Faculty participate in a variety of courses in different departments and programs.
The department also hosts an open house for medical students, to describe and demonstrate the research interests of the faculty. An introductory course focusing on cellular and molecular mechanisms of signaling and integration in the nervous system. Lectures and laboratory demonstrations cover the structure and function of ion channels and basic mechanisms underlying the action potential, synaptic transmission, and sensory transduction. A series of lectures and a discussion section on ion and water balance in cells and the ionic basis of resting and action potentials. Basic human cellular, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and regulatory physiology.