Long Island University
Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
Location: Brookville, NY
Program Length: 21 months
Mission: To develop genetic counselors that have the knowledge, skill and experience to succeed in all areas of the field by providing comprehensive training emphasizing the scientific, clinical and psychosocial aspects of genetic counseling.
The LIU Post GCGP is committed to developing a new generation of genetic counselors with the knowledge and skill to help patients make the best decisions. With a diverse, interdisciplinary academic and clinical faculty, the two-year Masters program is geared toward students who desire a rigorous and comprehensive training in the field of clinical genetics. Skills learned through classroom-based didactics pave the way for students to enter their clinical rotations for “real-world” training. Additionally, both classroom work and numerous supplementary activities ensure that students will be exposed to expanded roles in genetic counseling in addition to traditional, clinic-based careers.
- GRE – ❌*
- International students – ✅
- GPA requirement = 3.0
- In-state priority – ❌
- Interviews – Virtual
*But, recommended
- In-state: $66,552
- Out-of-state: $66,552
- International: $66,552
- Tuition reduction options – ❌
- On-campus work opportunities – ✅
- Match and/or Application Waivers – ✅ *
*For qualifying candidates
- Long Island, NY; New York City, NY; and New Jersey
- Flexible summer rotation opportunities – ✅
DEIJ speakers/activities are included in our journal/GC Seminar, and as part of our curriculum.
Our students have observational and clinical rotation placements in a wide variety of diverse settings, including non-profit organizations, commercial labs, community-based clinics, large academic hospitals, etc. All these clinical settings expose our students to healthcare providers and patients from a diverse set of socioeconomic, educational, and ethnic backgrounds. The LIU GCGP also makes a concerted effort to recruit and admit students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. To make genetic counseling more accessible to underserved communities the program’s leadership has decided to remove GRE scores as a requirement for admissions and to waive the application fee for these candidates. Also, the admissions interviews are held online to lower the cost and we will continue to do so. In addition, MATCH program is offering a stipend for their registration.
Our students have developed a series of online learning modules for undergraduate students to introduce them to genetic counseling and the roles genetic counselors play in medicine and healthcare today. We have piloted them among LIU Post and Brooklyn students, and they were very well received. The modules were uploaded on YouTube so everyone can access them for free. We also work with a local non-profit organization the H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths Lehrer Prize for Community Well Being Incubator Program to introduce minority high school and college students to the field of public health and genetic counseling and to influence positive change in their community. This initiative will continue with the first-year students. We have also started participating in outreach with Weil Cornell Medicine to help provide genetic services to minority and underprivileged communities in NYC area.
The program has also increased the presence of diverse members in the Admission Committee to help prevent unconscious bias during application review process.
For more information contact Monika Zak, Program Director, at Monika.Zak@liu.edu
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