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Genetic Counseling, ScM at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University, United States

Programme overview

The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program, run jointly by the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and the NIH (NHGRI and NCI), has trained genetic counselors since 1996, with goals including psychotherapeutic genetic counseling, research, and applications of genomics and precision health.

Faculty: Bloomberg School of Public Health  |  Department: Health, Behavior and Society (joint with NIH)  |  Duration: Two and one-half years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Baltimore, MD, United States

What you will study

At least 137 credit hours of coursework and rotations in human genetics, genetic counseling, public policy, research methodology, ethics and health education, with a supervised clinical rotation in the summer between years one and two. Courses are taken at the NIH campus in Bethesda and the Bloomberg School in Baltimore.

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