The Rosenberg lab is affiliated with a variety of administrative
units at the University of Michigan, including the Department of Human Genetics in
the medical chool, the Department of
Biostatistics in the school of
public health, the Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology in the College of Literature,
Science and the Arts, the Bioinformatics
graduate program, the Life Sciences
Institute, and the Center for
Statistical Genetics. This means that there are many avenues
through which individuals with appropriate interests and skills can
join the group.
Undergraduate students
The lab will sometimes list
projects with the Undergraduate Research
Opportunity Program (UROP), and qualified U of M students are
encouraged to apply. Undergraduates enrolled at any university in
Michigan may also be considered for a summer project in the lab
through the Perrigo
Summer Fellows Program. Undergraduates at any university who are
from groups historically underrepresented in the biological and
computational sciences may also be eligible for summer research
through the Summer
Research Opportunity Program.
Graduate students
Students can enter the lab through
graduate programs in bioinformatics,
biostatistics, ecology and
evolutionary biology, or human genetics.
The human genetics graduate program is coordinated through the
university's Program in
Biomedical Sciences (PIBS), which encompasses programs in a
variety of biological disciplines. Students interested in the
bioinformatics program can apply directly or can apply to it through
PIBS. The biostatistics and ecology and evolutionary programs are
separate programs not affiliated with PIBS, and students apply to this
program directly. In both the bioinformatics program and the human
genetics program, students have the opportunity to do research
rotations in the lab before selecting it as their dissertation
laboratory.
Postdoctoral fellows
US citizens with appropriate research
interests may be eligible for postdoctoral fellowships through the Training Program in Genomic
Science. Postdoctoral fellowships sponsored directly by the lab
may sometimes also be available, and interested individuals are
encouraged to inquire.