University of Alabama Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a four-year combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics residency, co-administered by UAB's Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, structured to produce trainees who are board-eligible in both specialties. The curriculum interleaves standard pediatric training (wards, ICU, ER, subspecialty blocks) with progressively concentrated genetics rotations spanning cytogenetics, biochemical, and molecular laboratory experience alongside inpatient/outpatient clinical genetics and prenatal and cancer genetics exposure. The program is embedded in a research-intensive department with active faculty labs spanning cancer genetics, RNA biology, neurofibromatosis drug discovery, and genomic epidemiology, and it explicitly offers residents the option of an additional year for research or laboratory immersion. The program states its ideal candidate is enthusiastic, responsible, and motivated toward an academic medical career, and frames graduates as suited for academic geneticist roles, subspecialty or laboratory fellowships, or hybrid clinical-research careers.