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Award (Clinical Teaching) winner: Dr. Alison Elliott.</a></h4><p>Dr. Alison Elliott is an Associate Professor and has made significant contributions in the Genetic Counselling Program for many years. Dr. Elliott is the Course Coordinator for MEDG 548 which covers topics such as research design, ethics, EDI integration, proposal development, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and knowledge translation. 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The award was presented to Dr. Hall at the 4th International Symposium on Arthrogryposis in Montreal.</a></h4><p> <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/oct-2024-dr-judy-hall-professor-emeritus-was-recently-awarded-a-lifetime-achievement-award-from-the-shriners-hospitals-for-children-for-improving-the-lives-of-people-with-arthrogryposis-the-awar/" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2024/09/Dominic-Captures-Carol-Headshots-67-e1727459450133.jpg?b=1519&w=1200&h=500&zc=1" width="1200" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://healthresearchbc.ca/award_researcher/carol-cremin/"> Sept 2024 – Congrats to Carol Cremin, Clinical Assistant Professor, on being awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) award. 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Christina’s leadership achieved significant gains in the impact and visibility of the journal in North America and […] <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/dr-jehannine-austin-has-been-selected-as-the-next-editor-in-chief-for-the-journal-of-genetic-counseling-effective-january-1-2024/" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2022/10/steven_new_photo-e1665674183595.jpg?b=1519&w=1200&h=500&zc=1" width="1200" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/dr-steven-jones-was-awarded-overall-excellence-senior-faculty-in-the-faculty-of-medicine/"> March 2024 – Dr. Steven Jones was awarded the BioNet Award for Outstanding Service in Bioinformatics.</a></h4><p>Awarded by the Bioinformatics Network (BioNet) community, this award recognizes senior scientists with an exceptional contribution to advancing Bioinformatics research in Canada and training the next generation of bioinformatics professionals. The award is accompanied by a life time registration in the annual BIONET meetings. <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/dr-steven-jones-was-awarded-overall-excellence-senior-faculty-in-the-faculty-of-medicine/" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2023/09/Babu-Banner-1.png?b=1519&w=1200&h=500&zc=1" width="1200" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-024-00696-z"> Dr. Indhu Shree Rajan Babu has published a major review in Nature Review Genetics, and has won the CIHR RDI Award.</a></h4><p>Dr. Indhu Shree Rajan Babu has published a major review on sequence composition changes inshort tandem repeats in Nature Review Genetics (March 2024), and has won the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-024-00696-z" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid expand"> <div id="content" class="hfeed span12"> <div id="post-6227" class="hentry page publish post-1 odd author-dcc2012"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="row-fluid"><div class="span8"></p> <h3>Medical Genetics Graduate Program</h3> <p>The Department of Medical Genetics offers research-focused, thesis-based MSc and PhD degree programs.</p> <ul> <li>Students train under the supervision of renowned <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/contact-us/faculty-listing-new/">research scientists</a>, under a broad range of research disciplines.</li> <li><a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/research/">Research</a> is highly interactive, involving local, national, and international collaborations – providing an enriching and opportunistic research environment.</li> <li>With <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/contact-us/medical-genetics-laboratory-locations/">world-class labs</a> utilising state-of-the-art equipment, infrastructure, and facilities, students get to experience and conduct cutting-edge research ongoing at the forefront of their fields.</li> <li>Applicants to our <a href="https://med-fom-medgen.sites.olt.ubc.ca/graduate-program/prospective-students/admission-statistics/">competitive</a> Medical Genetics Program for the September intake will be considered for our first year <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/graduate-program/prospective-students/rotation-program/">Rotation Program</a> in our Medical Genetics-affiliated labs.</li> </ul> <p><strong style="text-align: center;">Interested? Read about <a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/graduate-program/prospective-students/">admission</a> to the Medical Genetics Graduate Program.</strong></p> <h3>Genetic Counselling Program</h3> <p>UBC’s two-year <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/master-of-science-genetic-counselling">MSc in Genetic Counselling Program</a> — the largest of the 5 programs in Canada — is dedicated to equipping the next generation of genetic counsellors with the skills, knowledge and mindset to flourish as part of an interdisciplinary team and work across a broad range of health care settings and specialties.</p> <p><a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/genetic-counselling/">Find out more here.</a></p> <h3>Medical Genetics Residency Program</h3> <p>Our Medical Genetics Residency Program is interdisciplinary and spent at a number of tertiary level Vancouver teaching hospitals and laboratories, all with large patient loads derived from the entire province. The program integrates basic and clinical genetics, with residents completing coursework within the UBC Medical Genetics Graduate Program. The clinical training is within a busy, provincial service that sees approximately 3000 families per year as outpatient, inpatient and outreach consultations. Patients are seen with a wide variety of prenatal, paediatric, and adult conditions. There is close affiliation with both diagnostic and research laboratories.</p> <p><a href="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/clinical-genetics/residency-training/">Find out more here.</a></p> <p> </div> <div class="span4"></p> <div class="flexslider ubc-carousel basic-sliding expanded-slider "><ul class="slides"><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2023/03/arunkumar_headshot.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/kumar-arun#new_tab"> Arun Kumar</a></h4><p>Find out about Arun’s experience here: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/kumar-arun#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2022/09/IMG_5735-scaled.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/mufti-khair#new_tab"> Khair Mufti</a></h4><p>Find out about Khair’s experience: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/mufti-khair#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2022/09/BCCHIR-HEADSHOTS-4275-scaled-e1663971813258.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/cyrus-sharri#new_tab"> Sharri Cyrus</a></h4><p>Find out about Sharri’s experience here: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/cyrus-sharri#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2022/09/Headshot_Kazemian.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/kazemian-pardis#new_tab"> Pardis Kazemian</a></h4><p>Find out about Pardis’s experience: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/kazemian-pardis#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2020/08/Schaffner-Samantha_1.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/schaffner-samantha#new_tab"> Samantha Schaffner</a></h4><p>Find out about Samantha’s experience: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/schaffner-samantha#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li><li class="flex-slide"><img decoding="async" src="https://medgen.med.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1519/files/2020/08/amy.jpg?b=1519&w=900&h=900&zc=1" width="900" class="attachment-resized" alt="" /><div class="carousel-caption"><h4><a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/inkster-amy#new_tab"> Amy Inkster</a></h4><p>Find out about Amy’s experience: <a href="https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/inkster-amy#new_tab" title="Read More">Read More</a></p></div></li></ul></div> <p> </div></div> <hr /> <h3>Mission and Vision</h3> <p>The Mission of the UBC Department of Medical Genetics is to pursue basic and clinical research for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of genetic disease. Our goal is to be a world leader in the research, clinical practice, and teaching of Genetic Medicine. The Department is an inspiring and productive community of scholars, dedicated to providing compassionate care for our patients as well as generating and disseminating knowledge and technical expertise in the field of genetics and genomics. We are a respected source of information and advice to society. 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