Medical Genetics / Pediatrics Combined Residency Program Overview
The Division of Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers a combined residency in Medical Genetics and Pediatrics that has been accredited by both The American Board of Pediatrics and The American Board of Medical Genetics. Residents who complete this program are eligible for board certification in both Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics. Interested candidates apply by contacting the Division of Human Genetics and submitting an application through ERAS to the categorical pediatric program. Applicants are urged to make their interest in this option known to both the Division of Human Genetics and the Department of Pediatrics at the time of application.
Opportunities within the Division of Human Genetics
Clinical
- Adult genetics
- Biochemical disorders
- Cancer genetics
- Craniofacial genetics
- Diagnostic laboratories (Biochemical, Cytogenetics, Molecular)
- Dysmorphology
- Lysosomal disorders
- Monogenic disorders
- Neurogenetics
- Newborn screening
- Pre/Perinatal genetics including fetal therapy
- Therapeutics including clinical trials
Research
- Clinical trials (enzyme replacement therapies, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, pharmacogenetics, Marfan syndrome)
- Syndrome description and natural history
- Basic research
- Gene transfer
- Model organisms
- Molecular & functional genetics of monogenic disorders
- Molecular & functional genetics of complex traits
- Bioinformatics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Statistical Genetics
