technology assessment, biostatistics, prevention research, behavioural change, and on the ethical, legal and societal implications of genomics. Those wishing to focus on genetics and on clinical or public-health research can take courses at various levels, and can also participate in ground-breaking research programmes at Erasmus MC University Medical Center.
The Clinical and Public Health Genomics programme is embedded within the Genetic Epidemiology programme, which also features programmes in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genomics. Genetic Epidemiology is one of Nihes' six core disciplines.
Advances in genetic epidemiology research are rapidly unravelling the role of genetic factors in the pathogeneses of common diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis, asthma, and type 2 diabetes. One major promise is that these advances will lead to personalized medicine, where preventive and therapeutic interventions for complex diseases can be individually tailored to a person’s genetic profile. To investigate the potential for genome-based applications in healthcare practice, now is the time to train experts in clinical and public-health genomics – people who understand the full spectrum of genomic disciplines: from molecular genetics to the ethical, legal and societal aspects of genomics.
The new programme in Clinical and Public Health Genomics comprises courses on molecular genetics, genetic epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, public health, health technology assessment, biostatistics, prevention research, behavioural change, and on the ethical, legal and societal implications of genomics. Those wishing to focus on genetics and on clinical or public-health research can take courses at various levels, and can also participate in ground-breaking research programmes at Erasmus MC University Medical Center.
The Clinical and Public Health Genomics programme is embedded within the Genetic Epidemiology programme, which also features programmes in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genomics. Genetic Epidemiology is one of Nihes' six core disciplines.
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Cornelia M. van Duijn, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, is Director of the Nihes Genetic Epidemiology programme.
"The programme in Clinical and Public Health Genomics leads to an accredited MSc degree, and is the first of its kind in Europe. It’s taught by a multidisciplinary faculty of leading international experts in the health sciences. This is a programme for future leaders in one of the most challenging areas in medicine and public health."
Application and admission: www.nihes.nl/geneticepidemiology