upenn masters of genetic counseling

 With an outstanding faculty and access to clinical opportunities at some of the nation’s premier healthcare facilities, we prepare students to be successful genetic counseling professionals in the rapidly evolving field of genetics.

• Our internationally recognized Penn faculty are actively engaged with issues relevant to genetic counseling diagnostics and therapeutics, which offers a unique opportunity to establish a strong curriculum across disciplines including public health, bioethics, translational medicine, and social policy and practice. These programs will foster novel opportunities for student research.
• The curriculum is structured to include clinical internships and professional experiences in all semesters so that didactic learning can be quickly applied and counseling skills tested and practiced throughout the course of the program. 
• More than 130 experienced clinical supervisors, 80 at Penn and CHOP alone, work with our program in a wide array of clinical sites, affording students a more individualized experience tailored to their interests.
• An elective rotation allows students to focus on particular areas of interest
• The Penn Telegenetics Program is one of the national leaders in NIH funding and in researching new technologies to improve delivery of this critical service.
• The Penn Medicine Clinical Simulation Center provides outstanding practice opportunities at all stages of learning.
• The program has a strong emphasis on clinical, translational, and implementation research. 
• The breadth of resources at Penn provide numerous opportunities to introduce students to the commercial and policy contexts of genetic counseling and testing processes and to help them more critically understand how genetic counseling practice continues to evolve.
• Cutting edge programs at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia including the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, the Mitochondrial Medicine Frontier Program, the 22q and You Center and the Roberts Individualized Medical Genetics Center
• Penn Medicine has long been a leader in creating innovative and cutting-edge programs that enhance the roles of genetic counselors.