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The Genetics Program is a cross-disciplinary team of clinicians, biostatisticians, genetic epidemiologists, geneticists, biochemists and information technology specialists working together to discover the links between complex human disease and genes.

The Genetics Program is presently directing projects involving multiple academic centers and private industry to identify genes for several complex diseases including metabolic syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. The Program is also actively involved in research projects in substance abuse, sickle cell disease, inflammatory bowel disease, mental illness, longevity, and the Framingham Heart Study. Cancer Genetics and Developmental Genetics are a major focus of our research labs.

As a part of the educational component of the Genetics Program's mission, the Genetics Program offers a variety of opportunities for training leading to a Ph.D. in a genetics specialty including genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics. Our faculty teach a variety of graduate level courses in medical genetics and epidemiology on the Medical Campus.

For biomedical researchers both on campus and off, our program's Molecular Genetics Core Lab provides services for DNA extraction, sequencing, genotyping and cell line cultures.