Description

Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship in Rochester, Minnesota, combines two years of diagnostic laboratory training with an independent research project. Fellows learn to perform and interpret diagnostic procedures, report complex analyses, and explain results to referring physicians. Research is likely to focus on developing and validating new diagnostic methods using equipment such as tandem mass spectrometry.

The program operates within Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and its laboratory genetics environment, with the goal of improving patient care through accurate, timely, and cost-effective testing. Training covers inherited metabolic disease, from newborn screening to adult-onset conditions, and emphasizes case-based learning, test development, and laboratory management. Fellows work closely with board-certified clinical biochemical geneticists, genetic counselors, and colleagues across clinical departments.