depts.washington.edu/phgen/

Mission

Public Health Genetics is an emerging academic and practice field that applies the rapid advances in human genetics, genomics, and biotechnology to improve public health and prevent disease. The mission of the Institute is to provide broad, interdisciplinary training for future public health professionals, to facilitate research in public health genetics, and to serve as a resource for continuing professional education.

Funding Information:

State funds support the core infrastructure of the IPHG. Students are supported from a variety of extramural funding sources, including NIH training grants to faculty affiliated with the Institute.

Reporting Structure:

The IPHG is administratively housed in the Department of Epidemiology.

Contacts are: Scott Davis, Chair within the School of Public Health and Howard Frumkin, Dean.

The IPHG is also an interdisciplinary program with in the Graduate School. The contact is James Soto Anthony, Associate Dean.

Related UW Entities:

School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Department of Global Health, Department of Biostatistics,
School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics & Humanities, Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Genome Sciences, Department of Pediatrics,
School of Law,
School of Nursing,
School of Pharmacy

External Partners:

Seattle Children's Hospital
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Washington State Department of Health