Module: 3
Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator: Priscilla Pereira

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: BMS 270
Course Name: Introduction to Human Biology and Medicine (GEMS)
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Scott Kogan

MORE COURSE INFORMATION
Other faculty: Guest Speakers
Dates: May 15 - June 2
Campus: PH
Location: CS-0101
Schedule: M - F, ~ 45 hours of class to be scheduled between 9am and 5pm in a 3-week period
Maximum Class Size: no max

This minicourse is designed to introduce graduate students in the life sciences to basic human tissue and organ biology, and to its dysregulation in disease. Each unit will be taught by research and clinical scientists and center on an organ or organ system. We will explore human anatomy and physiology within these systems, and illustrate how this knowledge, when integrated with molecular studies, can illuminate disease pathogenesis and treatment. With this knowledge, along with insight from patient interviews, you will be better positioned to recognize clinical problems in need of solutions and identify ways to connect your basic science research to these unmet medical needs. (This counts as two minicourses towards the BMS student requirement.)