This course is a modern survey of heredity, disease, genetics in experimental animals and humans, and molecular genetics in the diagnosis and treatment of inherited disorders. The program combines JHU research expertise in medical genetics with JAX’s unique knowledge and experience in experimental genetics using the mouse system.
For nearly 6 decades the 'McKusick Short Course' has been the most influential annual training event in medical genetics. The course was initiated by Dr. Victor McKusick and Jackson Laboratory Faculty and remains a joint effort of Jackson Laboratory and Johns Hopkins University. A large number of the more than 6,000 alumni are now leaders in their fields and have returned to teach as faculty members.
The content of the annual Short Course focuses on three areas:
The development and uses of modern techniques in bioinformatics, mathematical genetics, genome manipulation, mutagenesis and phenotyping are taught in lectures and in afternoon workshop sessions. The Short Course includes a focus on understanding the molecular basis of genetic disease, animal models of disease, treatment and therapy.
Head of Research Laboratory, Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics
Professor and Chairman of Genetic Medicine
Director of Epigenetic and Chromatin Clinic, Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
Director, Division of Genomics and Society; Senior Investigator, Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch; Head, Molecular Pathogensis Section
Professor, Knowlton Family Chair
Director, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics; Professor, Institute for Systems Genetics; Professor, Department of Medicine
Professor, Karl Gunnar Johansson Chair
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism; Professor
Director, William S. Smilow Center for Marfan Syndrome Research Institute of Genetic Medicine; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Principal Investigator, Professor of Genome Sciences
Professor of Medical and Developmental Genetics
Chief, Endocrine Division and Diabetes Unit; Professor of Medicine; Institute Member
Assistant Professor, Genetic Medicine and Neuroscience
Professor of Cell Biology
Dr. Frank V. Sutland Professor of Pediatric Genetics; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Director, Division of Intramural Research; Chief Immunopathogenesis Section
Professor, Department of Genetic Medicine; Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias
Professor of Biology and Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Director, Institute for Genomic Health; Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and General Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Genome Browser
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine
Assistant Director for Science Programs, Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Human Genetics Graduate Program; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of the Center for Mendelian Genomics (CMG); Attending Physician in Genetics and Metabolism
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics; Chair, Department of Pediatric Oncology Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Investigator, HHMI
David T. Karzon Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Biochemistry, Medicine and Pathology, Director, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Assistant Professor Bioengineering
Chief Genomics Officer & Professor of Pathology
Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics
Professor of Medicine and Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology
Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Professor
Senior Database User Support Specialist
Professor
Research Scientist
Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Genetics and Biology
Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Professor
Professor of Oncology, Pathology and Medicine; Co-Director of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics; Associate Cancer Center Director for Precision Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Professor of Medical Genetics, Director of GeneMAP and Deputy Dean of Research
Director, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics; Professor, Institute for Systems Genetics; Professor, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Dr. Frank V. Sutland Professor of Pediatric Genetics; Professor of Genetic Medicine
Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics
Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine; Professor of Genetic Medicine