Graduate Program in the Biomedical Sciences

Course Blocks and Course Description

Click on the course title to view the description and the course leader name to view their faculty profile. (Block I, Block II, Block III, Summer Block)

Block I

Course Title and Description

 

Course Leader(s)

●  Biochemistry  Jonathan R. Lai  
●  Epidemiologic Research Methods   H. Dean Hosgood 
●  Health Technology Innovation Biodesign   Sunit Jariwala 
●  Introduction to the Mathematics of Theoretical Systems Biology   Yehonatan Sella, Aviv Bergman
●  Mechanisms in Cancer Biology   Kamini Singh, Jonathan Backer, Eugen Dhimolea, Praveen Agrawal
●  Molecular Genetics   Nicholas Baker 
●  Multivariable Regression   Hillel Cohen, Aileen McGinn 
●  Principles of Neuroscience I   Bryen Jordan, Alberto Pereda 
●  Quantitative Skills for the Biomedical Researcher I   Ryung Kim
●  Quantitative Skills for the Biomedical Researcher II   Qian (Kenny) Ye 
●  Quantitative Skills for the Biomedical Researcher III   Kith Pradhan 
●  Quantitative Skills for the Biomedical Researcher IV (Bi-Annual)   Tao Wang 
●  Responsible Conduct of Research - Advanced   Victoria Freedman, Diane Safer

Block II

 

Course Title and Description

 

Course Leader(s)

 
●  Biology of Aging (Bi-Annual)   Ana Maria Cuervo, Nir Barzilai 
●  Chemical Biology   Jonathan R. Lai 
●  Computational Biology of Proteins   Andras Fiser 
●  Design and Conduct of Clinical Research   H. Dean Hosgood, Patricia Friedmann 
●  Fundamentals of Course Design & Teaching   Michael S. Risley 
●  Gene Expression: Beyond the Double Helix   David Shechter, Matthew Gamble 
●  Immunology   Gregoire Lauvau, Teresa P. DiLorenzo 
●  Molecular Cell Biology   U. Tom Meier, Duncan W. Wilson 
●  NMR for Chemistry and Biochemistry   David Cowburn, Sean M. Cahill 
●  Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging   Mark Wagshul, Craig Branch, Qi (Chris) Peng
●  Principles of Neuroscience II   Jose L. Pena, Ruben Coen Cagli, Anita Autry-Dixon
●  Quantitative Imaging of Cells   Vera DesMarais, David Entenberg, Frank Macaluso
●  Responsible Conduct of Research   Victoria Freedman, Anne Bresnick Diane Safer

Block III

 

Course Title and Description

 

Course Leader(s)

 
●  Advanced Epidemiologic Research   Ilir Agalliu 
●  Approaches to Study Neural Circuits in Behaving Animals   Anita Autry-Dixon, Lucas Sjulson 
●  Data Analysis Maria Gulinello 
●  Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Data Studies   Shankar Viswanathan 
●  Human Metabolism: Regulation and Disease   Maureen Charron 
●  Introduction to Systems Biology   Yinghao Wu 
●  Mechanisms of Disease   David Fooksman 
●  Modern Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research I – Foundations   Ruben Coen-Cagli 
●  Modern Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Research II – Coding   Ruben Coen-Cagli 
●  Molecular Approaches to Drug Action and Design   Derek Huffman, Hayley McDaid 
●  Special Topics in Molecular Genetics   Nicholas Baker 
●  Stem Cells, Development and Disease   Andreas Jenny, Teresa Bowman 
●  Survey of Medical Imaging and Applications   Mark E. Wagshul, Tim Q. Duong, Michael L. Lipton 
●  Systems Biology Seminar   Aviv Bergman 
●  Techniques in Human Neuroscience   Sophie Molholm, Elyse Sussman 
●  The Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders   Herbert Lachman 
●  Viruses   Vinayaka Prasad, Kartik Chandran, Ganjam Kalpana 

Summer Block

 

Course Title and Description

 

Course Leader(s)

 
●  Clinical Research Intensive Aileen McGinn 
●  Physiology: Membranes and Transport Myles Akabas