Institute for Public Health Genetics

For nearly three decades, the Institute for Public Health Genetics (IPHG) at the University of Washington School of Public Health has trained professionals to fill a workforce niche no single department can fill, and it remains the only PhD program in Public Health Genetics in the United States and one of very few master's-level programs of its kind globally. With more than 50 affiliated faculty across seven UW schools, including Public Health, Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, Genome Sciences, Nursing, and Arts & Sciences, and partner institutions including the Brotman Baty Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and Seattle Children's Hospital, IPHG offers a genuinely transdisciplinary training environment. We offer four graduate degree pathways (PhD and MPH in Public Health Genetics, MS in Genetic Epidemiology, and a Graduate Certificate for current UW graduate students) that integrate genomic science with required training in ethical, legal, and social implications, a curriculum that translates directly to emerging questions about AI in health, large biobanks, and equitable use of population-scale data. IPHG graduates go on to hold leadership roles at federal agencies including the CDC, NIH, and FDA; major technology and health companies including Google and Optum; and faculty positions at institutions including UCDavis, UCSF, and UW. If you want to follow the thread from genomic data all the way through to policy and practice, these are the programs for you. Request more information about IPHG's graduate programs.