Academic Catalog

2025-2026

Certificate Molecular Diagnostics Certificate

http://www.odu.edu/mdts/molecular-diagnostics

Robert Bruno, PhD, Program Director

The discipline of molecular diagnostics includes all tests and methods to identify disease, a predisposition for a disease, diagnosis and prognosis of disease, and potential responses to drug therapy by analysis of an individual’s DNA, RNA, and proteins. The field is the fastest growing segment of clinical diagnostic testing as molecular techniques become standard practice in medicine.

The post-baccalaureate molecular diagnostics certificate program is designed to provide fundamental principles, advanced applications and laboratory skills needed for molecular diagnostic and molecular biology procedures conducted in clinical and research environments.