Location:

San Antonio, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Clinical Laboratory Science

Program Overview

Program Description:

The Graduate Certificate in Cancer Prevention is designed to provide graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other health care professionals with a formal introduction to the essential components involved in the advancement of all levels of science for the prevention of cancer. 

This 12 semester-credit-hour (SCH) program, operated in the UT Health Science Center’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), offers formal coursework in topics relevant to cancer prevention and translational science including biostatistics, topics in cancer prevention, epidemiology, and clinical trials design and analysis. The Graduate Certificate in Cancer Prevention program will focus on the unique risks for cancer in the South Texas region.

The Graduate Certificate in Cancer Prevention program is an alternative for health professionals who do not have the time to complete the requirements of an advanced Master’s or Doctoral degree and to graduate students, fellows, and others who desire additional training in the evolving discipline of cancer prevention to supplement their clinical or basic science training. 

 

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges