CMM 520 - Clinical Cancer Genetics

Instructor’s Name(s): Dr. Valerie Schaibley

Course Description: This course presents important ideas in cancer genetics and precision health, preparing students to identify and evaluate patients with a family history consistent with a hereditary cancer syndrome, and to understand, interpret and apply the results of germline and somatic tumor testing.

There are three major topics:
1. Cancer biology and genetics
2. Inherited cancer syndromes
3. Ethical, legal and social issues in clinical cancer genetics

The format will include lectures by experts in the field, reading and presentation of instructive cases. Students will use this knowledge to analyze pedigrees, perform risk assessment and explain clear and ambiguous test results.

Required extracurricular activities: N/A

Credit hours: 2

Semester Offered: Spring (CMM-MS and Certificate students)

Class meets: Weds and Fri, 10-11am via Zoom

Textbook: none