Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship
Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship
Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers a two-year fellowship in Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Fellowship.
The Clinical Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship is a program offered by Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The Fellowship aims to provide a broad experience of clinical laboratory operations, including exposure to a range of clinical tests, clinical report writing, troubleshooting, exposure to laboratory accreditation processes (CAP, CLIA,) patient interaction and new test development.
Upon successful completion of this program, fellows will be eligible for certification by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). All applicants are encouraged to review the ABMGG training options descriptions for additional information.
What You Need to Know
Curriculum
Fellows spend their two years within an integrated clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics laboratory setting.
This allows for exposure to:
- Paired Tumor-Normal Exome Sequencing
- Genome and Rapid Genome Sequencing
- Constitutional Cytogenetics
- Cancer Cytogenetics
- FISH
- Constitutional and Oncology Microarray Analysis
- Tumor DNA-based Methylation Profiling
- Short Tandem Repeat Analysis
- Triplet Repeat Analysis
- Next Generation Sequencing
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During training, fellows will undertake various rotations to gain exposure across a breadth of clinical experiences. This includes a two-week rotation in the Biochemical Genetics Laboratory at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Fellows also have the opportunity to perform a Maternal-Fetal Medicine rotation, and an adult Cancer Predisposition rotation at The Ohio State University. Fellows also attend various clinical rotations through Nationwide Children’s Clinics.
Fellows will attend relevant graduate-level classes, as well as didactic lectures, genetics clinic, post-clinic conferences, journal clubs and research seminars offered by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
The fellowship offers experience in translational research. Publications and presentations at national meetings are strongly supported and encouraged.
Meet Our Fellows
Meet Our Faculty
Catherine Cottrell, PhD, FACMG
Program Director
Marco Leung, PhD, FACMG
Associate Program Director
Faculty
Salary & Benefits
Our fellows are hospital employees, and as such, they are eligible for the same benefits other full-time staff receive (with the exception of paid time off, which is outlined.) Click here to learn more about Fellowship benefits.
The program offers compensation based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoc Training stipends.
Research
Research education and training are vital to the mission of Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. As a top-ten free-standing pediatric research center and an academic affiliate of The Ohio State University, The Research Institute has an outstanding faculty, dedicated to training and mentoring the next generation of scientists in pediatric research.
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Advocacy
Advocacy training fosters and encourages interest in child advocacy by early involvement and exposure to its many aspects such as addressing social determinants of health, community collaboration, health finance, health policy and legislative advocacy.
Apply Now
The program is now accepting applications for the July 2026 start date. The application will close on August 15th, 2025. Please apply at the link below.
The interview period will begin in September 2025.
Postdoctoral fellows entering laboratory genetics and genomics programs must hold an MD, DO, or PhD (or equivalent) degree. The PhD (or equivalent) degree must be in either genetics or a related field.
Candidates should be visa eligible with strong English language skills. Our institution requests a J1 visa.
Eligible candidates should submit:
- A current CV
- Three (3) acceptable letters of reference
Please refer to the ABMGG website and the ACGME website for further information.
For questions, please email LGGfellowship@NationwideChildrens.org.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Lauren Phipps
Education Coordinator
Lauren.Phipps@NationwideChildrens.org
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