MGM 732 · also UPGEN 732
Human Genetics
Allison E. Ashley-Koch
Description from DukeHub
Topics include genetic mechanisms of disease (rare and common genetic risk variants, multi-factorial inheritance, epigenetics, cytogenetics), as well as disease-specific examples including neurogenetics, cancer genetics, pharmacogenetics, complex diseases and gene therapy. Lectures plus weekly discussion of assigned papers from the research literature. Prerequisite: University Program in Genetics 778 (or any individual University Program in Genetics 778A-F module) or completion of the first-year Medical Scientist Training Program (MTSP) curriculum, or consent of instructor.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "therapy"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "risk"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works