Stanford Laboratory Genetics & Genomics Fellowship Program

The Laboratory Genetics & Genomics Fellowship Program is an ABMGG Clinical Laboratory Fellowship that is ACGME accredited.

The fellowship program seeks to attract individuals of diverse backgrounds and experience interested in pursuing careers in medical genetics. The fellowship is open to holders of PhD, MD or MD/PhD degrees. Fellows must be eligible to work in the United States.

• Accept Applications: June 1-August 15
• Interviews: completed by Nov 30
• Decision: End of Year
• Start Date: July 2026
  
• All incoming fellows will be appointed as the PGY1 salary level
• This is an in-person, clinical laboratory-based fellowship

• Online Application
• CV
• Personal Statement
• 3 Letters of Recommendation - from institutional email address*
• Preferred experience: 2 years in clinical cytogenetics or clinical molecular genetics laboratory testing or postdoctoral research in one of these areas
• Strong candidates have been involved in related orgranizations such as ACMG or CLINGEN

*One of these letters must be from your current supervisor, thesis advisor, or department/division director, or MD residency program director

The LGG Fellowship application is closed for this recruitment year.  The application cycle will begin again on June 1, 2025.

• Clinical Biochemical Genetics
• Cytogenetics
• Clinical Genomics
• Molecular Genetics

Elizabeth Spiteri, PhD
Program Director

Svetlana Yatsenko, MD
Associate Program Director

Mary Riordan
Program Coordinator, Pediatrics

Mailing address:
Stanford Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Program
Center for Academic Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, MC 5660
453 Quarry Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304