Summer Course: Investigations of Human Disease: ME728


Course Description

This course will provide an in-depth analysis of recent advances in our understanding of human disease, as afforded by contemporary biomedical research in the basic and social sciences.  Topics covered may include: developmental genetics and congenital birth defects, autoimmunity, complex human disease, genomics and bioinformatics, neurological disease, signal transduction, genomic technology, model organisms, cancer genetics, mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, history of science, medical anthropology, economics, and/or health policy.  The course format will consist of lectures devoted to some of the aforementioned topics and student group presentations and faculty led discussions of assigned scientific literature. Moreover, students will gain exposure to a variety of career paths from invited physician-scientists and scientists. Students will also participate in a pre-arranged research rotation or paper reading course (as determined by their PhD research interests) outside of the classroom. The course is required for all incoming MD-PhD students.

 

Course Directors

Rachel Wolfson, MD, PhD

Gregory Wyant, PhD