20 years ago the facility of medicine at the University of Geneva and the University Geneva Hospital decided to form the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development at the University of Geneva Medical School. A department for research and clinical studies. The department is one of the largest in Europe and the over mission of the department is to study the function and structure of the human genome and use that knowledge to study numerous disorders such as the mendelian disorder and trisomy 21. The University also operates a Switzerland’s only PHD program for genetics, attracting students from all around the globe.
US & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)