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• Boston University, School of Public Health
• Bowman Gray, School of Medicine
• Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
• Columbia University, School of Public Health
• Duke University, School of Medicine
• Emory University, School of Public Health and School of Medicine
• Georgetown University, School of Medicine
• Harvard University, School of Public Health
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health
• Louisiana State University Medical Center
• Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• McGill University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• McMaster University, Faculty of the Health Sciences
• New York Medical College, School of Health Sciences
• Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics
• San Diego State University, School of Public Health
• Stanford University, School of Medicine
• State University of New York at Albany, School of Public Health
• University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine
• University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center
• University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
• University of California at Berkeley, School of Public Health
• University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine
• University of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine
• University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
• University of Colorado, School of Public Health and School of Medicine
• University of Connecticut, School of Medicine
• University of Hawaii, School of Public Health
• University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
• University of Iowa, College of Medicine
• University of Kentucky Medical Center
• University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine
• University of Maryland, School of Medicine
• University of Massachusetts/Amherst, School of Public Health
• University of Michigan, School of Public Health
• University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
• University of Oklahoma, College of Public Health
• University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
• University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
• University of Southern California, School of Medicine
• University of Texas Health Science Center, Human Genetics Center
• University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
• University of Virginia, Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences
• University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia
• Wayne State University, Graduate School and School of Medicine
• Yale University, School of Medicine

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, School of Public Health

Contact: Lindsay Farrer, PhD
Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
80 East Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 638-5393
Fax: (617) 638-4275
Internet: farrer@neugen.bu.edu

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: L. Farrer
Credits: 4
Semester: spring
Year course began: 1988

INFORMAL TRAINING
Personal training with faculty for dissertation research leading to PhD.

List of Schools
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BOWMAN GRAY School of Medicine

Contact: Stephen S. Rich, PhD/ Lynne Wagenknecht, DrPH
Public Health Sciences
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063
(910) 716-5778 [S.R.] / (910)716-7652 [L.W.]
Fax: (910) 716-5425
Internet: srich@rc.phs.bgsm.edu
lwagenkn@phs.bgsm.edu
Related web site: Graduate Program in Epidemiology

Department of Public Health Sciences
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: S. Rich
Credits: 3
Semester: every other spring
Year course began: 1995

INFORMAL TRAINING
Short periods of personal training with faculty.

List of Schools
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Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

Contact: Robert C. Elston
Case Western Reserve
School of Medicine
Metrohealth Medical Center
2500 Metrohealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109
(216) 778-3863
Fax: (216) 778-3280
Internet: rce@hal.cwru.edu

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Principles of Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Dawson
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1993

Course: Statistical Method in Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Dawson
Credits: 3
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1994

Course: Genetic Epidemiology of Common Diseases
Instructors: Witte
Credits: 3
Semester: n/a
Year course began: 1996

Course: Linkage Analysis
Instructors: Elston, Olson
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1995

Course: Computational Methods in Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Olson, Elston
Credits: 3
Semester: n/a
Year course began: 1996

Course: Special Topics in Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: staff
Credits: 1-4
Semester: n/a
Year course began: 1995

Course: Population Genetics for Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Schork
Credits: 3
Semester: n/a
Year course began: 1996

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: MS, PhD and Postdoctoral
Core curriculum required?: yes
Laboratory training required?: no

List of Schools
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, School of Public Health

Contact: Frederica P. Perera
School of Public Health, Columbia University
60 Haren Avenue, B-1
New York, NY 10032
(212) 304-7280
Fax: (212) 544-1943
Internet: fpp1@columbia.edu

Division of Environmental Health Sciences
FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology
Instructors: Perera / Mooney
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1996

Course: Biomarkers
Instructors: Santella
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1993

Department of Epidemiology
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetics in Epidemiology
Instructors: n/a
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: n/a

List of Schools
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DUKE UNIVERSITY, School of Medicine

Contact: Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Box 2900
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 684-6274
Fax: (919) 684-6514
Internet: mpv@dnadoc.mc.duke.edu

Department of Medicine/Department of Genetics
FORMAL COURSES
none

INFORMAL TRAINING

• Seminars.
• Short courses/workshops.
• Integrated Course on Human Genetics in the Department of Genetics
• Personal training with faculty (Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, Dr. Marcy Speer).

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: Ph.D.
Core curriculum required?: yes
Laboratory training required?: n/a

List of Schools
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EMORY UNIVERSITY,
School of Public Health, School of Medicine

Contact: Bruce Levin
Rollins Research
Department of Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: n/a
Fax: n/a
Internet: n/a

Contact: Muin Khoury
Centers for Disease Control
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 488-7160
Fax: (404) 488-7197
Internet: muk1@cehbddd.em.cdc.gov

Contact: John McGowan Jr., MD
Emory University
School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-9365
Fax: (404) 727-8737
Internet: mcgowan@sph.emory.edu

School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetic Epidemiology I
Instructors: M. Khoury
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1989

FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology
Instructors: to be determined
Credits: 3
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1998

INFORMAL TRAINING

• Bimonthly seminars in genetic epidemiology.
• Fellowships and mentoring through the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemiology Intelligence Service.

School of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetic Epidemiology II
Instructors: S. Sherman
Credits: 3
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1989

FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology
Instructors: n/a
Credits: n/a
Semester: n/a
Year course began: n/a

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: n/a
Core curriculum required?: n/a
Laboratory training required?: n/a

List of Schools
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, School of Medicine

Contact: Dr. Leonard Chiazze Jr.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Department of Community and Family Medicine
3750 Reservoir Road, NW
Kober-Cogan Hall, Room 409
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 687-4758 Fax: (202) 687-7230
Internet: n/a

School of Medicine
INFORMAL TRAINING

• Sporadic seminars.
• Personal training possible with faculty who have an interest in molecular epidemiology.

List of Schools
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY, School of Public Health

Contact: David Hunter, MD
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-2755
Fax: (617) 432-0335
Internet: nhdjh@gauss.med.harvard.edu

Department of Epidemiology
FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer
Instructors: Fred Li
Credits: 1.25
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1993

Course: Studies in Molecular Epidemiology
Instructors: David Hunter
Credits: 1.25
Semester: Spring
Year course began: 1995

FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Genetic Epidemiology of Diabetes and Its Complications
Instructors: Andrzej Krolewski
Credits: 1.25
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1985

Department of Biology
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Seminar on Statistical Methods in Human Genetics
Instructors: Nan Laird
Credits: 2.5
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1994

Department of Environmental Health
FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Biomarkers in Occupational and Environmental Health
Instructors: Karl Kelsey
Credits: 2.5
Semester: Fall
Year course began: 1993

Department of Tropical Public Health
FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Seminar on the Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Instructors: James Maguire
Credits: 1.25
Semester: Spring/Fall
Year course began: 1995

INFORMAL TRAINING

• Seminars.
• Personal training with faculty.

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Molecular Epidemiology
Level of Training: Ph.D.
Core curriculum required?: yes
Laboratory training required?: no

List of Schools
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY,
School of Hygiene & Public Health

Contact: Terri H. Beaty, Ph.D.
School of Hygiene & Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Epidemiology
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-6960
Fax: (410) 955-0863
Internet: tbeaty@phnet.sph.jhu.edu

Contact: Neil A. Holtzman, M.D., M.P.H.
550 N. Broadway, Suite 511
Baltimore, MD 21205-2004
Internet: holtzman@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

Department of Epidemiology
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Human Genetics: Introduction
Instructors: Petersen
Credits: 5
Semester: first
Year course began: n/a

Course: Human Genetics: Linkage and Mapping
Instructors: Meyers
Credits: 3
Semester: second
Year course began: n/a

Course: Human Genetics: Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Beaty
Credits: 3
Semester: third
Year course began: n/a

Course: Human Genetics: Applications & Methods
Instructors: Beaty
Credits: 3
Semester: fourth
Year course began: n/a

FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers
Instructors: Strickland, Stewart, Groopman, Rothman
Credits: 3
Semester: third
Year course began: n/a

Department of Environmental Science
FORMAL COURSES in Molecular Epidemiology
Course: Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers
Instructors: Strickland, Stewart, Groopman, Rothman
Credits: 3
Semester: third
Year course began: n/a

Department of Health Policy
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: New Genetic Technologies and Public Policy
Instructors: Neil Holtzman
Credits: 3
Semester: fourth
Year course began: 1989

INFORMAL TRAINING
Pre- and post-doctoral research with faculty in the area of genetics testing.

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: Ph.D. in Epidemiology (Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology), Master of Health Science
Core curriculum required?: yes
Laboratory training required?: no

List of Schools
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Louisiana State University, Medical Center

Contact: Bronya Keats
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Department of Biometry and Genetics
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 568-8088
Fax: (504) 568-8500
Internet: keats@recom.biogen.lsumc.edu

Department of Biometry and Genetics
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Statistical Methods in Human Genetics
Instructors: Bronya Keats
Credits: 3
Semester: Fall
Year course began: n/a

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: Ph.D.
Core curriculum required?: yes
Laboratory training required?: yes

List of Schools
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MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE

Contact: Susan Panny, MD
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street, Rm 319
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 225-6730
Fax: (410) 333-5995
Internet: n/a

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
INFORMAL TRAINING
Field placement and opportunites to work on projects is offered to students from appropriate programs at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, and the National Institutes of Health.

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McGILL UNIVERSITY,
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Contact: Kenneth Morgan, Ph.D.
McGill University, Department of Human Genetics
Division of Medical Genetics
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4
(514) 937-6011, ext. 4629
Fax: (514) 934-8273
Internet: ken@bagel.epi.mcgill.ca

Contact: Dr. Roberta Palmour
McGill University
Department of Psychiatry
Allen Memorial Institute
1033 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1
(514) 398-7303
Fax: (514) 398-4370
Internet: mc23@musica.mcgill.ca

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
FORMAL COURSES in Genetic Epidemiology
Course: Selected Topics in Substantive Epidemiology: Genetic Epidemiology
Instructors: Kenneth Morgan
Credits: 1
Semester: winter
Year course began: 1992

INFORMAL TRAINING

• Short course/workshops offered.
• Personal training with faculty available.

FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM in Genetic Epidemiology
Level of Training: Masters in Science, Ph.D., post-doctoral
Core curriculum required?: n/a
Laboratory training required?: n/a

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McMASTER UNIVERSITY,
Faculty of the Health Sciences

Contact: Dr. Donald Cole
Associate Professor and Research Fellow
McMaster University HSC-2C1
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Environmental Health Programs
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5
(905) 525-9140, ext. 22037
Fax: (905) 577-0017
Internet: coledon@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Faculty of the Health Sciences
INFORMAL TRAINING
Graduate research training at Masters of Science and Ph.D. levels is available. This project-oriented training is mainly in molecular epidemiology (biologic markers of exposure).

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NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE,
Graduate School of Health Sciences

Contact: Cathey Falvo, MD
New York Medical College
Graduate School of Health Sciences
Department of Epidemiology
Murger Building
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914) 993-4250
Fax: (914) 993-4541
Internet: n/a

Department of Epidemiology
INFORMAL TRAINING

• Seminars.
• Integrated courses.
• Personal training with faculty.

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