{"id":2361,"date":"2017-04-17T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T22:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/fast-faqs\/mission-statement\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:15:03","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/fast-faqs\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p>We are proud to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/about\/#mission\">the mission of the UNC School of Medicine<\/a>, and grateful to serve the people of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>We advance fundamental, translational, and clinical research in genetics and genomics through innovation, education, and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our graduate programs train students to be creative, sophisticated research scientists prepared to pursue careers focused in genetics and genomics working in academic science, government, or commercial positions. Students conduct their dissertation research using diverse experimental approaches &#8211; from classical genetics to the most modern molecular methods &#8211; to address a broad range of contemporary problems in biomedical science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Department also includes a clinical arm focused on medical genetics, which covers the broad spectrum of clinical genetic research from disease prevention to diagnosis and treatment. This specialty includes evaluation, mutation discovery, counseling and risk assessment through analysis and genetic testing. Locating the clinical group alongside basic scientists facilitates integration of cutting edge genetic research with patient care.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to support the mission of the UNC School of Medicine, and grateful to serve the people of North Carolina. 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