This is a six-week long, integrated comprehensive course which covers the basics of cellular processes. It is a coordinated presentation of materials of cell biology and physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, histology and genetics. Graduate students participate in laboratories and problem-based learning. This six-week course emphasizes the complexities of the nervous system from the anatomical, behavioral, biochemical and physiological viewpoints. Neurological and neuroradiological concepts are presented in relationship to diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Graduate students participate in laboratories, problem-based learning and poster exercises.
This ten-week course covers physiology, biochemistry, histology and nutrition related to various functions of the human body, including the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, reproductive and digestive systems. Graduate students participate in laboratories and problem-based learning. Review of current research problems in various fields within physiology, taken on an individual basis. Discussions of selected areas in cardiovascular physiology with reference to current advances. The course includes presentation by visiting faculty who are experts in the area.