Integrative Human Pathophysiology

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce the student to the mechanistic pathways of prominent chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, cancer) and the mechanistic basis for current recommended treatments. This course will focus on the vertical integration of cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, and neural physiological pathways as they relate to pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of these chronic diseases. A large emphasis will be placed on the cellular and molecular response, how they manifest in histological analysis and subsequent organ system dysfunction with the role of exercise therapy (example: cardiac/respiratory therapy) and pharmacology in mitigating these physiological changes.