Catalog Course Descriptions

Laboratory research in the medical sciences for undergraduate students. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Offered upon demand}

This course provides first year students with information for making an educated choice of a dissertation research advisor, of various teaching and research resources and facilities, and teaching and communication skills. {Fall}

This course provides a format to teach current information in a variety of rapidly advancing areas of biomedical research which are not now provided by existing courses. Subject area varies depending on the need for education in a particular area and the faculty member involved. Restriction: permission of instructor. {Offered upon demand}

In this course, first year graduate students will participate in research with potential thesis or dissertation mentors and gain first-hand experience in a variety of techniques and approaches to biological problems. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

The course covers the structures and functions of nucleic acids and proteins, mechanisms and macromolecular synthesis and principles of enzymology. Prerequisite: organic chemistry, one semester of cell biology or biochemistry. {Fall}

Course covers advanced topics in cell biology, including microscopy, the nucleus, protein and membrane trafficking, cytoskeleton signal transduction, cell cycle and division and extracellular matrix. Prerequisite: 507. {Fall}

This case-based course is intended for first year graduate students and focuses on practical issues of how to design, plan and conduct scientific studies through appropriate use of experimental methods and data analysis.

Course offers new graduate students experience in oral presentation skills, experience in reading and discussing scientific literature and exposure to research seminars. Student led discussions partner with weekly Cell and Molecular Basis of Disease Seminar. {Fall, Spring}

Course offers new graduate students experience in oral presentation skills, experience in reading and discussing scientific literature and exposure to research seminars. Restriction: admitted to Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences or Doctor of Medicine, and permission of department.

The Cell and Molecular Basis of Disease Seminar is a cross-cutting, interdepartmental seminar series offered for graduate credit. Weekly seminars are presented by preeminent scientists on a wide variety of broadly relevant research topics. {Fall, Spring}

The course will cover the fundamental properties of ion channels in excitable membrane, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity. In addition, the course will discuss the organization and principles of auditory, visual and chemical senses. Prerequisite: 509.

Weekly presentation of current topics in clinical neuroscience and in neuroscience basic research.

Course offers new graduate students experience in oral presentation skills, experience in reading and discussing scientific literature and exposure to research seminars. Restriction: permission of department.

The course focuses on the mechanisms controlling gene expression during the development and maturation of neuronal circuits. Topics covered include genetic and epigenetic regulation of neuronal function as well as the role of non-coding RNA. Prerequisite: 509.

The course focuses on the mechanisms controlling gene expression during the development and maturation of neuronal circuits. Topics covered include genetic and epigenetic regulation of neuronal function as well as the role of non-coding RNA. Prerequisite: 509.

BSGP students enrolled in this course earn course credit for serving as teaching assistants. The number of credits is determined by the number of contact hours. Arrangements are made on an individual basis. Prerequisite: 540 or 541.

Emphasizes skill development as an independent instructor. Requires the development or implementation of an independent teaching or educational project. Scholars are evaluated on teaching materials, oral and written communication skills and project design and tool development. Prerequisite: 542. Restriction: permission of instructor.

This is a problem-based discussion course on topics in bioethics such as publication credits and authorships; conflict of interest and fraud, scientific misconduct, human genomics and other relevant issues. {Fall}

This course will introduce the variety of study designs that are used to conduct clinical and translational research, including qualitative, observational, experimental, quasi experimental, non-experimental and mixed methods designs. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course will cover qualitative and quantitative instrument design, construction, theory, and implementation; qualitative data analysis and interpretation; assessment of measurement reliability, validity, accuracy, precision, specificity and sensitivity. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course trains researchers in the management of clinical and translational research studies, including organizational processes to implement and conduct a funded research study, with financial, personnel, and business management and compliance issues. Restriction: permission of course director.

Overview of the basic principles and methods of biostatistics designed specifically for clinical and translational research scien-tists. Computer software is used to analyze clinical and translational data sets. Restriction: permission of course director.

Course covers key biomedical research technologies currently in use for studies at the cellular and molecular, clinical and community levels, concentrating on the advantages and disadvantages of technologies for application to specific translational research studies. Restriction: permission of course director.

Overview health care economics and patient outcomes research, including public policy issues associated with the rising cost of health care, patient-reported outcomes, clinical outcomes, and economic outcomes, and evaluation of patient outcomes research. Restriction: permission of course director.

Course introduces the student to Epidemiology, the study of causes, distribution and control of disease in populations. A methodology to identify risk factors for disease and to determine optimal treatment approaches. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course will cover the dimensions of a variety of health care systems and settings and discuss potential areas for investi-gation; challenging learners to consider the opportunities where research can contribute to system improvements. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course covers information technology tools and biomedical informatics strategies to optimize collection, storage, retrieval, and intra-/inter-institutional sharing of quantitative and qualitative data in support of clinical and translational research. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course covers the impact of culture including values, tradition, history and institutions, sources of health care disparities, how culture influences in the way patients respond to medical services, prevention and physician delivery of services. Restriction: permission of course director.

Grant preparation fundamentals focused on writing and submitting a competitive research or fellowship application that meets prevailing guidelines, addresses an important hypothesis-driven research question and is responsive to critical feedback and review. Restriction: permission of course director.

History and development of biomedical ethics in theory and practice within health care, tenets of autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice as they pertain to human clinical research and the development of health care public policy. Restriction: permission of course director.

Includes integration and synthesis of concepts integral to clinical and translational research, providing problem-based and cross-cutting case studies for analysis/discussion, networking opportunities and a platform to demonstrate competencies. Offered on a CR/NC basis only. Restriction: permission of course director.

This course provides researchers with information to prepare them to conduct clinical investigations of drugs and devices and establish personal research equipoise. Restriction: permission of course director.

Theoretical and practical studies of writing for the translational sciences. Addresses writing for both popular and professional audiences. Restriction: permission of course director.

Weekly presentations of current topics in pathology. {Summer, Fall, Spring}

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Weekly presentation of current topics in signal transduction and cell adhesion research. {Fall, Spring}

Weekly presentations of current topics in Immunology and Microbiology. {Fall, Spring}

May be taken three times to a maximum of 9 credit hours. Prerequisite: biochemistry, general microbiology or equivalent. {Offered upon demand}

This is an advanced graduate level course covering current, rapidly changing topics in physiology. Taught in a combination lecture/seminar format, the subject area varies depending on the expertise of the faculty member(s) involved. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Weekly presentations of current topics in regulatory and systems biology.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.