Genome and Epigenome Integrity in Cancer (GEIC) Training Program

Our Goals

This new university-wide training program, Genome and Epigenome Integrity in Cancer (GEIC), will prepare predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows for productive careers in basic and translational cancer research on the roles of genomic and epigenomic instability in cancer. The educational goal of GEIC is to serve as a premier training site nationwide for emerging researchers who will elucidate the biological processes underlying genome and epigenome instability and translate these insights into cancer treatment. Another important goal is to increase the diversity of future scientists engaged in this kind of research. To achieve these goals, GEIC identifies and recruits a diverse pool of trainees, offering them a rigorous and individualized curriculum, and providing them with research experience in the laboratories of 25 investigators at Columbia University.

Organization of GEIC