Academic and Clinical Facilities
The University of Utah has a national and international reputation as a center of excellence in genetics. The University has a student body of approximately 28,000 and a large health sciences center. It houses the Department of Human Genetics, the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics, and multiple programs that have a strong genetic component, including the Division of Maternal & Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. In addition,the Utah State Department of Health houses the Genetics and Birth Defects Program and ARUP Laboratories and Myriad Genetic, Inc. are two nationally prominent laboratories that provide genetic testing and research.
The George and Dolores Eccles Institute of Human Genetics is the focal point for genetic research at the University of Utah. 
The Institute houses the Department of Human Genetics, Human Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Genetic Science Learning Center, and Utah Genome Depot. Much of the University's success in genetic research comes from working with Utah families. Because Utahns tend to have large families and keep extensive genealogy records, they are ideal partners for investigating human genetics. The Department will provide administrative support and instruction in Human Genetics and will award the Master’s Degree in Genetic Counseling.
The Department of Pediatrics is the second largest department in the School of Medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. The Department also provides the medical staff and administration for Primary Children’s Hospital, a 232-bed tertiary care hospital, which provides care for children in many states on the western side of the Rockies. The Division of Medical Genetics has active clinical and research programs, multiple nationally and internationally known faculty members, the editorial office for the American Journal of Medical Genetics, an innovative cytogenetics laboratory, and has spearheaded the new Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling. The Division currently has nine clinical geneticists, three cytogeneticists, and four genetic counselors. The Division will provide instruction and clinical supervision in Clinical Genetics, Human Genetics, Developmental Genetics and Epidemiology.
The Huntsman Cancer Institute with its partner, the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, provides premier research and patient care settings and currently employs four cancer genetic counselors. Faculty and staff of the Institute and genetic counselors at Myriad Genetics, Inc. will provide instruction and/or clinical supervision in Cancer Genetics.
The Divisions of Maternal & Fetal Medicine in the University of Utah School of Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, LDS Hospital, the Utah 
Pregnancy RiskLine and ARUP Laboratories provide instruction and/or clinical experience in perinatal genetics topics. Both Maternal & Fetal Medicine Divisions have an active perinatal service, including a clinical geneticist/perinatologist, genetic counselors, and high-level diagnostic imaging capabilities. The Pregnancy RiskLine is a full-time teratology service that serves Utah and surrounding states. ARUP Laboratories is a large non-profit national reference lab owned by the University of Utah. It houses biochemical, molecular, cytogenetics and special chemistry labs and employs 1 full-time, and 3 part-time genetic counselors.
The Health Sciences Center finished a 150,0000 square foot Health Sciences Education Building in August 2005. The building houses medical, health, nursing, pharmacy and allied health students (including genetic counseling students). There are 40 classrooms acommodating from 15 to 150 students, lounges, computer and wet labs and a cafe. The building has state-of-the-art communication facilities. For more information, see http://hseb.utah.edu/.
