Foundations in Biomedical Science IV

Catalog description

This course is designed to give students fundamental introductory concepts impacting the fields of Microbiology and Immunology, Neurobiology and Pharmacology in three modules. Topics were selected and integrated based on the essential concept that human biological responses and development are shaped by chemical cues. The impact on human biology from contact or colonization with microorganisms and the innate and adaptive immune responses to contact are discussed in the first module. Module 2 focuses on the physiological aspects of how signals are perceived and interpreted by the human nervous system. Module 3 communicates fundamental aspects of pharmacology, emphasizing the molecular and cellular levels of signaling and signal transduction. Each session is designed to incorporate current analytical methods, computational and statistical aspects of data analysis and clinical or practical impacts on human health and disease.