The Warren Alpert Foundation funding becomes the most significant award to support genetic counseling education nationwide
PHILADELPHIA Penn Medicine has been awarded a $9.5 million grant from the Warren Alpert Foundation to continue its efforts to increase diversity in genetic counseling, a field that, despite impressive leaps forward in genetic knowledge, lacks a diverse workforce. The Alliance to Increase Diversity in Genetic Counseling grant will support 40 underrepresented students in five genetic counseling programs in the Northeastern U.S. over five years to expand all dimensions of diversity. PI Kathleen Valverde, PhD, LCGC, the Director of the Master of Science in Genetic Counseling Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will lead this effort, joined by a consortium of participating Genetic Counseling masters programs from Boston University, Rutgers University, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Ten students will be selected yearly, two from each program, to receive full tuition support and a cost of living stipend. Click here for more information on the Alliance to Increase Diversity Scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania.
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