M.Sc.

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• M.Sc. Ph.D. Thesis Programs
• in Human Genetics
• Departmental Meeting
• Wednesday, June 7, 2006
• Presentation by Dr. Eric Shoubridge

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Graduate Training Committee

• Dr. Eric Shoubridge, Chairman
• Dr. Patricia Tonin
• Dr. Danuta Radzioch
• Dr. Indra Gupta
• Dr. Ken Dewar
• Dr. Jamie Engert
• Dr. Benoit St-Jacques
• Ms. Erin Knock, HGSS student rep.

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Human Genetics Student Society

• 2006 Retreat
• April 29th-30th
• Cost 15 per person
• The HGSS is responsible for student activities.
  They organize the Wine Cheeses, holiday
  parties, retreats, pub-nights

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HGSS Committee Members

• President Tanya Dossa
• VP-Internal Katia Nadeau
• VP-External Paul Valdmanis  Amanda
  Fortier
• VP-Academic Laura Pickell
• VP-Comm Erin Knock
• GC Rep Katharine Osczevski

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McGill Graduate Student Fellowships 2005-06

• We were awarded
• 5 5000 MGSF
• 3 REF awards
• We also received
• 2 Differential Fee Waivers
• (1 for Fall and 1 for Winter)
• Both of these awards are given by our Graduate
  Faculty. The number of awards given are based on
  specific calculation. They are handed out yearly.

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MGSF Awards, cont

• Nominations to the GPSO on
• May 31st, 2006
• The GTC reviewed all applications nominated 3
  students for the MGSF and 1 for the REF.
• Intentions are to nominate 1 REF and 2 MGSF
  awards for the Winter 2007 term.

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Supervisors

• Cournoyer Kaplan Schurr
• Dewar Malo Shoubridge
• Foulkes Naumova Slim
• Galipeau Palmour St-Arnaud
• Genest Peterson St-Jacques
• Glass Polychronakos Tonin
• Goodyer Quereshi (DM) Trasler
• Gupta Radzioch Trifiro
• Haston Rosenblatt Turecki
• Hudson Rouleau (ES) Vidal
• Jacek Rozen
• Joober Ryan

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of Graduate Students 2005-06

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of Graduate Students
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Comparison of Registered Graduate Students
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Transfers to the Ph.D. Program

• Since the beginning of our program,
• a total of 21 students have transferred
• from the MSc. to the Ph.D.
• in Human Genetics Program.

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of Graduates 2005-2006

• 7 students graduated with M.Sc. in
  Fall 2005
• 11 students pending graduation in
  May 2006
• 6 M.Sc.
• 1 Ph.d.
• 4 Genetic Councellors

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Where our M.Sc. Students Come From

• Students who have entered the program with a
  B.Sc. 36
• Students who have entered the program with an
  M.D. 5

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Where our Ph.D. Students Come From

• Students who have entered the program with a
  B.Sc. 18
• Students who have entered the program with a
  M.Sc. 15

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Where our Ph.D. Students Come From, cont

• Students who have entered the program with an
  M.D. 12
• Students who have entered the program with an
  M.A. 1 (from US)

• Students who have entered the program with a DMV
  1 (from QC)

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Qualifying Examinations

• The QEs are chaired by a member of our GTC, or
  one of the following volunteers
  R. Palmour, A. Ryan, E. Schurr
  (more volunteers always
  welcome ?)
• 4 students did their QE in Winter 2005
• 4 Ph.D. students did their QE in the Fall 2005
  semester
• 3 Ph.D. students will have to do their QE in the
  Winter 2006 semester

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Ph.D. Oral Defenses

• 4 defenses took place before the end of this
  Summer 2005
• Tamara Kelly Ph.D. student with J.Trasler
• Suzana Anjos Ph.D. student with C.Polychronakos
• Peter Lee Ph.D. student with T.Hudson
• Judith Caron Ph.D. student with D. Malo
• 1 defense took place as of Fall 2006
• Alison Dziarmaga Ph.D. student with P. Goodyer

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2004-2005 Applicants

• In 2005-2006, we accepted 26 students in total.
• Fall 2005
• 17 M.Sc. students, and 3 Ph.D. students.
• Winter 2006
• 5 M.Sc. students, and 1 Ph.D. student.

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September 2006 Applicants

• To date we have in the MSc/PhD Genetic
  Councelling programs
• 71 Canadian applicants
• 19 International applicants
• We are accepting 18 Canadian students.
• Applications were accepted until June 1st. All
  applicants file will be completed by the end of
  June.

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Where Have Our Graduates Gone?

• As of Summer 2006 the Graduate Programs in
  Human Genetics have
• 68 students that have graduated from our
  department.

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Varia

• Research Day / Convocation Reception
• We had a Graduate Student Research Day on May 25,
  2006. Our Guest Lecturer was Dr. Donal Hickey,
  PhD, CRC, Concordia University.
• Convocation was held on May 30th, 2006 and
  followed by a Reception at the Faculty Club.
• Photos of both events can be found
• on the Human Genetics webpage.
  www.mcgill.ca/humangenetics