Training Courses in Human/Medical Genetics - ESHG Guide

This listing is maintained by the ESHG Education Committee. To have a program added or modified, contact
-- Domenico Coviello (coviello@unige.it) or
-- Celia DeLozier Blanchet (delozier@medcli.unige.ch)

CZECH REPUBLIC
   
Prague Charles University Prague
2nd Medical School
Insititute of Biology and Medical Genetics
V Uvalu 84, 15112 Prague 5 Motol
Contact: Prof. MUDr Petr Goetz, Ph.D.
Tel : (420 2) 2442.3501 / fax : 2443 3520
Levels : M.D. postdoctoral, Ph.D. postdoctoral
Language: Czech
Restrictions: none mentioned
Financial assistance: no

FINLAND
   
Helsinki

 

Dept. Medical Genetics
Biomedicum Helsinki
P.O. Box 140, FIN00029HUS
00290 Helsinki
contact: Kristiina Aittomaki; Leena Peltonen
tel: (35-89) 47.17.21.87
e-mail: kristiina.aittomaki@hus.fi
levels, degrees: M. Sc.: molecular genetics, cytomolecular genetics
Ph.D. : Medical genetics, molecular genetics
M.D./Ph.D: Molecular genetics
Languages: Finnish, English
Restrictions: none mentioned
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline: August 30; December 21
   
Helsinki University of Helsinki
Department of Bio- and environmental Sciences,
Program in Genetics
Viikinkaari 2, Helsinki
Contact: Dr. Jim Schroder
Tel: (35-891) 99.15.90.074
E-mail: jim.schroder@helsinki.fi
Level/degrees: Ph.D., Hospital geneticist
Languages: Finnish, English
Restrictions: none noted
Financial assistance: no
Deadline: no specific
   
Turku Turku University Hospital
Dept. Medical Genetics/ Clinical Genetics
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520 Turku
Ccontact : Helena Kaariainen, M.D.
tel: (358-2)22.33.74.53
E-mail: Helena.kaariainen@utu.fi
Levels/ degrees: M.Sc: hospital geneticist
Licenciate : human genetics
M.D. post-doctoral: clinical geneticist
Languages: Finnish (required), some English
Restrictions: none mentioned
Financial assistance: no

FRANCE
   
Montpellier Univerisity of Montpellier 1
Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Histology-Embryology-Cytogenetics
 
Contact: Professor Jean-Paul Bureau
Tel: (33-60)38.96.754
E-mail : bureau@sc.univ-montpl.fr
Levels/degrees: Doctoral (Ph.D.) Ph.D. post-doctoral, M.D. postdoctoral
European University Diploma in molecular cytogenetics
Language: English
Restrictions for entry: none
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline for application: December 31

GERMANY
   
Heidelberg University of Heidelberg
Contact: Claus R. Bartram
E-mail: Cr.Bartram@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Levels/degrees: Human Genetics/ Genetic Counseling- postgraduate for M.D.s
Cytogenetics or Molecular Genetic Diagnostics – Ph.D. degree

UNITED KINGDOM
   
Cardiff University Hospital of Wales,
Heath Park,
Cardiff CF14 4XW,
Wales, UK
Contact: Professor Angus Clarke and Ms Sherrie Witts,
Institute of Medical Genetics
Tel +44-(0)29-2074-4865
Fax -6551
e-mail: clarkeaj@cardiff.ac.uk or wittssm@cardiff.ac.uk 
Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medic/degreeprogrammes/postgraduatetaught/geneticcouns/index.html
Degrees: Master’s in Genetic Counseling
   
 Manchester  
Website: www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/geneticcounselling/
Degrees: Master’s in Genetic Counseling
Contact: Anne Burns
Tel: +44 (0)161 276 6276/6322
Email: anne.m.burns@manchester.ac.uk

ITALY
   
Verona University of Verona
Section of Biology and Genetics
Dept. Mother and Child, Biology and Genetics
Biologia e Genetica, Strada Le Grazie 8
37134 Verona
Contact: Prof. Pier Franco Pignatti
tel: (39-045)58.46.02 / fax: 80.27.180
Email: pierfranco.pignatti@univr.it
Website: http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dottorationweb/genetica_medica/ 
Website for application: http://dottorati.unisi.it/domande
Degree/level: PhD in Oncology and Genetics
Restrictions: none
Language: Italian and English
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline: June 30
   
Siena University of Siena
Section of Medical Genetics
Dept. Mol. Biol.
Policlinico S Maria alle Scotte
53100 Siena
Contact: Prof. Alessandra Renieri
tel: (39-0577) 233303 / fax: 233325
Email: renieri@unisi.it
Website: http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dottorationweb/genetica_medica/ 
Website for application: http://dottorati.unisi.it/domande
Degree/level: PhD in Oncology and Genetics
Restrictions: none
Language: Italian and English
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline: June 30
   
Siena University of Siena
Section of Medical Genetics
Dept. Mol. Biol.
Policlinico S Maria alle Scotte
53100 Siena
Contact: Prof. Alessandra Renieri
tel: (39-0577) 233303 / fax: 233325
Email: renieri@unisi.it
Website: http://www.unisi.it/ammin/uff-at-norm/Normativa%20di%20Ateneo/Reg.Did.Ateneo/tab_m/m_genetica%20medica.htm
Degree/level: Specialist in Medical Genetics
Restrictions: EU citizens
Language: Italian/English
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline: April 3
   
Other Italian schools of specialization in Medical Genetics can be found on the website of the Italian Society of Human Genetics, at:
  http://sigu.univr.it/sigu/html/scuolespecializzazione.shtml
(Bari, Brescia, Cagliari, Catania, Catanzaro, Chieti, Ferrara, Firenze, Genova, l’Insubria, Milano, Messina, Padova, Pavia, Roma, Torino, Trieste, Verona)

The NETHERLANDS
   
Leiden Leiden University Medical Center
Center for Human and Clinical Genetics
P.O. Box 9503
2300 RA Leiden NL
Contact: Prof. Gert Jan B. van Ommen/ M.H. Breuning
tel: (31-71)527-62-93
Level/degrees: Ph.D. : Human Genetics
M.D. postgraduate: Clinical Genetics
M.D. / Ph.D. : Human and Clinical Genetics
Languages: English
Restrictions: contact program
Financial assistance: rarely

NORWAY
   
Bergen Haukeland University Hospital
N-5021 Bergen, Norway
N-5021 Bergen, Norway
Contact: Gunnar Houge, M.D., Ph.D.
Tel: (47-55) 97.54.44
e-mail: gunnar.houge@helse-bergen.no
Degrees offered: Ph.D., M.D.
Subject areas: Medical Genetics
Language: Norwegian
Financial assistance: no

RUSSIA
   
Tomsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk Russian Medical Academy for Postraduate Study
- Research Center for Medical Genetics, Moscow
- Institute of Medical Genetics RAMS , Tomsk
- Institute of General Genetics RAS, Moscow
- Institute of Genetics and Cytology RAS, Novosibirsk
Contact: Dr. Ginter Evgeny
Research Center for Medical Genetics
Moskvorechie, 1 Moscow
Tel: (7-095)111-8594; fax: 324-0702
Levels/degrees: M.Sc: Genetic counseling
Ph.D. : Genetics/ Molecular Genetics
M.D.post-doctoral ( or M.D./Ph.D.) : Genetics, laboratory genetics
 
Language: Russian
Restrictions: not mentioned
Financial assistance: yes
Deadline:  no specific

SPAIN
   
Madrid Univeristy of Alcala de Henares / Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Dept. of Medical Genetics
Genetica Medica, Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Carretera de Colmenar, Km 9100
E-28034 Madrid
Contact: Dr. Jose M. Garcia-Sagredo
(34-9) 13.36.83.39/ fax 13/36/83/34
e-mail: jgarcias.hrc@salud.madrid.org
Level/degree: M.D. postdoctoral—Specialization in Clinical Genetics
Language: Spanish
Restrictions: no
Financial assistance: no
Deadline:  September 15
   
Zaragosa University of Zaragosa
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Dept. Pediatria, Fac. Medicina, c/o Domingo Miral S/N
50009 Saragosa, Spain

Contact: Feliciano J. Famos, M.D., Ph.D.
tel: (34-976)76.17.39; fax: (34-976)76.17.26
E-mail: framos@unizar.es
Degree: Ph.D. in Medical Genetics (areas of specialization: cytogenetics, dysmorphology, clinical genetics, genetic counseling, molecular genetics)
Language: Spanish
Restrictions: no
Financial assistance: yes
Application deadline: October 30
 

Updated December 10, 2007

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