Georgetown and George Mason University will be starting a joint biomedical program next year, according to the Washington Post. The program—cutely called “George Squared”—will offer a one-year certificate program and a masters program in biomedical sciences.

According to the Post, the program will start next year and will accept 60 students.  The program will be run by faculty from both schools but will be based at GMU.  Classes will focus on anatomy, biochemistry, human physiology, medical microbiology and molecular biology.

GMU Provost Peter Stearns told the Post that George Squared will allow the two universities to combine their medical resources.

GU Medical Center’s associate dean for biomedical graduate education Adam Myers explained the impetus for the program:

Biological and biomedical sciences are projected to be top growth areas in the coming decades.  This growth will be driven by scientific developments related to the unraveling of the human genome, the aging of our population [and] increased concern about global infectious diseases.

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