After a multi-year process of development and garnering approvals, the new Genetic Counseling Graduate Program at UB has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC), the field’s national accrediting organization.
A new genetic counseling master’s degree program being developed at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo is going to improve access to genetic counseling services for Western New Yorkers, amid growing demand both locally and nationwide.
Lindsey M. Alico, a Western New York native who, until recently, was co-director of the genetic counseling program at Sarah Lawrence College, has been hired to implement and direct the genetic counseling program at UB.
