The newly established Emory University School of Medicine Genetic Counseling Training Program offers a unique combination of cutting-edge coursework, extensive and varied clinical experiences, research opportunities and a program-long focus internship in one of four areas: public health genetics, expanded clinical practice, clinical genetics research and laboratory genetic counseling.

The Emory Genetic Counseling Training program's is housed within the Department of Human Genetics on the beautiful Emory Campus in Atlanta, GA. The Emory Department of Human Genetics ranks in the top 10 departments in the country, with a full-fledged basic research faculty and a comprehensive medical genetics division which includes Emory Genetics Clinics and Emory Genetics Laboratory. The department also provides training in human and medical genetics for graduate students, laboratory fellows and residents.

The Emory Genetic Counseling Training program will accept its second class of 10 students to begin in the summer of 2013. Applications will be accepted through December 15, 2012.  The program has received Provisional Accreditation* from the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling.

*Provisional Accreditation is awarded initially to all new training programs, and fully qualifies any graduate to sit for the American Board of Genetic Counseling certification examination.